Cinnamon scrolls

I must admit I have never really made cinnamon scrolls before, it's something that I have never really had and i cant actually remember eating one as a kid. It was until my friend over at The Useful Box made some scrolls for a morning tea that I actually considered them. My friend had accidentally made these cinnamon scrolls dairy free (see her Recipe). This got me thinking that I'd like to see if I can make a dairy and gluten free version. So here it is:

Ingredients:

1/2 cups rice milk

1/3 cup sugar

2 tsp salt

4 Tbs nuttlex

1 package/ 7g yeast

1 egg

3 3/4 cups GF self raising flour

Filling:

5 Tbs. of vegetable oil

1/2 cup brown sugar

2 tsp. cinnamon

Method:

1. In a saucepan heat milk, sugar, salt and nuttlex until warm (not hot). The aim of this is to activate the yeast, if you make it to hot you will kill the yeast.

2. Add in yeast and a whisked egg.

3. Add the flour and stir until combined.

4. Divide the mixture into to two. Lightly flour a surface to roll out mixture to a couple of millimetres thick rectangles.

5. Brush the rectangles with oil and sprinkle over sugar and cinnamon.

6. Using a clean knife cut strips approximately 1.5-2 centimetres thick and roll up. 

7. Place the rolls on a lined tray and allow to rise for 40 minutes.

8. Bake in a pre- heated oven at 200 degrees for 12- 15 minutes or until golden brown. 

You can also add icing to the scrolls once cooled if desired.

Coles simply gluten free vanilla cake mix review

I was pretty excited when coles started advertising there simply gluten free range. I was even more excited when I looked at the prices. The vanilla cake mix was just $3. Bargain! Well it is in gluten free world. In my opinion they don't taste too bad either, but I guess you can't go to wrong taste wise when the first ingredient is sugar. I was really happy with this cake mix. It was easy to do and quick. It turned out really well. The cake was light and fluffy and tasted good. The icing also turned out well and tasted good. Overall I thought it was good and I would defiantly buy it again. I also love that this recipe can be made dairy free too by substituting the margarine for nuttlex.

I also have a sneaking suspicion that the vanilla cupcakes mix is exactly the same. I've made this one too and it taste the same it just costs more. So I think if I want cupcakes I'm just going to use this and adjust the cooking time. 

Hope this helps

Sarah 

Passion fruit sponge cake

I know it's been a little while since my last blog post... Children are so time consuming! Today I thought I would share with a recipe I found from coles. It's a passion fruit sponge cake. The cake uses corn flour, which makes it gluten free, and the passion fruit in the icing make the cake delicious. It's also dairy free.

Ingredients

3 eggs
1/2 cup castor sugar
3/4 cup gf corn flour
1 tsp baking powder
Pinch of salt
1/2 cup passion fruit pulp
1 cup icing sugar
2 tsp nuttlex

Method
1. Preheat oven to 160 degrees. Grease and line a 20cm round tin.

2. Using an electric mixer, place eggs in the bowl and whisk until firm, to form soft peaks. Place castor sugar into a sieve and slowly add, in small quantities, to the eggs while blending.3. In a separate bowl, sift cornflour, baking powder and salt. Sift again into egg and sugar mix. To combine, use a large spoon and slowly add a little at a time and then fold
4. Pour into the tin and bake for 20 minutes or until cooked. Remove from oven and place on a wire rack to cool
5. For icing, combine passionfruit pulp, icing sugar and unsalted butter and beat until smooth.
6. Serve with slices of mango and strawberries.


http://recipes.coles.com.au/recipes/1118/gluten-free-passionfruit-sponge-cake/