I found out about Amo Torta through my blog and I had the pleasure of trying out their baking recently. Amo Torta means I love cake! This is such a super cute name, I think it's a really sweet. Amo Torta specialises in gluten/wheat free baking and are based in Glasgow. You can order their cakes for delivery or pop into Roots & Fruits who are stocking some.
We sampled some cupcakes, millionaire shortbread as well as lemon poppyseed cake. What a beautiful feast for the eyes these were, especially those cupcakes. The decoration reminded me of being a kid again as I used to think those silver decorative balls were the height of sophistication when I was about 7. There was also pieces of something I think was jewelled sugar which looked great. The cupcake based itself was plain with the delicious pink vanilla-flavoured icing. I don't think to a non-gluten free eater that you'd know they were GF, they had the perfect flavour and consistency for a cupcake.
The millionaire shortbread was another treat which didn't lose any flavour for being GF. Topped with chocolate and caramel these are really decadent and best consumed with a cup of tea! My favourite though was the lemon poppyseed cake - moist and with delicious lemon icing with a tangy punch, this is my kind of dessert.
They also do dairy free and some low sugar cakes (will definitely get those next time!) as well as celebration cakes. With great communication and tasty cakes, I would definitely order a cake or cupcakes next time I'm having people over so we can all enjoy dessert! read more