Hi everyone, Thought I'd post one of my favorite recipes to use all of those strawberries this time of year...

STRAWBERRY TORTE

1 cup gluten-free flour Bob's Red Mill All Purpose or Beth's gluten-free Pantry All-Purpose
½ teaspoon xanthan gum
1 ¼ teaspoon gluten-free baking powder
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup milk
1 ½ cup sugar
1 teaspoon gluten-free vanilla
½ cup butter
4 eggs, separated at room temperature
Filling:
2 cups fresh strawberries cut into slices*
1 cup whipped cream
Preheat oven to 375°. Grease and gluten-free flour two 8 inch cake pans. In a small bowl, combine the gluten-free flour, xanthan gum, baking powder and salt and set aside. Cream ½ cup sugar with the butter until fluffy. Mix in the beaten egg yolks. Mix in the flour and milk slowly, alternating with small amounts of each. Stir in the vanilla and divide between the cake pans. With a clean and dry mixer, beat the egg whites until stiff. Gradually beat in 1 cup of sugar. Spread half of the mixture over each cake. Bake for 25 minutes or until the meringue is lightly browned. Cool completely in pans on wire racks. Mix together strawberries and whipped cream. Place one cake, with meringue side down and top with strawberry mix. Place the second cake on top with the meringue side up. Refrigerate until serving.
*Can substitute with blueberries, mixed berries or drained pineapple.


Enjoy- from the cookbook "Bon Appetit- Without the Wheat"
Email me if you'd like me to send you a photo of what the "finished" torte looks like!
Julie

Thanks for sharing the recipe. It sounds delicious.

This sounds really good...but do you think we could make substitutions for all dairy products?

Kassandra

I don't see why you couldn't substitute soy or rice milk and dairy-free butter. I used to substitute dairy-free ingredients all the time when I had some past issues with dairy.

Kassandra,
Subsituting the milk and butter in the "torte" part of the recipe will be fine. I'm assuming you can have eggs?
I don' think a soy milk would "whip" well enough to mix with the fruit for the filling. Here are some non-dairy whipped cream substitutes...
Cool Whip
Non-Dairy Whipped Topping: contains casein; frozen tub
Regular; Free; French Vanilla; Light; Strawberry

Kineret Non-Dairy Whipped Topping
casein-free; frozen container

Real Whip
Frozen Topping: Original
contains casein; [lite and fat-free contain milk]

Rich Whip
Liquid Frozen Topping
casein-free; frozen tub

Soyatoo Whipped Soy Topping
casein-free; shelf-stable aerosol container

Rich's Non-Dairy Whipped Cream


Please let us know how it turns out!!

Julie