• Lucas
• 12 May, 2026
• • Gluten-Free Baking
  • Cake Structure
  • Mondrian Cake
  • Xanthan Gum
  • Rice Flour Blend
  • King Arthur Flour
  • Cake Stability
  • Baking Science

Can a Gluten Free Mondrian Cake Actually Hold Together?

The Frustrating Reality of Gluten Free Layer Cakes

You’ve been there. You pull a beautiful, bright-colored gluten-free cake layer from the oven, let it cool, and the moment you try to move it, it cracks like a dry riverbed. Or worse, you attempt to stack the layers for a classic Mondrian cake — those bold, primary color squares that mimic Piet Mondrian’s art — and the whole thing collapses into a pile of colorful crumbs. It’s enough to make you swear off gluten-free baking forever.