Finally, the outcome!

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A couple of weeks ago I wrote about looking for gluten-free ingredients to bake a cake https://www.mylot.com/post/3516330/what-a-palaver I had seen a recipe for gluten-free ‘Peach and Almond Crumble Loaf’ in ‘Good Housekeeping’ magazine, which is usually pretty trustworthy as far as good recipes go, and wanted to try it. And I had bought a punnet of peaches which were ripe and juicy. But when I tried to find the ingredients it proved particularly difficult. I managed to find two of the three gluten-free things required, but couldn’t find the third. Then I found that my friend was away on holiday anyway. Then I ate the peaches because they were ripe and couldn’t wait any longer! A couple of days ago I was in town and passing a specialist shop that sells organic produce, wholefoods etc. so I tried there. The recipe asked for gluten-free quick-cook polenta. Well even that shop only had gluten-free ordinary polenta or quick-cook polenta (handled in a factory that also handles other cereals) but not polenta that was definitely both! I opted for the certified gluten-free stuff. I thought it would then be a simple matter of picking up a punnet of peaches on the way home – but no! I tried three different shops, and none of them had any peaches! Finally I managed to get some nectarines, which I hoped would be a close enough substitute. So yesterday Big One and I set about making the cake. Between us it didn’t take too long to measure out and mix up all the ingredients, but baking it did take a long time. Then it was quite difficult to get it out of the pan! But finally it was out and still warm. I cut half of it into thick slices and cycled round to my friend’s house for coffee and a chat. Unfortunately by the time I got there the bumpy road had caused the neat slices to disintegrate somewhat, but they were mainly OK and the cake went down well. Then back home in the evening we ate more of it for dessert, topped off with raspberry sauce. So the final outcome was a success, and definitely something I would make again. I’m just glad that gluten is the only thing my friend cannot eat because the recipe uses almonds, eggs and yogurt – if she was vegan, lactose-intolerant or allergic to nuts I would have been totally screwed! As usual I forgot to take a photo until we had already eaten most of it! All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2022.