despite already being a member of { several } groups of the Clandestine Cake Club . & . having plenty of reasons to bake cake . i became a member of Bumpkin Betty's Baking Club a little while back . because . well . there really isn't such a thing as too much cake . is there ? but . then life got in the way . & . i never quite got around to joining in with the last couple of months .
so . this month i knew i had to squeeze in a little time to bake . & . squeeze it in i did . hence the not so great photo's . & . the rather hurried . { ok . non-existent } . styling !
the theme for this month was ' free-from ' . & . i knew the perfect book to go to for some inspiration . Clean Cakes by Henrietta Inman has become one of my favourite baking books . i've already tried out several recipes from her book; coconut ice . coconut cacao quinoa bars . fig & ginger tea bread . & . an extra fruity fruit loaf . all with great success . & . very quickly scoffed !
but for this i wanted something a little more summery . something with berries . & . so i spotted her recipe for Lemon, Strawberry & Earl Grey Friands . & . decided they would be perfect to put a twist on . swapping raspberries for the strawberries . & . rose water for the earl grey .
making these with either a dairy free butter . or . as i did . with coconut oil makes them dairy-free . they are sweetened with honey . making them refinedsugar-free . & . the flours are brown rice & sorghum . making them nicely gluten-free .
i did have a ponder over switching the egg whites for aquafaba . { the liquid you get in a tin of chickpeas for those who've never heard of it before } . but thought that might be a step too far .
my lemon drizzle topping is a little different to the original recipe . which uses agave sugar . but i found that the greek yogurt gave the same look as the glaze on Henrietta's friands & added a lovely fresh tang that complemented the lemon .
oh . & . i also don't have a friand tin . { note to self: buy a friand tin ! } . so mine were baked in a baking tin for small fairy cakes . & . worked just as well . even if they don't look quite so ' friand ' like . . .
small but perfectly formed friands . . .
and with the glaze . . .
and . what did Bumpkin Betty's other Bakers bake i hear you ask . . ?
. BumpkinBetty herself baked a gluten-free chocolate berry tart .
. { another } Betty . from . TheBettyStamp baked some gluten-free date & banana energy bites .
. Emma . from . Emma'sPicturePostcards made her mum's { naturally } gluten-free pavlova .
. Angela . who writes . OnlyCrumbsRemain . baked an egg-free lemon mousse cake .
and
. Sophie . who writes . ALadyBakes made flourless chocolate brownies .
if you love baking & would like to join in then you can join the club here . & . you can read Jaclyn's { aka.BumpkinBetty} lovely write up of last months ' Spring has Sprung ' theme over on her blog .
. have a sweet & hAppy dAy .
