- Recipes
- Gluten Free Lime and Coconut Fairy Cakes
Ingredients
- 50g gluten free bread
- 25g ground almonds
- 50g dessicated coconut
- ½ tsp cream of tartar
- ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 75g soft brown sugar
- 75ml vegetable oil
- 4 medium eggs , beaten
- 2 limes , zest and juice
- 40g caster sugar
Recipe tips / Prepare ahead
Preheat oven to 180c/Gas4. Line a tin with 12 paper cases.
Method
Step 1
Place the bread in a processor and blitz until it is fine crumbs.
Step 2
Tip into a mixing bowl and add the ground almonds, coconut, cream of tartar, bicarbonate of soda and the brown sugar. Mix.
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.
Step 4
Divide the mixture between the cake cases.
Step 5
Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes, until golden and risen.
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.
Step 7
Bring to the boil and cook until the mixture has reduced a little and become syrupy. Remove the cakes from the oven.
Step 8
Prick each cake with a skewer several times and then spoon over the syrup. Serve when cool.
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