Gluten-free Gourmet Desserts and Baked Goods

Wheat flour, omnipresent in all the classic baked goods, has successfully been replaced in this delicious baking book by Valérie Cupillard. These traditional French delicacies are exceptionally wholesome, easy to prepare, and imaginatively re-formulated for gluten-free diets.

Learn how rice, buckwheat, tapioca, amaranth, chestnuts, hazelnuts, coconut, and many other foods can add richness, flavor, and texture to gluten-free bakery goods. More than 60 spectacular, larger than life color photos accompany recipes for a dazzling array of quick breads, tarts, cakes, puddings, custards, crepes, cookies, brownies, and bars. A sampling of choices include Chocolate Cake Impérial, Olive Foccaccia, Lemon Brioche, Orange Zest Cake and more.

Clear and concise directions are sufficiently detailed without being cumbersome to follow. Ingredients are available in local groceries and wherever gluten-free products are sold. These recipes transform the challenges of eating gluten-free into a wondrous discovery of gourmet choices.