I think you really need to get your hands on Mąka Ziemniaczana and this is a Polish potato flour. I have read much about the difference between potato starch and potato flour. All I can say is that this is a wonderful flour. 500 grams for 69 pence.
Then there is rice flour. In my drawers, I have 粘米粉 rice flour. I think this is a very expensive flour at £1.39 for 450 grams. I saw there was Dove's rice flour in Waitrose yesterday at £1.70 per kilogram. I have not used Dove's flour yet.
Then there is baking powder - just any gluten free baking powder will do. Sainsbury sells gluten free baking powder for £1.35 for a tub of 170 grams.
Bi-carbonate of soda - well any well do.
In the background of the picture above, you will see strange bottles - and these are fizzy drinks which are need for gluten free baking. If you do not want to use fizzy drinks, then you will need some form of acid - lemon juice, vinegar etc to activate the raising agent.
Then the most expensive of all gluten free baking is having this blessed Doves Xanthan gum which is £2.35 for 100 grams from Waitrose. I added this gum into the fruit cake because our first fruit cake was not a total success. This is like the magic ingredient which makes gluten free baking a success. So if you are into gluten free baking, you need this blessed gum in your cupboard.
Prices as of 29 July 2013 at 9 am.
