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[allana]

I may have bitten off more than I can chew....

In a moment of madness I agreed with Dave that it would be nice to make a cake for a friend's girlfriend's birthday on Saturday. (I quite fancied doing some baking.) A few moments later sirens and flashing lights went off in my head. She's wheat intolerant. Five minutes later and I'm on the phone to her boyfriend--she's actually wheat, gluten and lactose intolerant.

How does she live???

I've never googled so much in my life. I think I've narrowed it down to a chocolate cake made with gluten free flour, presuming I can get hold of gluten free baking powder, and oil instead of butter. The icing could be interesting though. Apparently soy margarine does work to make buttercream but I'm not sure how it will react if I dump some warm melted chocolate--apparently expensive organic dark chocolate is lactose free--in there too. I have visions of it curdling or doing something insane.

So, flist, does anyone use soy margarine? (And soy milk?)

Comments

[stonefinder.livejournal.com]

I was going to say try a flourless chocolate cake, but I'm not sure it doesn't require butter. Does margarine contain lactose? Yeah, I know but it might work a little better then oil. And there's gluten in baking powder? Also, you could also use rice flour though I'm not sure how light the cake might be. They do make bread from it.

This is a quite a challenge. Good luck.

[glam-ang.livejournal.com]

Flourless chocolate cake uses a ton of butter, unfortunately. It was my first thought. I believe that regular margarine does contain dairy/lactose but I'll check the labels.

Apparently there is gluten in most baking powders. Not sure how/why, but it's there. I found a recipe to make my own, so I may give that a try if I can't find gluten-free in the store. And I did think about rice flour but it seemed best to use a specially designed gluten free flour to try and emulate the behaviour of normal flour.

Failing that, I'll make a lemon and almond cake. It is summery but it just doesn't scream Birthday! to me.

All I can say is... no wonder she's so slim!!

[kyra-belmont.livejournal.com]

OMG! do you have a task in front of you! Good luck! Let us know how it turns out!

[glam-ang.livejournal.com]

Thanks!

[madandy.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a nightmare - rather you than me. In lieu of helpfulness, however -

Have you seen this?

http://marchingjaybird.livejournal.com/9740.html?style=mine#cutid1

[glam-ang.livejournal.com]

OOoooh! No, I hadn't! Cheers, mate! It's rather good :) Hopefully I'll be able to post my Authority crossover sometime next week...

And yes, it is rather a nightmare. Never mind, if I pull it off then I can bask in adulation for months. Never a bad thing.

[screwthedaisies.livejournal.com]

if I pull it off then I can bask in adulation for months.

I have found that to be a great reward for preparing dishes for my vegan, wheat-free friend. The last time we had her over at a get together, she told me I'm the only person who makes sure there's stuff she can eat. Everyone else just expects her to bring her own food.

[feelforfaith.livejournal.com]

she's actually wheat, gluten and lactose intolerant

That's quite a task then. O.O

I'm very uneducated when it comes to product substitution, other than lactose-free milk we tried a for a bit because David wanted to see if it will help with his stomach problems. (It didn't.)