What a great week this has been! With Halloween come and gone, it is on to my favorite time of the year. Autumn in West Texas is mild at best; mid seventies in the day, low fifties to high forties at night. Just cold enough to be chilly just warm enough to not be frozen. […]
Mexican Chocolate, Black Cat Cake (Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Casein Free, Soy Free, Vegan Alternative Noted)
October 30, 2010 By 51 Comments
🙂 Early Monday, a friend asked me what I had planned for the week ahead…Monday I had to finish costumes for my five children, my husband and myself. Tuesday I had a fieldtrip to attend. Wednesday, we had our Trunk-or-Treat at church, for which I needed to supply treats for our primary table, plan a […]
Hidden Eye Halloween Cupcakes (Gluten Free, Dairy Free)
October 23, 2010 By 1 Comment
This week we celebrated my eldest daughter’s 9th birthday. 9 is a great age, although a bit scary for both her father and I as we see her edging towards her pre-teen years. Even so, she is still young enough that I can comfortably toy with her without risking total and utter embarrassment…not that total […]
Cheeze Ravioli (Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Soy Free, Casein Free, Egg Free, Vegan)
October 18, 2010 By 3 Comments
This is the third and final installment to this weekend’s recipe bundle…I am really excited about this dish and must say, it is one of the better dishes I have made for my family since becoming gluten free. The fact that this dish is completely vegan yet still rendered a “WOW!” from my meat eating, […]
Seasoned Almond Ricotta Cheeze (Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Casein Free, Soy Free, Vegan)
October 17, 2010 By 9 Comments
Last night I posted what I thought would be part one of a two-part blog. After an exhausting day that included everything from helping my husband tear down part of our living room ceiling to enjoying a barbeque hosted by my children’s school with about 300 other students, parents and teachers, and finally preparing our […]
Parmesan Cheeze Sprinkles
October 16, 2010 By 7 Comments
I have a confession. I am an addict. It is a serious problem. No matter what I do, I can’t seem to break my habit. Don’t get me wrong…I don’t drink. I don’t smoke. I certainly do not do drugs. So now you are asking what I might be an addict of. Well, cookbooks to […]
Easy Tortilla Soup (Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Soy Free)
October 8, 2010 By 3 Comments
As you can see, this soup is loaded with bright, beautiful vegetables contrasted with nutritious black beans and topped with just a smidge of dairy free cheese. But do you know what the best part of this recipe is? The five minute prep time.
Frozen Lasagna
October 1, 2010 By 5 Comments
As much as I would love to continue making posts every Wednesday, I do believe Friday is going to have to be my day. Between school, children, subbing, church, Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and life in general, Wednesday comes and goes faster than I would have ever imagined. Recently, I was challenged by a couple […]
Chocolate Covered Berries
September 25, 2010 By 8 Comments
Yesterday I shared a bit about the end result of my failed attempt to make a cake for the dessert auction held Thursday night at my church. Unfortunately, time did not allow for me to recreate the beautifully moist and wonderfully decadent chocolate masterpiece I had planned, but I knew I could not arrive to […]
Cake Pops! Gluten Free and Dairy Free = Heavenly!
September 24, 2010 By 46 Comments
This past Monday, I announced on my Facebook page that I had a busy week in store. Little did I know just how busy this week would become. While I normally aim to have a new recipe up no later than Wednesday, the happenings of this week simply made that impossible, for that, I am sorry.
But you know what? Everything happens for a reason. My recipe tonight will prove exactly that.
My original plan for this week was to post a decadent chocolate glaze covered, gluten free, dairy free chocolate cake garnished with luscious chocolate dipped raspberries. This cake also happened to be what I planned to bring to the dessert auction my church had Thursday night to benefit the Young Women’s Program in our ward. To this point, I am not 100% certain what happened, but what I do know is that instead of the nice, fluffy, tender cake that has always resulted from the Chocolate Cake recipe mentioned below, I instead ended up with a crumpled mess.
Somewhere between releasing from the pan and landing on the service platter where it was meant to be decorated, my beautiful chocolate cake decided to fall apart. Keep in mind I have been baking cakes for many years…the Chocolate Cake recipe from Elana Amsterdam’s Almond Flour Cookbook is by far one of my favorite gluten free recipes and, even though I have only had her cookbook for five months now, I have made this cake nearly a dozen times already, and every time..well, every time but this time, it has turned out perfectly.
Somehow this crumpled mess that lay before me seemed beautifully moist and tasted wonderfully delicious, regardless of its pitiful condition. I simply could not bear to throw this delicious cake away and decided I needed to save it for something I have been longing to try…Voila! Cake Pops!
