Naked Pumpkin Cake – Gluten Free

I tried this recipe for Hanna's birthday. For our first attempt at a GF cake it turned out pretty good. After we cut pieces of the cake we dipped them in sugar.

Naked Pumpkin Cake – Gluten Free

• 1 1/3 Sorghum flour
• 1/3 cup potato starch
• 1/3 cup arrowroot
• 2 cups Granulated Sugar
• 2 teaspoons Baking Soda
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 3 teaspoons Cinnamon
• 2 teaspoons Xanthun Gum
• 1-⅓ cup Vegetable Oil
• 1-½ cup Canned Pumpkin (15 Oz Can)
• 2 whole Eggs Beaten
• 1-½ teaspoon Vanilla - Make Sure It's Gluten Free

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Mix the dry ingredients.
3. Mix the wet ingredients.
4. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and mix together with a wooden spoon until smooth.
5. Pour into a lightly greased bundt pan.
6. Bake for 50-60 minutes (10-15 minutes longer if you’re using a thick bundt pan; I use the thinner, dark pan).
7. Cool for ten minutes in the pan and then invert onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Blueberry Donuts (Gluten Free)

And we have a winner! We found a donut recipe that Hanna can have! A friend had posted on FaceBook about some gluten free donuts she had made so I asked her for the recipe. I had to tweek it a little because Hanna can't have rice flour. The recipe is for blueberry donuts but Hanna wanted to try strawberry. I am going to play with the recipe and try to make pumpkin spice donuts soon too. I had a hard time finding the donut pans. I finally found them at Michaels and they were even on sale.

Blueberry Donuts (Gluten Free)
1/3 cup canola oil
1 cup sugar
3/4 cup sorghum flour or rice flour
1/3 cup garbanzo and lava bean flour
1/2 cup potato starch
1/4 cup arrow root
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp xanthan gum
1/2 tsp salt
1/8 tsp baking soda
2 eggs or 1/3 cup of apple sauce
1/4 cup vanilla
1 tsp lemon extract
1/2 cup hot water
1/3 cup of blueberries mixed with 1 Tbl. sugar and mashed or 1/3 cup blueberry jam

Preheat to 325
need 2 six mold donut trays greased
Mix all ingredients except blueberries
Stir blueberries in at end-just swirling it
Drop 2 1/2 Tbl. of batter into each mold and spread out
Bake 16 min.
Let cool for 5 min before removing from pan
Lightly brush top of donut with water then turn upside down in a bowl of sugar to coat the top.

* For Chocolate Chip Donut leave out the jam and add chocolate chips instead. For Hanna I use carob chips. This is her new favorite donuts.