i live in a house without flour. well, that's not entirely true. my mum is a coeliac, meaning she can't have gluten - a major building block of flour. so we've got every other type of flour you could think of - rice, potato, corn.

not that i was going to let that stop me from baking like a crazy person, which is why i'm presenting you with this cake recipe i've pretty much made up as I've gone along.

the recipe is understandably rough around the edges because I'm one of those cooks who measures by feel, rather than anything concrete. as such, it will most likely take some experimenting to get the same results - but that's half the fun, and remember, it means there's going to be more batter to lick up in the end, and really, that's why we all bake cakes.