Birthday Cake #2 - Yellow Buttermilk Cake (Gluten-Free)

2 ¼ cup gluten-free flour mix
1 teaspoons salt
3 teaspoons gluten-free baking powder
4 eggs
1 teaspoons baking soda
1 cup sugar (or less)
1 teaspoons xanthan gum
2/3 cup gluten-free mayonnaise
2 teaspoons gluten-free vanilla essence
1 cup gluten-free white pop
Blend together dry ingredients. Beat eggs, sugar and mayonnaise until fluffy. Add vanilla, flour mix and add alternately with pop mix, beating after each addition. Spread batter into 2 greased and rice floured 8 or 9 round cake pans and bake for 25-30 minutes at 350 degrees. The top will spring back when done.

Courtesy of Andrea Frankel. Makes one large bundt or tube cake. This cake won first prize at the 1995 Nevada County (CA) Fair, in the Very Low Fat Baked Goods division, Cakes: Heavy Textured class. It is one of those are you SURE there isnt wheat in this? recipes.
2 16-oz cans pear halves (in juice or light syrup), drained
2 Tablespoon butter
2 Tablespoon vegetable or nut oil (I like almond for this)
2.5 cups gluten-free Gourmet flour mix (white or brown)
1 cup soy flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking powder
.5 teaspoon baking soda
1.75 cups sugar or 1.25 cups fructose, divided use
1 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon gluten-free vanilla extract
grated zest of one lemon
1 teaspoon gluten-free almond extract
2 large eggs...