The Great British Bake Off has returned to our screens once more & I have decided to celebrate this by adding an extra blog post a week, dedicated to a wheat-free, dairy-free, FODMAP friendly version of one of the bakes from the previous week because of my food allergies & IBS. So, here is my FODMAP Black Forest Gateau recipe!
To kick us off, I have replicated last week’s signature bake – the Black Forest Gateau. Want to know how to make it? Of course you do!
To start with, you’ll need to make 2 sponge cakes. The recipe for these is the same as for the cake in my Chocolate Fudge Cake. Leave the two sponges to cool for at least 2 hours before adding the filling. They can’t be too cool, but they can be too hot!
For the filling, you will need (apologies for the imperial measurements):
- 4oz Pure spread
- 8oz icing sugar
- 1 teaspoon of soya cream (Soya is not recommended on the FODMAP diet, but I’m allergic to nuts & can’t tolerate any dairy products. If you cant tolerate soya, look for a lactose-free, dairy alternative.)
- 1 teaspoon of cocoa powder
Begin by beating the pure & the icing sugar together. Once this is a smooth consistence, add the cream & beat this in. Add the cocoa powder & beat until the colour is even throughout & looks a little like this:
Add this evenly to the top of your first sponge (this will be your bottom later) & smooth out until it almost reaches the edge of the cake. Next add blueberries & then place your second sponge on top.
For the ganache, you will need:
- 100g chocolate (I used dark chocolate that has no milk in)
- 1/2 carton of Alpro Soya cream
Gently heat the cream. Drop the broken chocolate into the cream & continue to heat until the chocolate is completely melted.
Pour the ganache over the top of the cake, add more blueberries & leave to cool.
Let me know if you try this & what you think! If you have any requests for Bake Off recipes you want to see, feel free to leave them in the comments below or tweet me!
Will you be trying my FODMAP Black Forest Gateau recipe?
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You have made me so hungry.. this looks so so good!
Summer xx
Haha I’ve made myself hungry just coming over to reply to comments – think I’m going to have to make another today! Thanks for reading Summer! Xx
Oh my, that looks delicious! Its nice to see you celebrating the return of the Great British Bake Off in a fitting way ;)
Aliya x | thecatandthegirl.blogspot.co.uk | https://www.bloglovin.com/people/thegirl09-10150959
Thanks Aliya! It really was. I’m a little nervous about the biscuit bake & terrified of bread week, but will give them a try & report back with successes & disasters alike! Xx
OMG that looks incredible. Well done! Why did you not invite me for a piece? Need to catch up on yesterday’s GBBO episode and hope you’ll publish another baking related post soon xx
Caz | Style Lingua
Thanks Caz! If I get a spot at the Birmingham Fashion Week I’ll bring some along! I need to catch up on that episode too – I was editing a blog post at the time so couldn’t concentrate properly. I’m a little nervous of a biscuit bake & terrified for bread week, but it’ll be interesting to see how they go! So glad you enjoyed this post. Xx
OH MY WORD this looks beyond mouthwatering, i nearly dribbled! Thank you so much for sharing your Blog with me via Twitter!
http://www.carlyrowena.com xx
Thanks so much Carly! I’m glad you liked it. It can be hard when you have to cut things out of your diet, so I’m hoping these recipes will show people they can still enjoy the foods they used to love & inspire them to experiment! Xx
This looks DIVINE!! I would have never thought to do chocolate and blueberry together. I love baking and reading baking posts, I’ve done a few on my blog if you want to have a read. Thank you for sending over your link tonight on the #bbloggers chat, I’ve really enjoyed reading your blog.
Becca xx
http://missbeccabeauty.blogspot.co.uk/
It was my husband’s idea to use blueberries, as I can’t have cherries. I wasn’t 100% sure how well it would work but the combination turned out great! I’ll definitely be checking out your baking posts & trying some myself! Xx
Amazing post, I follow Fodmap, need to share this blog, Love it x
Lyn x
Lyn | The Lavender Barn
Thank you so much! I’m glad you liked it. Xx
Thanks Lyn! Xx
This looks so good! Thanks for sharing. Gemma xx http://www.jacquardflower.uk
Thank you Gemma! Xx
This looks yummy Tania..
Thanks Hayley! Xx
Thanks Hayley! Xx