When it comes to baking on the low FODMAP diet, cake recipes that use polenta instead of wheat flour are great because they still have that crumbly texture but don’t feel like a compromise. This cake uses the slightly unusual technique of boiling citrus fruit until soft, which is then blended and added to the cake batter. The icing that is drizzled over the top uses cream cheese but feel free to substitute with a lactose-free yoghurt.
3 clementines
1 lemon (unwaxed)
6 eggs
250 grams caster sugar
150 grams polenta or cornmeal
100 grams ground almonds
1 teaspoon baking powder
Seeds from 4 cardamom pods crushed to a powder with a pestle and mortar
1 pinch of salt
Butter to grease the tin
25 grams pecans, roughly chopped
25 grams oat flour (Note: you can make your own by blending rolled oats)
15 grams rolled oats
65 grams demerara sugar
50 grams cold unsalted butter
Seeds from 2 cardamom pods crushed with a pestle and mortar
100 grams cream cheese or lactose free yoghurt
3 tablespoons maple syrup
2 tablespoons orange juice
MSc, Clinical Development Associate
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