[Debz]

Do any of you clever people have a tried and tested dairy free cake / sponge or muffin recipe?  I have a dairy intolerant colleague and we are having morning coffee tomorrow in the office and that means lots of cakes but I would like to make something that she could enjoy at the time and not suffer for later.  Thanks in anticipation.

[tosca100]

My MIL is coeliac and FIL diabetic. When we visit I google what I want ie gluten free diabetic chocolate cake, and it's surprising what you can find. There are a lot of recipes using oil instead of butter, especially muffins, and usually reviews. Saves a fortune on cookery books.

Hope this helps.

[joyfull]

I have just found this website that has 91 dairy free cake recipes:-

http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipes/tag-3191/dairy-free-cake.aspx

[Debz]

Thanks both.  I will google later and also have a look at the site Joyful recommended.

I've just has a look at the site that Joy recommended and am going to try a lemon courgette cake because I have a big courgette from the garden that needs to be used before it is joined by some more.  Thanks again.

[hamstergbert]

This recipe from the Daily Mail is for a traditional Spanish almond cake (Santiago Cake) and is brill - flour free and fat free being made of only eggs, sugar and ground almonds with a pinch of cinnamon and ditto salt.  Gorgeous and dead easy.

For a similar thing done rather more in the style of a bakewell tart, the genuine Spanish recipe is this one which like the Mail take on it uses the same short list of ingredients with the addition of a bit of lemon rind (and icing sugar to dust on top simply as part of the presentation of it)

Certainly our favourite fat free, flour free and milk-free treats.  Unfortunately neither of them has any staying power - as soon as they are cool enough to cut both disappear like snow in summer!

[tosca100]

Venetian carrot cake is delicious too.mmmmmmmmmmmmm

[Elaine G]

Swiss roll contains no fat so is suitable for anyone that cannot eat dairy products.
I make cakes with Pure sunflower margarine which is dairy free.
Sorry this is probably too late for your coffee morning!

Elaine

[Debz]

I made a courgette and lemon cake from the website that Joyful mentioned and it was the hit of the morning coffee.  I have to print out at least 5 copies of the recipe and will definately do it again myself.  It was really easy to do and lovely and moist to eat.

[joyfull]

glad your cakes were a hit - but where was my tasty sample