Bake Me a Cake as Fast as You Can....

So tonight I felt like baking.....so I hauled out one of my favorite cookbooks "The Cake Mix Doctor Baked Gluten Free" by Anne Byrn.  This book is SO, SO wonderful because all of the recipes in her book call for a gf cake mix as the base, then you add ingredients to make different desserts.  I prefer the Betty Crocker GF Yellow Cake Mix.  The cake I made tonight was an applesauce cake with an apple cider glaze.  Wonderful!  I would recommend her book to anyone that is looking for easy cake recipes on a gluten free diet.

October is Gluten Free Awareness Month

Lots of activities going on this weekend in Wichita!  On Saturday, there are two great natural food stores that will be celebrating gluten free awareness month.  At Green Acres, N. Rock Rd, there will be a Gluten Free Fair from 11-3 with support group info, samples, and recipies. They are also featuring Gluten AllergyTesting for only $50 this day.    At Food For Thought (E. Central), there will be a Gluten Free Baking Bonanza, although I am not sure on times with this event for Saturday.  So exccited as I love trying new foods and obtaining new recipie ideas.  See you there!  Maybe for lunch I will stop at Mulligans and get a GF pizza to go :)

Here is a link to FoodFor Thought Events http://www.foodforthoughtwichita.com/uploads/Oct11.pdf

Green Acres Link http://greenacres.com/index.php/calendar/wichita/10/2011

Ghosts, Pumpkins, and Bats-The Joy of Halloween

Yes, I will admit it, I LOVE Halloween! It is one of my holidays, and no, I am not a witch. With the rainy weekend almost behind me, I ventured into the GF baking realm today and made my annual GF sugar cookies in the shapes of your most common Halloween creatures. I loved the green color I made this year, I think it kind of gives a glow in the dark appearance to the cookie. My favorite recipe for GF sugar cookies is from one of my favorite GF recipie books, "Gluten Free 101: Easy, Basic Dishes Without Wheat", by Carol Fenster, Ph.D. I omit the lemon zest in the recipie, since I am not quite fond of lemon flavorings in my food. These cookies are just soft enough to enjoy, not too crunchy, and not too brittle. the frosting that I make is just your old fashioned powder sugar frosting made with powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk. I made a double batch, which at the end, gave me about 51 cookies of various shapes. Unfortunately, in a househould of a grown man, and very hungry and fast growing 3 year, and myself, those 51 cookies will not probably last very long.