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The Christmas season is difficult for my daughter. Since she was diagnosed with Celiac disease two years ago, she hasn’t been able to partake of some of her favorite dishes. Substituting gluten free ingredients does not always work in conventional recipes because the texture is different. She had recently been to Nashville and experienced “some amazing gluten free cakes.” I promised to try to replicate a cake for her and came up with this Gluten Free White Chocolate Toffee Cake. I used SPLENDA® Granulated No Calorie Sweetener to reduce the sugar content. While these cakes still turned out a little on the dense side, they tasted delicious. I used a mini bundt pan to make 12 small cakes. These can be frozen and thawed for a sweet treat.
Here’s what you need to make them:
Begin by toasting the pecans. In a large bowl, mix the eggs, gluten free baking mix, almond extract, butter and SPLENDA® No Calorie Granulated Sweetener until well blended. Add the white chocolate chips, toffee bits and toasted pecans.
Place the mixture into 12 mini bundt pans and bake. Allow to cool and drizzle with white chocolate and toffee bits.
If you are not familiar with Splenda, they have lots of products including
• SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener Packets
• SPLENDA® No Calorie Granulated Sweetener– I use this daily for my breakfast smoothies!
• SPLENDA® No Calorie Sweetener Flavors for Coffee in French Vanilla
• SPLENDA® Sugar Blend (I use this in cakes, pies and muffins)
• SPLENDA® Brown Sugar Blend (I use this in cakes)
- 2 cups gluten free baking mix
- 1 cup Splenda granulated sweetener
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 3/4 cup toffee bits
- 3/4 cup milk
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- Glaze:
- 1/2 cup white chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons cream
- 1/4 cup toffee chips
- In skillet, melt one tablespoon butter. Toast pecans for five minutes, stirring constantly. Mix baking mix, eggs, almond extract, Splenda, milk and butter in large bowl. Stir in pecans, white chocolate chips, and toffee bits. Pour mixture into 12 small bundt cups and bake at 350 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes or until a knife inserted into the cake comes out clean. Allow to cool.
- Melt white chocolate chips and cream together in a microwave safe bowl for 45 seconds, Stir, Return to microwave 15 seconds and stir. If not melted, microwave for another 15 seconds. Drizzle the white chocolate mixture over the cakes and top with toffee.
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This sounds absolutely delicious. What a fun recipe for gift giving.
This looks so yummy! A perfect treat for Christmas morning!
Those look ooey gooey and delicious! I could see my kids all over these
I’m totally amazed at how easy this recipe is. I will have to make up a batch this weekend.
This looks absolutely amazing. I am definitely craving toffee cake now!
I love coffee cake- this looks delicious. Thanks for the recipe!
Oh nom nom nom. These look super yummm. I need to make some. I am craving them now with a nice warm cup of coffee.
My dad loves him some white chocolate and he’s always looking for healthier options! I can’t wait to make this for him I think he’s going to LOVE it!
Wow, these look so fabulous! I love having the gluten free option too!
This would be perfect for Christmas morning! What a perfect recipe! I wish I had some now!
I am addicted to sugar. 🙁 I went 11 weeks without sugar and then allowed myself to eat sweets on Thanksgiving and it’s been a sugar binge ever since. I’ll try this swap!
White chocolate is one of my favorite guilty pleasures. This sounds like a recipe that I could really sink my teeth into!
Wow this would be an amazing treat on Christmas! Small enough to have a few and not feel guilty too, they look amazing!
This looks so good i would love to make them now so i can try them. I will have to add this to my Holiday baking list.
These sound great. They sound good anyway, but knowing they are gluten free makes them even better.
That looks absolutely amazing. I can’t wait to make these.
This looks and sounds good. I am always looking for new gluten free recipes.
That looks so good! I can almost taste it. Yum!
I love this flavor! Toffee and white chocolate is a great mix.
My husband loves toffee. I think he’d be all over this coffee cake recipe!
They are the perfect size to satisfy a chocolate and/or toffee craving. I could eat them for breakfast every morning!
Splenda is great. I use it all the time.
This sounds delicious. It’s totally something I could bring with me to the brunch I have on Sunday.