Gluten-free layer cake base
Gluten-free layer cake base
Cooking time
40
minutesThe perfect gluten-free layer cake base is easily made with Virtasalmen Viljatuote' gluten-free flour. Cut the cooled base into three discs, fill and decorate!
Tin diameter 26 cm
Ingredients
3,75 dl Virtasalmen Viljatuote's gluten-free all-purpose flour mix
2tspbaking powder
5 room temperature egg
2,5 dl sugar
1 dl boiled water
Preparation
- Beat the eggs and sugar well in a blender for at least 5 minutes until foamy. This is an important step and the foaming must be done properly!
- Add a small amount at a time of boiled water, stirring gently with a spatula.
- Finally, gently turning and adding in small batches, add the sifted flour mix, to which the baking powder has been mixed in.
- Bake at 175 degrees for about 40 minutes.
- The bottom rises a lot, so fill only halfway.
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Tip
- This gluten-free layer cake base also freezes well. Remember to thaw the day before you plan to fill and decorate it.
Gluten-free dark flour mix, 500 g 
Thank you for the good advice. I bake birthday cakes and cakes for parties.
Hi Sirpa! Thank you for your nice feedback!
Hey, what on earth went wrong - it didn't rise, but rather fell in the oven.... as I tried to do, eggs at room temperature etc - though I wondered about that amount of hot water, but I did the job as instructed.....And as I didn't have a large enough cake tin, I divided it into two, a larger and a smaller one - as I really thought this would rise as promised by the instructions by a lot.....................
Hi Ritva! Unfortunately, we cannot advise you now what could have gone wrong. Would you dare to try again?
I had the same thing happen to me 🙁 what a miracle ? how did you others manage ?
Hi Virve!
It is important to whisk the eggs and sugar really well and for a long time. Then it is important not to add water all at once, but in small amounts, as well as the flour.
I hope this advice is helpful, because this really is a really good and delicious cake base 🙂
Hello. Years ago, we taught this sponge cake base at a hostess school. After adding a thin strip of boiling water, you had to whisk for another 10 minutes. It became a "white" hard foam.
I should try it today. We hope for success.
Hi Pirjo,
Please let us know if you did it with the hostess school's instructions 🙂
I've been making sweet and savoury cakes for my family's parties for many years now by putting 50-50 light rice flour and potato flour in it, with a little baking powder. It's important that the eggs are fresh, good quality and at room temperature, otherwise it won't work. Flour equal to sugar plus eggs, in a glass measure. Careful mixing.
Hi Jaana!
Thanks for the good tips!
Great recipe - thank you! I just made my mother-in-law's birthday cake base and it turned out beyond expectations! 🙂
Hi Salla! Thank you for your nice feedback!
First time gluten-free layer cake base turned out perfect, so great recipe, thank you very much!
Hi Maarit!
This kind of feedback is wonderful, thank you!
..oops, I had to write, so this is a great recipe! With this recipe I'm going to make a cake for my 80th birthday party 🤗
Do you add the water immediately after boiling while hot to the sugar-egg batter and mix with a blender at the same time or slowly by hand?
Hi Senni!
Yes, hot into the dough but gently turning to avoid the sugar-egg foam spilling too much.
Hello,
I get the impression from the instructions that the boiled water is still being added by whisking with an electric kettle. Could the instructions specify the mixing method? T: pancake fire
Thank you Emmi for your kind comment! We will correct the recipe.
Could you use that bun powder mix as the flour here? Have you tested its effectiveness?
Hi Satu,
You can also swap the Gluten-free all-purpose flour mix for Gluten-free bun flour mix!
Hi, what is the Cake Batter ground with?
Hi Pia,
You can flour the cake with gluten-free breadcrumbs, coarse rice flour or even with Light Flour Mix 🙂
Today I baked the cake base according to the instructions. It turned out perfectly. For the second base I mixed hot water with the egg whites, stirring with an arrow, it worked.
The other I tested by mixing in an all purpose mixer , I put in with a tablespoon, worked well. Thanks for the good instructions.
Hi Eeva,
Glad to hear that the cake base turned out well 🙂 Thanks also for the great tips!:-)
Really good advice!
I made a double, which gave me a cake base the size of a baking dish. Makes a massive cake. I made three large cake layers.
It worked really well when you did exactly as you instructed in the recipe 🙂
Hi Tuisku,
Thank you for the nice feedback and glad the cake layers worked out 🙂