Gluten-free Festive Recipes
Are you entertaining over the festive season and need inspiration on what you can prepare and make for your gluten-free oe wheat-free guests?
Catering over the holidays can be stressful, and deciding what to make suitable for family or friends who can't eat gluten or wheat can be even more stressful!
Here are 30 recipes from gluten-free crackers, desserts, muffins and no-bake sweet treats.
My Favourite Gluten-free Crackers
My latest has no oil no flour only seeds crackers
Easy Homemade Seed Crackers: Gluten-Free, No Flour, No Oil, Vegan
The magic of this gluten-free seed cracker recipe lies in its simplicity. By mixing a variety of seeds with hot water, you create a gel-like binder that holds everything together naturally—no need for flour or oil!
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Experiment with various seed combinations for new flavours.
This Swedish-inspired recipe is made with 5 different seeds and no flour at all.
Swedish Seed Crackers Fröknäcke: gluten-free
This Swedish seed cracker recipe is perfect to have with cream cheese, dips, cheese or cold meats.
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Teff flour seed crackers
If you can't buy teff flour where you live, you could also substitute ragi or millet flour.
Teff Seed Crackers: gluten-free
Easy to make and better than store-bought crackers. A perfect entertaining and festive season snack to bake and share with friends and family.
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Buckwheat flour seed crackers
The buckwheat flour could be swapped out for sorghum or millet flour.
Crunchy Seed Crackers Recipe with buckwheat flour
A delicious, light and crunchy seed crackers recipe with buckwheat flour. These seed crackers are naturally gluten-free, vegan and made with nutritious buckwheat flour.
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Gluten-free Cakes
I have tried and tested lots of gluten-free cakes. A traditional style Christmas cake in many variations and it is always delicious. Here are two gluten-free versions plus many more recipes to inspire some flourless.
Best Gluten-free Christmas Cake
This gluten-free Christmas fruit cake recipe is made with a combination of buckwheat, ground almonds, dried fruit, pineapple, brown sugar, butter, spice, baking powder and baking soda. It is super moist and an alcohol-free Christmas cake recipe.
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Best Gluten-free Fruit Cake #2
My best gluten-free fruit cake is a variation of my 2021 Best Gluten-free Christmas Cake. My new gluten-free fruit cake recipe includes ground hazelnuts, tapioca flour, and teff flour. I also changed mixed spices to my own Christmas spices as I discovered this is unique to the UK and Australia.
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Panforte Italian Christmas Cake gluten-free recipe
Panforte is an Italian-style fruit cake that is originally from Sienna, Italy. I wanted to share my panforte recipe with gluten-free rice flour. Italian Panforte is a delicious treat for Christmas.
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Gluten-free Coconut Cake 4 Ingredients: 4 cups
This gluten-free coconut cake with 4 ingredients is an easy and clever recipe to
have in your back pocket. Only 4 ingredients it’s perfect to whip up at the last
minute and easy to remember too as you need 1 cup of each ingredient. That’s it.
I made this using
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Flourless Strawberry Buckwheat Cake
My new flourless strawberry buckwheat cake includes both buckwheat flour and
almond flour to make this recipe gluten-free and flourless. A light and healthy
flourless strawberry cake definitely has a summertime feel or is even perfect
for all year round. If you don’t have buckwheat this could be swapped out
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Flourless Orange & Almond Cake Gluten Free – 5 ingredients
Always a crowd-pleaser my moist gluten-free orange and almond cake. So simple
with only 5 ingredients ground almonds, whole oranges, sugar, eggs and baking
powder. An old recipe that I haven’t made in a while. Easy to whip up, simple,
light and zingy. I would recommend preparing the oranges the
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Gluten-free Honey Roll (Swiss Roll) Cake
Honey roll cake is a perfect cake to whip up for afternoon tea or dessert and it tastes even better the following day.
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Flourless Persian Love Cake
The essence of a Persian love cake is the spices; cardamom, cinnamon, hints of rose, lemon and almond. I wanted to create a flourless Persian Love cake recipe and this cake is super moist made with ground almonds and decorated with cream cheese icing and decorated with pistachios and rose
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Flourless Chocolate Cake
An old favourite this flourless chocolate cake recipe is simple, gluten-free and
absolutely restaurant quality. That’s right no flour needed for this recipe. The only ingredients are
chocolate, butter, eggs, sugar, milk, ground almonds and cocoa powder. Moist
fudgy and is delicious served with berries and ice cream or fresh
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Gluten-Free Apple Almond Cake
My flourless apple almond cake is quick and easy and is made with rice flour as I wanted a gluten-free flourless cake recipe though, it would also work substituting the rice flour for regular flour, spelt flour or your favourite flour blend.
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Italian Walnut Cake: gluten-free, torta di noci
This is a traditional Calabrian Italian walnut cake recipe; called torta di noci. This is a gluten-free flourless cake made with only 3 ingredients. Walnuts, sugar and eggs and a little optional lemon or orange zest if you’d like.
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Healthier Sticky Date Pudding: gluten-free
This recipe is for a slightly healthier sticky date pudding and I made this gluten-free. This cake has a lower sugar content, less butter and not as much cream in the toffee sauce.
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Christmas Breakfast Muffins
Buckwheat Blueberry Muffins
My healthy buckwheat blueberry muffins are a great travel snack as it stays
moist for days. I love eating these as a breakfast muffin with my espresso
coffee. I have made this recipe gluten-free by adding in buckwheat flour but
feel free to tweak the recipe to work with whatever
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Easy Gluten-free Carrot Muffins
These gluten-free carrot muffins are moist, light, and perfect for a beginner baker. I have added chopped toasted walnuts and some on top for crunch.
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Spiced Orange Buckwheat Muffins
My spiced orange buckwheat muffins remind me of Christmas. These orange muffins
are zingy and light. My secret for moist buckwheat muffins is to add yoghurt and
oil. When you bite into the spiced orange muffin you get a burst of dried
cranberries which add a little texture and sweetness.
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Lemon & Poppy Seed Muffins: 2 ways gluten-free vegan and spelt flour
These lemon and poppy seed muffins 2 ways are not super sweet, moist and easy to make. The first muffin recipe is a gluten-free vegan option, and the second is spelt flour lemon and poppy seed muffin with eggs. Both these lemon and poppy seed muffins taste delicious. I share
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Many Gluten-free Cookie Recipes
Gluten-free Walnut Cookies
Only 3 ingredients are needed for this gluten-free walnut cookies recipe. That’s it crushed or chopped walnuts, sugar and egg whites.
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Sunflower Seed Cookies – Gluten Free
One of my favourite superfoods; is sunflower seeds. These cookies are soft, chewy with a hint of sweetness from the coconut and a crispy outside edge and a subtle crunch when you bite into them. I made this recipe semi-healthy, grain-free, gluten-free and nut-free so you can eat more! I
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Gluten-free Chocolate Almond Cookies
A super cute chocolate almond cookie that is gluten-free. A fun star shape perfect as a Christmas cookie. A simple Christmas cookie to bake as a gift idea for a friend or loved one.
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Easy Almond Cookies - 3 ingredients
Easy almond cookies are super quick to make and only 3 ingredients are ground almonds, egg white and sugar.
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Greek Almond Crescent Cookies: Baking Gift Idea
Greek almond crescent cookies are a cute baking gift idea. The gluten-free almond crescent cookies are quick to make; you don’t even need an electric mixer. Simple ingredients egg whites, sugar, ground almonds, flaked almonds and almond extract. When you bite into the almond cookie they should be crunchy on
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NEW
Easy Almond Cookies Recipe: Low Sugar, Gluten-Free, Egg-Free
An easy almond cookie recipe that is low in sugar, gluten-free, and made without eggs. This is great for anyone with dietary restrictions and a quick and easy recipe to whip up at the last minute. Make this vegan by using non-dairy butter or coconut oil.
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No Bake: Desserts, Slices and balls
Healthy White Christmas Balls
If you are after a last-minute treat that’s not too sweet and diet-friendly then try my healthy white Christmas balls. They are super quick to make.
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White Christmas Slice
I’m dreaming of a white Christmas... no, not the song, this is a classic
Australian Christmas slice called White Christmas. Our family made the
traditional version of White Christmas every year, it was my mum’s favourite and
we always had rice bubbles in the house. The original Kellogg’s recipe cereal
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Blueberry Cheesecake: hipster jar style, no-bake + gluten-free
My hipster jar style blueberry cheesecake is a fun take on the traditional cheesecake this sweet and salty berry cheesecake is sure to be a winner. The cheesecake mix includes feta, cream cheese, cream, a little sugar and the zing of citrus.
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No-Bake Chocolate Fridge Cake: Tiffin
No-bake chocolate fridge cake is a perfect treat for kids to make during the holidays with you as it requires no baking. My favourite chocolate fridge cake recipe combines dried cranberries and pistachios. However, you could adapt this recipe to suit your taste buds. It is an easy recipe to
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Have a wonderful Christmas and festive period and all the best for the New Year.