Gluten Free & Dairy Free Baking Recipes
If you think having a special diet means bland and boring, think again. Here you'll find gluten free recipes, hints and tips to make great tasting wheat, gluten and dairy-free cakes and desserts so you'll never have to settle for second best again.
Discover how to make perfect-every-time gluten free cakes, light and fluffy wheat-free pastries and delicious dairy-free ice cream or crème brulee - all with readily-available ingredients.
Bread
Gluten free bread dough is quick, easy to make and doesn't require kneading. Perfect for packed lunches or a teatime treat.
Sweet Bread
Party Food
Eating out or going to a party can seem restricting with special diets, but it needn't be. Why not try making some of these party favourites and take the result to share with friends?
- Sausage rolls
- Vegetarian Sausage Roll
- Pizza
- Pork Pie
- Scotch Egg
- Corn Tortillas
- Vegetable Spring Rolls
- Onion Bhaji
- Savoury Filled Profiteroles
- Quiche
- Hummus
- Chilli Corn Muffins
- Falafel
- Bacon roll
- Filo Prawns
- Chicken Goujons
- Spinach and Feta Filo Pastry
- Savoury crackers
- Popcorn
Afternoon Tea
Impress your guests with gluten free afternoon tea.
- Victoria Sponge Filled with Jam and Buttercream
- Cupcakes
- Butterfly Cupcakes
- Coconut Madeleines
- Chocolate Lamingtons
- Fruit Lamingtons
Cakes
As a professional cake maker, I've spent years perfecting my gluten free flour blend. In taste tests most people can't tell the difference between these special diet cakes and those made with wheat flour - have a go yourself.
- Chocolate Brownies
- Chocolate Ganache
- Carrot Cake
- Coffee and Walnut Cake
- Sticky Apricot Cake
- Banana and Chocolate Chunk Cake
- Coconut Cake
- Lemon Drizzle Cake
- Old Fashioned Ginger Cake
- Honey and Almond Cake
- Loganberry Madeira Cake
- Swiss Roll
- Genoise Sponge
Pastry
Just as good as wheat pastry, this special diet alternative is easy to work with and tastes great.
- Sweet Pastry Case
- Treacle Tart
- School Butterscotch Tart
- Cornflake Tart
- Raspberry and Coconut Tart
- Cherry Bakewell Tart
- Mississippi Mud Pie
- Savoury Short Pastry Case
- Pecan Pie
- Pumpkin Pie
- Gypsy Tart
- Pear Streusel
- Fruit Flan
- Banana and Custard Flan
- Lemon Meringue Pie
Hot Desserts
All the classics are here - from your favourite school pudding to the teatime delights your Gran used to make.
- Pineapple Upside Down Cake
- Sticky Toffee Pudding
- Steamed Puddings
- Steamed Ginger Syrup Pudding
- Jam Roly Poly
- Spotted Dick
- Apple Pie
- Apple Strudel
- Bread and Butter Pudding
- Coconut Rice Pudding
- Pancakes
- Fruit Fritters
- French Toast
- Fresh Egg Custard
- Chocolate Egg Custard
- Egg Free Vanilla Sauce
Cold Desserts
Never miss out on dessert again with these popular recipes. Perfect for a dinner party, family meal or just because you fancy...
- Banoffee Pie
- Fruit and Cream Gateau
- Filo Mille Feuille
- Filo Baskets Filled with Rhubarb Fool
- Pavlova
- Choux Pastry
- Profiteroles
- Dairy Free Crème Brulee
- Pastry Cream
- Chocolate Éclair
- Choux Buns
- Summer Pudding
- Tiramisu
- Peach and Brandy Trifle
- Dairy Free Ice Cream
- Dairy Free Coconut Ice Cream
- Black Forest Roulade
- Baked Fruit Cheesecake
Biscuits and Sweets
There are many gluten free biscuits in the shops nowadays - but it doesn't getting any better than homemade!
- Apple Shortbread
- Shortbread
- Caramel Slice
- Date and Banana Slice
- Viennese Whirl
- Cookies
- Coconut Balls
- Peppermint Slice
- Florentine Biscuits
- Macaroons
- Treacle Toffee
- Dairy Free Coconut Toffees
- Dairy Free Fudge
- Brandy Snap Biscuits
Christmas
For a true taste of Christmas, you can't beat homemade mince pies. But don't stop there - all the family will love this collection of sumptuous seasonal treats.
Resources
About allergies and intolerance
It is estimated that one in 100 people in the UK has coeliac disease, a condition caused by an intolerance to the protein gluten.
The wheat, gluten and lactose free store cupboard
This list of long-life ingredients includes all the essentials for a special diet store cupboard and are used in many of my recipes.
Useful contacts and suppliers
A list of organisations, ingredients and equipment suppliers which you may find useful.
Where can I find maize flour?
Known as corn flour in America, this is yellow and milled as fine as flour.
Which dairy free margarine is the best?
I decided to test different widely available dairy free margarines to see which, in my opinion, is the best.
