30 Flourless Baking Recipes

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These Flourless Baking Recipes are easy to master naturally gluten-free recipes. They use everyday simple ingredients you can find in your larder or pantry and don’t include any grains or starch filled flours. From flourless chocolate cake to banana bread to flourless cookies or orange cakes with chocolate chips. There is something for everyone in this selection of simple recipes.

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If you are gluten-free or if you are trying to cut down on grains and starches in your diet but you still have a sweet tooth then these fabulous flourless baking recipes are perfect for you. And it doesn’t just have to be all about the Flourless Chocolate Cake – there are other cakes which don’t have any flour which you’ll soon discover.

In place of all-purpose flour these recipes use a variety of ingredients to create delicious cakes, decadent desserts, grain free cookies and sweet treats. Ingredients like:

• Oats
• Nuts
• Cornmeal
• Almond flour
• Coconut flour
• Sweet potato

New to gluten-free baking?

Gluten-free baking can feel overwhelming. There are so many different kinds of flours. I always advise newbie gluten-free bakers that choosing to bake easy recipes which don’t require any flour at all is the best place to start. Let’s keep it simple.

These recipes are perfect as they are all naturally flour-free and require minimal effort and ingredients.

If you want to take the next step and start learning how to bake with gluten-free flours then you can start here >>> The Ultimate Guide to Gluten-Free & Alternative Flours.

Is flourless the same as gluten-free?

Flourless cakes are typically gluten-free. However the meaning is slightly different:

• Flourless recipes contain no grain or starch ground into a flour.
• Gluten-free recipes contain no gluten, which is mainly found in wheat flour.

In this collection of flourless recipes I include recipes which use almond flour, oat flour and coconut flour. These ingredients are not derived from a grain or starch and are often considered ‘flourless’ flours.

Flourless Brownies

Almond Flour Brownies

These Almond Flour Brownies are a really simple recipe which creates incredibly fudgy and intensely chocolatey gluten-free brownies that are perfect for dessert.

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Chestnut Brownies

These Chestnut Brownies are dark fudgy and  deliciously nutty. An easy festive brownie which is topped with an incredibly light whipped chestnut ganache.

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Flourless Cakes

Decadent Chocolate Hazelnut Cake {gluten-free}

This Decadent Chocolate Hazelnut Cake is beautifully moist, rich with extra chocolate and hazelnuts and completely grain-free and gluten-free.

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Gluten-Free Whole Lemon Cake With Thyme

Whole Lemon Cake With Thyme is the most vibrant dairy-free and gluten-free lemon cake you will have tasted. Floral notes of fresh thyme are a perfect match for this naturally flourless lemon cake.

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Gluten-Free Chocolate Torte with Sweet Potato

This Sweet Potato Chocolate Truffle Torte is so decadently delicious you won’t believe that it is dairy-free, flourless and refined sugar-free.

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Leftover Porridge Cake

This Leftover Porridge Cake recipe is ideal if you are stuck with a saucepan full of cooked oatmeal. It is a delicious and healthy cake for snacking, warm with spices and bursting with fruity blueberries. It even makes a great dessert served warm with ice cream. Plus it is gluten-free and refined sugar-free with a dairy-free option.

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Whole Orange Cake with Chocolate Chips

This naturally gluten-free Whole Orange Cake is made with whole oranges boiled then pureed for an authentically fresh orange flavour. The cake is beautifully moist and flavourful with chocolate chips dotted throughout for added luxury.

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Banana Oat Bread (no sugar, gluten-free)

Banana Oat Bread is a no sugar, gluten-free treat which is baked with greek yoghurt for a deliciously moist texture and tang. Crammed with bananas and nutritiously dense seeds it makes for an ultra satisfying snack or start to your day. Especially good topped with salted butter or your favourite nut butter.

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Flourless Cookies

Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies are no fuss to make and are one of the most satisfyingly chewy cookies you will have the pleasure to bake.

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Coconut Matcha Macaroons

Coconut Matcha Macaroons are easy to make, completely flourless and just 6 ingredients. Dipped and drizzled with dark chocolate.

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Easy Flourless Salted Chocolate Chip Cashew Cookies

Easy Flourless Salted Chocolate Chip Cashew Cookies are foolproof, with minimal ingredients, no fuss and are absolutely delicious.

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Flourless Desserts

Coconut Crisp with Blueberries

Coconut Crisp is a coconut extravaganza. Fruity blueberries are baked in a creamy coconut custard blanketed with an irresistible oaty coconut crumble topping. A stress-free vegan and gluten-free dessert which is utterly delicious and surprisingly easy to throw together in a hurry.

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Salted Peanut Butter Blond Chocolate Mousse

Salted Peanut Butter Blond Chocolate Mousse is for lovers of all things peanut butter and butterscotchy. Rich, indulgent and definitely destined for special occasions.

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Red Berry Eton Mess with Mascarpone

Red Berry Eton Mess is a quintessential British dessert. Here we crush crisp yet chewy homemade meringue into fresh summer berries and cherries muddled with a thick mascarpone cream

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Chocolate Brownie Espresso Trifles {gluten-free}

Chocolate Brownie Espresso Trifles are a luxurious gluten-free dessert for fiendish chocolate lovers.

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Mango Lime Pudding

An ideal way to end a meal, both rich and refreshing, but also incredibly quick and easy to make in advance.

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Lemon and Thyme Jelly

Lemon and Thyme Jelly is fresh and sweet with a gorgeous herby tang. If your jelly experiences have been spoiled by the saccharine sweetness of the packaged cubes of jelly then you will be surprised and delighted by real jelly.

Flourless Muffins

Gluten-Free Savoury Muffins with Cheese & Bacon

These Gluten-Free Savoury Muffins are xanthan gum free and use only oats and defatted almond flour. Gorgeously cheesy, punctured with bacon bits and glistening with honey

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Mini Blueberry Cornbread Muffins

These Gluten-Free Mini Blueberry Cornbread Muffins are ideal for snacking. They are sugar free and flourless. Lovely as they are or for enjoying with a dollop of yoghurt and drizzle of maple syrup.

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Easy Pumpkin Oatmeal Muffins {gluten-free}

These Pumpkin Oatmeal Muffins are incredibly moist and flavourful. Made with gluten-free rolled oats, almond flour and plenty of spice for the ultimate Autumn treat.These Pumpkin Oatmeal Muffins are incredibly moist and flavourful. Made with gluten-free rolled oats, almond flour and plenty of spice for the ultimate Autumn treat.

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Flourless Sweet Treats

Raw Cranberry Energy Bars (Homemade Nakd Bars)

Raw Cranberry Energy Bars are vegan, gluten-free and sugar-free. Full of protein and bursting with fruity flavour.

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Chocolate Tahini Energy Balls

These Chocolate Tahini Energy Balls are deliciously simple to make and loaded with antioxidants, protein and good fats with no refined sugar for healthy snacking.

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Gluten-Free Blueberry Coconut Bars (No-Bake)

Gluten-Free Blueberry Coconut Bars are bursting with bright fruity flavour and the creamy richness of coconut. Plus they are vegan, gluten-free and sugar-free

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Perfectly Sweet n'Salty Popcorn

This Perfectly Sweet n’Salty Popcorn is quick to make with 5 easy ingredients. It’s an absolute classic popcorn recipe, a total crowd pleaser, and is the ideal accompaniment to every movie night.

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Coconut Lime Energy Balls {vegan, gluten-free, paleo, sugar-free}

The perfect snack for when you need an energy boost. There is no sugar at all, refined, fruit or fake.

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Flourless Traybakes

Ultimate Popcorn Rocky Road

This Ultimate Popcorn Rocky Road hits all the right notes; sweet, salty, chewy, crunchy and most importantly really chocolatey.

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Healthy Banana Flapjacks {Gluten Free & Vegan}

You won’t be able to get enough of these Healthy Banana Flapjacks. They are the perfect choice if you are looking for a vegan, refined sugar-free and gluten-free treat. Believe me you will be baking these and serving them to your friends and family time and time again.

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Picnic Slice

Naturally gluten-free, these treats are light, packed with fruit and nuts and covered in plenty of chocolate.

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No Bake Granola Bars (gluten-free, vegan)

No Bake Granola Bars are gluten-free and vegan with no refined sugar and plenty of energy boosting ingredients, plus they are super tasty.

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White Chocolate Raspberry Flapjacks

White Chocolate Raspberry Flapjacks are a delicious easy tray-bake. These traditional oat bars have crisp outer edges with a dense chewy middle. The tang of fresh raspberries is a beautiful pairing with the sweet white chocolate.

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