Gluten-Free King Cake

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This xantham gum-free mentation gives celiac sufferers other crushed to observe astatine Mardi Gras.

The specialty flours called for present are disposable astatine integrated market and health-food stores; they besides tin beryllium ordered done online purveyors.

Ingredients

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Servings: 12-16 

For the cake

  • 1 cupful lukewarm water
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons progressive adust yeast
  • 3 tablespoons sugar
  • 1 tablespoonful flaxseed meal
  • 2 tablespoons boiling-hot water
  • 4 ounces (1 1/4 cups) almond flour
  • 4 ounces (3/4 cup) maize flour, specified arsenic Bob's Red Mill marque (not cornstarch)
  • 4 ounces (3/4 cup) Japanese saccharine atom flour, positive much for dusting the pan
  • 4 ounces (2/3 cup) murphy starch
  • 4 ounces (1 cup) tapioca flour
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons good oversea salt
  • 1/4 cupful packed acheronian brownish sugar
  • 1/2 spoon crushed cinnamon (do not usage Saigon cinnamon, arsenic it thwarts yeast growth)
  • 1/2 cupful beverage pulverization (may substitute goat's-milk powder)
  • 1/2 spoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 spoon almond extract
  • 3 ample eggs, astatine country temperature
  • Vegetable oil, for greasing the vessel and pan
  • 1 miniature integrative baby

For the ovum wash

  • 1 ample egg
  • 1 tablespoonful full milk

For the icing

  • 3 cups confectioners' sugar
  • 3 tablespoons full milk, astatine country temperature
  • Freshly squeezed foodstuff from 1 oregon 2 lemons (3 tablespoons)
  • Red, blue, yellowish and greenish nutrient coloring
  • Colored sugars and/or sprinkles, for garnish

Nutritional Facts

Per serving (based connected 16)

  • Calories

    290

  • Fat

    6 g

  • Saturated Fat

    1 g

  • Carbohydrates

    52 g

  • Sodium

    260 mg

  • Cholesterol

    55 mg

  • Protein

    7 g

  • Fiber

    2 g

  • Sugar

    28 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From Shauna James Ahern, blogger astatine GlutenFreeGirl.com and writer of "Gluten-free Girl and the Chef" (Wiley, 2010).

Tested by Bonnie S. Benwick.

Published March 1, 2011

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Updated March 13, 2026

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