Any tricks to Gluten free baking?

[JMS]

Today is my mom's birthday. A few years ago she discovered she has Celiac disease and therefore avoids all wheat products. She loves carrot cake and I have a great recipe. I went to Whole Foods and bought gluten free flour. I was just going to replace wheat flour with the gluten free flour. Is there anything else I should do?
TIA!

[lizajane]

google bette hagman and see if you can find any tips- or check the library. she has a line of books that my celiac friends highly recommend. and they bake!

[ThreeofUs]

Depends on what flour you bought, honestly. Some gf flours really need more oil, and some just don't take well to cake baking, imho.

In case you get stuck, here's a quick fix: WF also has a Pam's White Cake GF mix that turns into carrot cake very easily (recipe on the package).

GL!