If you’re following a gluten-free diet, it doesn’t mean you’re forbidden from eating sweet treats. All you have to do is leave out the gluten ingredients or find the proper substitutes. Considering the fact that flour is one of the main ingredients in most cake recipes, you can easily switch to gluten-free flours such as oat, coconut or almond, however, there are plenty more to try!
If you have a sweet tooth, we present you with ten super delicious flourless cakes. Trust us, you won’t even miss the flour or even spot a difference. These cakes are very easy to prepare and most of them are ready in less than an hour!
Flourless Almond and Porto Cake
Ingredients: almonds, sugar, eggs, butter, vanilla extract, Porto wine, apricot marmalade, lime juice, whipped cream (optional), fresh fruit of your choice (optional). Full recipe at patijinich.com
Angel Food Cake
Ingredients: tapioca flour or arrowroot starch, white rice flour, cornstarch, coconut flour, baking powder, egg whites, granulated sugar, vanilla extract, lemon juice, salt. Full recipe at seriouseats.com
Apple Cake with Cinnamon Frosting
Ingredients: eggs, brown sugar, vanilla extract, canola oil, almond meal, ground cinnamon, ground ginger, ground nutmeg, baking powder, salt, apples, shredded coconut, walnuts, butter, cream cheese, honey, lemon juice, confectioners sugar. Full recipe at siftingfocus.com
Berry Yogurt Frosted Flourless Cake
Ingredients: almond flour (or almond meal), sea salt, baking powder, egg whites, coconut sugar, butter or coconut oil, strawberry or raspberry extract, vanilla extract, raspberries or blueberries, Greek yogurt, powdered sugar, strawberry preserves, shredded coconut or sliced oranges (optional). Full recipe at cottercrunch.com
Black Forest Cherry Cake
Ingredients: unsalted butter, unsweetened cocoa powder, eggs, instant espresso powder, cherries, salt, cream of tartar, granulated sugar, kirshwasser cherry liquor, chocolate, whipped cream (optional). Full recipe at goodiegodmother.com
Flourless Chocolate Cake
Ingredients: semisweet chocolate chips, salted butter, granulated sugar, unsweetened dutch process cocoa powder, eggs, vanilla extract, heavy cream. Full recipe at thestayathomechef.com
Chocolate Hazelnut Cake
Ingredients: unsalted butter, semi-chocolate chips, eggs, icing sugar, Ferrero Rocher, heavy cream, hazelnut half and half, granulated sugar. Full recipe at sweet-sundays.com
Lemon Almond Cake with Fresh Berries
Ingredients: eggs, sugar, pure vanilla extract, pure almond extract, cream of tartar, Bob’s Red Mill Almond Flour, baking powder, salt, lemon zest, berries (optional). Full recipe at wellplated.com
Orange Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting
Ingredients: oranges, orange zest, sugar, eggs, caster sugar, almond meal, hazelnut meal, baking powder, cream cheese, heavy whipping cream, fresh orange juice, icing sugar. Full recipe at archanaskitchen.com
Tangerine Cake
Ingredients: tangerines, eggs, sugar, almond meal or almond flour, baking powder, Amaretto (optional), confectioner’s sugar. Full recipe at theviewfromgreatisland.com
White Chocolate Matcha Cake
Ingredients: white chocolate, unsalted butter, eggs, matcha powder, caster sugar, salt, double cream (optional), strawberries (optional). Full recipe at tashcakes.com
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