Glutenfree High Tea-worthy Strawberry Teabread

Sometimes you just want to bake something. Don't you? Well, I do. So yesterday morning I leafed through one of my gazillion cookbooks and saw a recipe for Strawberry Teabread and it made my mouth water. And since my hands itched to bake something, I decided to make a glutenfree version of it. It is made with fresh strawberries and strawberries happen to be both my kids favorite fruit, so I knew they would love it.

In fact, in Thijmens first year as a diagnosed celiac I bought them every week. In bulk. Whether they were in season or not. In winter they were ridiculously expensive but we bought them anyway. Why? Because he loved them mixed through his glutenfree porridge. And since the kid had to eat that glutenfree porridge every morning and every evening (as dessert) to make him gain weight (he ate 5-6 meals spread over the day, just to make him grow, to make him stronger). We did everything to make that enjoyable for him. So strawberries it was. And 5 years later, he still adores them.

This teabread is a great addition to any High Tea. It's light, it is delicate and it's full of flavour. And it is sooooo simple!

Easy does it with this simple cake

This recipe makes one small teabread. 

Ingredients:

• 115 grams (4 oz) of fresh strawberries, chopped.
• 115 grams (4 oz) of butter (on room temperature)
• 115 grams (4 oz) of icing sugar
• 125 grams (4,5 oz) of rice flour
• 40 grams (1.5 oz) of almond flour
• 7 grams (0.246 oz) of baking soda
• 1 teaspoon of xanthan gum
• 1 teaspoon of fiber husk
• 2 eggs

Instructions:

1. Preheat the oven to 160 degrees centigrade (325 degrees fahrenheit).
2. Mix the icing sugar and the butter in a bowl till light and fluffy.
3. Mix in the eggs one by one, till dissolved into the butter and sugar mixture.
4. Now add the flour, xantahn gum, baking soda and fiber husk. Whisk it in.
5. Fold in the strawberries.
6. Pour the mixture into a greased cake tin.
7. Put it in the oven for about 40-50 minutes till firm and golden.
8. Tip it out of the cake tin onto a wire rack (carefully!!) and leave it to cool.

Enjoy!