Gluten Free Fun

I was out to dinner with a friend and she said that she had recently found out that she had Celiac disease (which means no wheat products, aka anything with flour).  She said the thing she missed the most was baked goods, and I thought why not find a way to give her what she wants!

Gluten Free Cup Cakes with Almond Cream Cheese Frosting

 Recipe for Cup Cakes:

2 cups Gluten Free Flour or 1&1/2 cups regular flour

1 teaspoons baking powder

1/2 teaspoon salt

1&1/2 sticks butter, room temperature

1 cup sugar

1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

1/2 cup coconut milk

4 large egg whites

 

In medium sized bowl - combine flour, baking powder, salt

 

In Mixer Cream butter, sugar, vanilla and egg whites

 

Once mixed add milk and then flour mixture.

 

Bake at 350 for 20 minutes

 

Frosting:
Whipped Cream Cheese
Powdered Sugar
Heavy Whipping cream or coconut milk
Almond Extract
Strawberries

This friend isn't the first person I've known with Ciliacs I actually know a handful.  The first time was 4 years ago, my old room mate found out she had it.  She would bring home random food that would taste horrible and we just figured that we would never eat together.  She started the Gluten Free Expo in Utah (Which is now the largest in the country) and all of the sudden there were all of these new options and some were actually super yummy.


My favorite was a bakery in Salt Lake City and Kaysville, Utah called the Sweet Bake Shop.  There you can buy a gluten free flour substitute, which is actually better tasting than normal flour and their baked goods are really amazing.

Cooked Blackberry Pear Torte

Chances are you or someone you love has silica's so why not learn how to bake yummy treats that everyone can enjoy.

 

Gluten Free Pear, Blackberry Torte

Pre Cooked Blackberry Pear Torte, Gluten Free and Yummy

Crust
1&1/4 cup gluten free flour or 1 cup flour
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 cup or 1 stick butter (Room Temperature)

Combine flower, sugar and then cut in butter.  Press mixture on the bottom of greased spring form pan and cook at 425 for 10 minutes.

Filling
1/3 cup Sugar
8 oz Cream Cheese
1 Egg

Topping
Blackberries and or sliced up Pear (make sure pear is ripe)
Cream together sugar cream cheese and egg till smooth. 

Add creamed mixture to baked crust, add topping and cook at 350 for 25-30 minutes.

One of my very favorite treats.

This is such a yummy treat you are going to love it!