Gluten-free lemon drizzle cake

Gluten-free lemon drizzle cake

With a special surprise ingredient, this gluten free cake stays beautifully moist. To everyone’s amazement it's mash potato!

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8 - 10

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Cook time

Cook 40 mins

Including cooking potato
Freezable

Gluten-free, Nut-free

Without drizzle

Method

  1. Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Butter and line a deep, 20cm round cake tin. Beat the sugar and butter together until light and fluffy, then gradually add the egg, beating after each addition. Fold in the almonds, cold mashed potato, lemon zest and baking powder.
  2. Tip into the tin, level the top, then bake for 40-45 mins or until golden and a skewer inserted into the middle of the cake comes out clean. Turn out onto a wire rack after 10 mins cooling. Mix the granulated sugar and the lemon juice together, then spoon over the top of the cake, letting it drip down the sides. Let the cake cool completely before slicing.
Try

Potato ricer

If you have one, use a potato ricer to mash your potatoes; it will give a fantastically light and fine texture.

Make it nut-free

If you'd like to make this nut-free, as well as wheat-free, switch the ground almonds for polenta or wheat-free flour.

Per serving

514 kcalories, protein 9g, carbohydrate 41g, fat 36 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 2g, sugar 35g, salt 0.88 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, May 2008.

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  • 2008-04-15 19:48:50.413326

    rohergest commented on this recipe

    Absolutely had to try this and, guess what? It was delicious. Served it with cream as a pud. Wow! Also worked brilliantly as cake as 4 greedy friends will testify ( all wanted the recipe!)

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  • 2008-04-21 16:03:48.587496

    Sue Spink rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious. Very moist and tasty. Nobody would guess there is potato in it.

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  • 2008-04-26 17:54:23.211019

    Matey commented on this recipe

    This cake is delicious, and SO easy to make! I made it for friends before telling them about the mashed potato, I still don't think they believe me even now!

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  • 2008-05-01 13:20:46.216415

    Hood Food rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very good tasty cake, stayed moist and no-one guessed that it was not the 'standard' cake in our house. Would make again.

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  • 2008-05-05 17:33:04.911581

    Beth rated this recipe

    3 stars

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    2008-05-15 14:54:32.539261

    Jo rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Very easy to make but it's important to make sure that it's completely cool before serving. I think it's nicer served as a pudding

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  • 2008-05-17 08:16:51.31818

    Belle rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Very easy to make. I made it nut-free as well, using polenta instead of almond meal and it was amazingly light and fluffy. No one guessed the 'secret' ingredients!! Will definitely make again.

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  • 2008-05-20 18:05:15.489181

    Kenneth commented on this recipe

    A super gluten free recipe.Cake was easy to make,very tasty and melted in the mouth.Would definately make it again.

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  • 2008-05-28 19:49:02.537517

    Manda rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Fantastic gluten free cake. Make sure you squish the potato well to avoid lumpy bits.

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  • 2008-06-05 11:27:39.838659

    Julie Bahrain rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Lovely cake. I am trying to go wheat free but love baking cakes. Bit of a pain to make the mashed potato first, wonder if you could use instant? I found I needed to cook just over 300g of potato to make 250g mash. We ate the cake warm with vanilla ice cream.

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    2008-06-07 12:02:47.963652

    Jo rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    I too am trying to cut out wheat and love baking. i loved the flavour and the texture was great. Have had to freeze half as the rest of the family are not keen on lemon!

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  • 2008-06-12 07:14:59.663028

    captain dynamite rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made this for my work and everyone loved it, they were shocked to find it had mash in it, I also made it for my fiancee to take into her works for the girls at waitrose milton keynes and they are still telling me how much they enjoyed it, there are a few things that I did change though, used pura instead of butter to make it dairy free and used some of the pura in the mash to make it smooth, I increased the almonds to 200g and only used 3 eggs, was still wonderful

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  • 2008-06-17 16:23:17.025414

    SRWood rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Made this for a cake and coffee party and was loved by all. Will be making it again.

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  • 2008-06-30 12:12:55.576502

    lawsonwsly commented on this recipe

    This is my fourth time making this cake using both the polenta and almond version and it works every time. I have changed the lemon for orange, and recently did a lemon and lime one which I served warm with some cream, well worth a try

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  • 2008-07-02 19:06:12.948448

    susanna commented on this recipe

    Going to make this cake at the weekend. Any recommendations of which potatoes to use?

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  • 2008-07-07 21:18:18.267362

    Pipe-o rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I made this for a birthday tea party & it was wonderfully moist & lemony.

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  • 2008-07-22 18:13:20.49391

    Claire Helen rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Fantastic taste, easy to make, lovely texture. No one believed it was made from mash. Had many requests for the recipe.

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  • 2008-07-31 12:06:43.628556

    Penny, Norwich rated this recipe

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  • 2008-08-20 14:39:53.560574

    Lola commented on this recipe

    Made this, smelt very nice and tastes lovely. Used more potato than recommended but cake still seemed too light and buttery. Did anyone use more potato or should I reduce quantity of butter next time?

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  • 2008-08-28 17:03:44.273524

    Hope commented on this recipe

    A friend made this cake and told me to guess what was in it, I really couldn't tell it was potato! It was lovely and moist, and lemony to the max, loved it!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 8 - 10

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 30 mins

Cook time

Cook 40 mins

Including cooking potato
Freezable

Gluten-free, Nut-free

Without drizzle

Ingredients

  • 200g butter , softened
  • 200g golden caster sugar
  • 4 eggs
  • 175g ground almonds (to make it nut free see below)
  • 250g mashed potatoes
  • zest 3 lemons
  • 2 tsp gluten-free baking powder (Supercook does one)

FOR THE DRIZZLE

  • 4 tbsp granulated sugar
  • juice 1 lemon
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Per serving

514 kcalories, protein 9g, carbohydrate 41g, fat 36 g, saturated fat 2g, fibre 2g, sugar 35g, salt 0.88 g

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