Cake And Gluten

[Greedyfly]

I make a mean Victoria Sponge and it is a friends birthday in a few weeks but he is Gluten Intolerant. Can I just swap out the gluten for gluten free ingredients? Do they work in a similar way or should I look for a specific Gluten free recipe?

Thanks

GF

[Tuvok]

http://www.glutafin.co.uk/Search-Recipes/?&o=Easter

[Buenchico]

Gluten provides 'elasticity' to baked products. Simply replacing an ingredient containing gluten with one that doesn't will result in a sponge that has a different (and probably inferior) texture to what you normally achieve. You need to adjust the other ingredients accordingly, so you should seek out a proper 'gluten free' recipe. This one has excellent reviews:
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or, for ease of finding the ingredients, you could try Tesco's one:
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[Buenchico]

Er, whatever happened to my links there?

Let's try again!
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[Buenchico]

This is getting silly!

One last go:

http://tinyurl.com/kbthvyf

http://tinyurl.com/kmtywnt

[Ann]

http://uktv.co.uk/food/recipe/aid/658964

[diddlydo]

Tell him to provide his own cake - life's too short........

[vodkancoke]

I bake gluten-free cakes for a local tearoom. I use my normal Victoria sponge recipe replacing the self-raising flour with gluten-free self-raising flour. I have been told the sponge is light and tastes lovely. It is,however,a different texture to a regular Victoria sponge. If you buy a gluten-free sponge from any supermarket,they do tend to be a bit crumblier than a regular sponge.

[Greedyfly]

Thanks Guys for your answers, will give it a go