Gluten Free Lime and Coconut Fairy Cakes

Gluten Free Lime and Coconut Fairy Cakes

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Suffer from allergies or just want to cut wheat out of your diet for a while?  Try these delicious coconut and lime gluten and dairy-free fairy cakes for a tasty tea time treat.
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Ingredients

10 total
  • 50 g of dessicated coconut
  • 0.5 tsp of cream of tartar
  • 0.25 tsp of bicarbonate of soda
  • 75 g of soft brown sugar
  • 2 limes, zest and juice
  • 40 g of caster sugar
  • 50 g of gluten free bread
  • 25 g of ground almonds
  • 4 medium eggs, beaten
  • 75 ml of vegetable oil

Method

8 steps
  1. Step 1

    Place the bread in a processor and blitz until it is fine crumbs.

  2. Step 2

    Tip into a mixing bowl and add the ground almonds, coconut, cream of tartar, bicarbonate of soda and the brown sugar. Mix.

  3. Step 3

    Beat together the oil and eggs and the finely grated zest of one lime. Add this to the breadcrumb mixture and stir well.

  4. Step 4

    Divide the mixture between the cake cases.

  5. Step 5

    Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes, until golden and risen.

  6. Step 6

    While the cakes are cooking place the caster sugar, the remaining zest and the lime juice in a saucepan and heat gently to dissolve.

  7. Step 7

    Bring to the boil and cook until the mixture has reduced a little and become syrupy. Remove the cakes from the oven.

  8. Step 8

    Prick each cake with a skewer several times and then spoon over the syrup. Serve when cool.