I have been feeling a bit down the last few weeks,mainly due to intense back pain and leg pain. It’s just one of those things that unfortunately I cannot pin point an exact cause for.There is a small problem in my disk in my lower back an it flares up often for no reason at all,but often when I am under stress. I had quite a stressful week,one of my long time regular patients passed away unexpectedly last week. It was a real shock and very sad. I always seem to hold my emotions in my body and the grief and general strain has made me feel quite down. Its always the smell and taste of good comfort food that manages to cheer me up and so I thought let me do some baking 
To me there is nothing better than the smell of a ginger or spiced cake baking in the oven. There is something so comforting and reassuring about it. If anyone could name the smell of home,I think the warm,spicy smell of ginger cake would be it..
I always made a really yummy gluten filled ginger cake and have been a little reluctant to attempt to make my tried and tested recipe gluten free,but this really worked. I adapted it and it worked so beautifully,in fact it worked so well,there was no telling it was gluten free!! Now that to me is the best accomplishment I can achieve when baking gluten free:it mustn’t taste dry and floury to me,it must be light and fluffy.
I find that a lot of bakeries use rice flour to bake with and I must admit that I find that’s what makes it have a slightly “gluten free”taste,that so many people are put off by when baking gluten free.
Have fun making this one and please let me how yours turned out.
Gluten Free Ginger Cake:
Sift Together:
300gr Flour comprising of
100gr of Quinoa Flour
50gr Maize Flour (creamy meal)
½ cup of Brown Sugar
1tsp xantham gum
2 tsp ground ginger (vary according to your taste)
2 tsp mixed spice
2 tsp cinnamon
Add
¼ cup oil
½ cup of syrup (add the oil first so that the syrup easily slides off after the oil)
2 eggs
½ cup of warm water
Mix well together
Add 2 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda mixed with a little water.
Add to a greased loaf tin,lined with baking paper and bake for approx 1 hour at 180C.
