You will need: 2 cups of gluten free flour 1 cup of salt 4 tablespoons of Cream of Tartar 2 cups of water 2 tablespoons of vegetable oil Food colouring A saucepan Put all the ingredients into the saucepan, and cook over low heat, stirring all the time, until the mixture gradually gets firm. It will start out very sloppy, so don't … [Read more...]
Gluten free cake decorations
Whether or not you've made your gluten free birthday cake - or any other celebratory cake, of course - you will probably want to decorate it. (If you haven't time to make one, decorating a shop-bought one can rescue your reputation as Perfect Mum). Gluten free cake decorations can be found, but do remember to check their gluten free status … [Read more...]
Cocktail Party Syndrome
Have you ever noticed how you can hear your name across a room full of people chattering? Exactly the same thing happens with 'gluten-free', I find. I was just watching The Convent, a programme in which four women are visitors to a closed convent for six weeks (or 40 days and 40 nights, as the TV blurb puts it), and one was 'released' for an … [Read more...]
