| How to bake a wheat free cake? | | | | reasons why wheat flour is commonly used for |
| Generally when you have wheat intolerance you | | | | baking is because the gluten in wheat flour binds |
| have to eliminate all food with wheat, which | | | | the dough. If the flour that you choose as |
| includes one of our favorite dessert like cake. If | | | | substitute doesn't have gluten, then there are |
| you are a fan of cakes or pastries, do not | | | | several ways to bind the dough. You can |
| despair. It is not the end of the world. Good news | | | | substitute half a cup of water with egg white. |
| is you can use other wheat free flour in your | | | | Another common substitute is guar gum or |
| cooking. | | | | xanthan gum or add some plain gelatin to your |
| Even though wheat is the most common flour | | | | mixture. |
| used in baking, it doesn't mean that it is the only | | | | 4. Color of the flour will affect the looks of your |
| one. There are various other types of flour which | | | | cake. Most likely if you are baking a chocolate |
| can be used for baking. You can also find some | | | | cake this doesn't matter very much because the |
| specialty shops which has premixes of the various | | | | color of the cake is dark. However, if you plan to |
| wheat free flour ready for baking. Besides that it | | | | bake Swiss roll or plain cake then you have to |
| is also possible to try recipes for flourless cake. | | | | consider the color of the flour itself. Rye flour for |
| When looking at a substitute for wheat flour in | | | | example is dark in colour and has a strong flavor. |
| baking cake, a few considerations have to be in | | | | This is very easily done by checking on the color |
| place: | | | | itself before you buy. |
| 1. Find out the texture of the flour. Some | | | | 5. Gluten content of the flour will indicate whether |
| substitute is more refined, by others are coarser. | | | | you need to any binding agent. When baking a |
| Choose one which is suitable. For example brown | | | | wheat free cake - for yourself as well as others, |
| rice flour is grainier than the regular flour that you | | | | you have to find out whether that person can |
| are used to. It is also heavier and normally is not | | | | tolerate gluten. There are people who are allergic |
| used alone. | | | | to not only wheat but also gluten. In which case |
| 2. Taste of the flours. Certain substitute like | | | | the substitute that you choose must also be |
| potato flour has strong potato taste, some like | | | | gluten free. |
| buckwheat can be bitter. Some flour has nutty | | | | 6. Experiment - no doubt the result that you get |
| taste. When choosing a substitute, you may want | | | | may be very different than your normal baking. It |
| to opt for those with minimal taste, so that if you | | | | may be better! Or....it may not taste as good. Do |
| add any essence e.g. vanilla or strawberry | | | | some experiment because you may come up |
| essence to your cake, you know what it will | | | | with tasty and delicious recipes just like others. |
| taste like when it's done! You can also test baking | | | | You may look back with a sense of achievement |
| with additional condiments. This may mask the | | | | and gratitude when you discover wonderful |
| flour taste e.g. adding cinnamon or even chocolate. | | | | recipes which are also nutritious and good for |
| This is very true especially if the flour taste is | | | | your body. |
| very mild. | | | | Good luck in your baking! |
| 3. Mixing flour and binding agent. One of the | | | | |