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While going thru some files, I found some gf recipes I brought back from
Brasil some years ago.  I thought you might enjoy something different.

Pineapple Cake

Preheat ovento 375--use 9" cake pan or 10" cast iron skillet

3 tablespoons sugar
2 tablespoons butter
1 fresh pineapple
6 prunes, cooked & pitted
3 eggs
2 cups sugar
1 cup milk
1 1/2 cups cornstarch
1 teas baking powder

Melt 3 T sugar & 1T butter in baking pan & ftir until golden brown,
coating sides & bottom of pan.  Slice and core pineapple.  Cook in small
amt of water for about 15 min (or use cammed pineapple).  Arrange slices
in bottom of pan, placing prune in center of each slice.

Beat egg yolks until thick, add 1 cup sugar, milk and cornstarch sifted
with baking powder.  Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.  Pour into pan
over the pin
apple and bake about 45 min . Let cool 10 min and unmold
onto plate.
Pour over the following syrup:  if using fresh pineapple, put peel in
heavy saucepan,(if using canned, use syrup) add 1 cup sugar & remaining
1 Tablespoon butter.  cook until thick. (should be about 1 1/2 cups)


CORNSTARCH BUTTER COOKIES
1 cup butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup rice flour, sifted
2 cups cornstarch, sifted

Makes  100 very small cookies

Cream butter & sugar, work in the flour & cornstarch,  Roll or pat out
onto board floured with cornstarch to about 3/8" thickness.  Cut cookies
1" in diameter.  Place on cookie sheet.  Bake at 300 for about 1/2 hr


Mini-Cocnut Cupcakes
preheat oven to 325.  Place paper liners or grease mini-cupcake pans

2 cups butter
2 cups sugar
9 eggs, separated
2 cups rice flour
1 cup freshly shredded coconut
3 Tablespoons freshly grated coconut
1/2 cup coconut milk
1 teas baking powder

Cream butter & sugar and add egg yolks one at a time, beating well after
each addition.  Mix in rice flour, addd shredded coconut and mix well.
Add coconut ;milk, coconut & baking powder.  Mix well.  Stiffly beat egg
whites and fold in.  Fill cups 2/3 full & bake for about 20 min in a 325
oven until golden brown.


Sponge Cakes with Rum

3 eggs, separated
5 tablespoons sugar
5 tablespoons pototo flour
rum

Beat egg whites until stiff, add unbeaten yolks.  Fold in sugar & potato
flour sifted together.  Pour into greased muffin tins & bake for 20 min
at 350 degrees.  Unmold and pour 1 Tablespoon of rum over each cake.
(Makes 12)


Hurry!Hurry!

2 eggs
4T. melted butter
1 cup sugar
1 cup rice flour

Beat eggs. mix in sugar & melted butter and then add rice flour.  Pour
into greased muffin tins, and bake about 29 min in 350 oven or until
golden brown.  Serve with chocolate ice cream