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Blueberry Gluten Free Sponge Cake (Dairy Free)

Ingredients

  • 6 oz Doves Gluten Free Self Raising Flour
  • 6 oz Caster sugar
  • 6 oz Dairy Free Margarine I used Pure Soya Spread, but any will do!
  • 3 Large Eggs
  • Few drops of Vanilla Extract
  • 2 tbsp of Almond Milk if deemed necessary
  • 1 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
  • 1/4 tsp Xantham Gum
  • Fresh Blueberries However many you wish as a guide I used about 150g
  • 3 oz Dairy Free Margarine
  • 6 oz Icing Sugar
  • Few drops of Vanilla Extract
  • Blueberry Jam

Instructions

  • Heat the oven to 180 degrees celsius and thoroughly grease your baking tins.
  • In a mixing bowl add the flour, sugar, dairy free margarine, eggs, vanilla extract, baking powder and xantham gum.
  • Using an electric whisk mix them all together until combined and light. (I found that by using the xantham gum, the mixture came together a lot more and thus sticking to the whisk quite a bit, don’t worry though the cake won’t crumble later as a result!)
  • Add a little almond milk to give a little extra liquid to the mixture and continue to mix till combined.
  • Evenly pour/spoon the cake mix into the greased tins and spread so its fairly level.
  • Lightly cover the fresh blueberries with a dusting of flour so that they don’t sink in the cake, and then as randomly or evenly as you like place the blueberries into the cake mix, gently pushing them in.
  • Place the cake tins in the centre of the preheated oven for about 25 minutes, the cakes should come out looking golden and risen.
  • After about a minute carefully turn the cakes out onto a cooling rack and leave to completely cool.
  • In the mean time, make the dairy free butter cream! Cream the dairy free margarine in a glass bowl.
  • Gradually add the icing sugar and drops of vanilla until all has been added.
  • Once the cakes are cool turn them over onto the plate/board/dome you wish to serve the cake from.
  • On the bottom layer liberally spread the butter cream and on the top layer liberally spread some blueberry jam.
  • Sandwich the two together and dust the top with a small amount of icing sugar.
  • Slice and enjoy ☺