I’m not an Easter Bun fan, but my humans like it, and I have clients with gluten sensitivity who want to have their Easter bun! So after watching and reading countless recipes for this beloved Jamaican favourite, I settled on the following.
I couldn’t find a grain-free, gluten free recipe online! And the few I found had yeast, and had complicated steps. That wasn’t gonna cut it, so I made my own.
And trust me, its DELISH!!!
Ingredients
- 1.5 cups Cassava Flour
- 1 cup Almond Flour
- 2 tbsp Coconut flour (optional)
- 3/4 cups dark brown sugar
- 3/4 cup Guinness Stout (boiled and cooled to remove alcohol)
- 1/8 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tsp lemon juice or lemon zest
- 1 tbsp browning
- 4 tsps baking powder
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- Spices of your choice: Approximately 2 tsps of each:
- ground nutmeg, ground cloves, ground all spice, cinnamon powder, ginger powder
- 1/2 tsp salt
- handful of raisins and maraschino cherries (chopped)
- 1 tbsp honey for glaze
Method
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees
- Bring your Guinness to a boil in a small sauce pan. Turn it off and cool to room temperature
- Combine almond flour, cassava flour, coconut flour, baking soda, baking powder, sugar, all dried spices and salt.
- Make a well in the middle of the dry ingredient mixture
- Add your cooled Guinness, browning, olive oil and eggs in the middle. Combine.
- Fold in the cherries and raisins
- Line a greased loaf pan with parchment paper. Butter the parchment paper as well.
- Pour the batter in the prepared pan
- Bake the bun for 45 – 50 mins in your oven. Your bun is done when a toothpick or knife is inserted in the middle of your bun, and comes out with no, or very little residue.
- While hot, brush the 2 tbsps of honey on the top of the bun as a glaze
- Allow to cool on a wire rack completely before slicing. Enjoy with Jamaican cheese or a vegan cheese spread per your intolerances*
Store in the refrigerator up to 2 weeks if you live in a warm climate (e.g. the Caribbean). Leave outside up to a week in cooler climates (North America, Parts of Europe etc.).