Black forest cake has always looked and seemed to me like one of the most fantastic cakes you could make. Maybe it’s all in the name: black forest at once sounds mysterious and other-worldly – almost like you’ll happen upon Galadriel taking a perfectly-delicate bite of a slice of this dark chocolate, whipped cream, and cherry creation. The elegance of that combination of flavors lends itself to a sophisticated, gorgeous cake fit for an elfin queen. Perhaps it’s more up Elrond’s alley, but even so, this has been on my list for ages and I’m thrilled that a special request from a friend finally got me to make it! So…
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Gluten Free Black Sesame Rice Krispie Treats
Rice Krispie treats were one of those glorious childhood treats that always seemed safe – blue metalic wrapper krinkling as you unwrapped the marshmallow and crispy rice rectangle and bit into the impossibly soft, squishy, buttery, crispy mix of all those perfect ingredients. Until you were diagnosed with Celiac and realized that Kellogs, for some BIZARRE reason, just HAS to (still to this day) include malt flavor. Which happens to be made from barley, which happens to be one of the THREE grains you absolutely must avoid if you have Celiac. Now, apparently Kellogs released a gluten free version of their classic crispy rice cereal at some point in the…
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Giant Gluten Free Costco Copycat Blueberry Muffins
Installment four in our celebratory nostalgic saga featuring Costco muffin lookalikes!! We give you, GIANT, fluffy, gorgeously simple and perfect gluten free blueberry muffins. Once again, we’ve used the trick for producing giant muffins (truly giant, not the “giant” muffin pans you can find on Amazon, those aren’t actually that giant), which is a set of six 4-inch round cake pans (affiliate link) – with fairly tall sides – that are the perfect vehicle for these floofy massive creations. Highly recommend snagging yourself a set of those pans and using them to make these and ALL of the other Costco copycat muffins we have here on the blog – and…
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Gluten Free Poached Pineapple Upside Down Cake with Hungarian Sweet Wine
Pineapple upside down cake has been a life-long love. One of those loves that you don’t often cherish because for some reason it always seems too tricky to make. Well, I’m here to tell you that it’s absolutely not and you should absolutely make this gluten free pineapple upside down cake the very next chance you get. This one was a labor of love, because the lead up to this final recipe was LONG. We’ve been planning our third Wind & Desserts pairing with our friend Iker (check out his awesome knowledge on wine here!), who’s training to be a sommalier in Austria, for weeks now, and we had landed…
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Gluten Free Roasted Strawberry Rhubarb Tart
Strawberry rhubarb is one of those perfect pairs. Sultry summer evenings with slices of strawberry rhubarb pie, thick sweet juices dripping out of latticed crusts, or strawberry rhubarb crumbles and slab pies laid out on potluck tables just waiting for seconds and thirds on flower-lined paper plates. It just feels quintessentially summer. Which, perhaps, makes this dessert a bit pre-mature, maybe just hopeful that summer might grace us a little sooner than expected this year after the year we’ve all had so far. There will always be struggles we have to work through but we are facing the final battle of so many life-or-death issues like police brutality and the…
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Giant Gluten Free Double Chocolate Muffins
For all of you waiting with baited breath for the next installment in the “Gluten Free Costco Muffin” saga, the time is now. I give you: the giant gluten free Costco copycat double chocolate muffin in all its chocolatey glory. It’s HUGE, it’s DOUBLE the chocolate, it’s fluffy and moist, and it’s dang easy to make which makes these the most dangerous chonky muffins out there. Each giant muffin is the equivalent of four regular-sized muffins, so be wary of the “I’ll just have two” urge that will wash over you once these come out of the oven. I finished making the first test batch of these just after 10pm…
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Gluten Free Dairy Free Ube Coconut Panna Cotta
Ube is just a happy color – thank goodness for its sultry, cozy, vibrant purple to light up so many desserts and menu items. These gluten free ube panna cotta are also dairy free (!!!) because coconut already pairs perfectly with this queen of purple yams and because Kendra tries to avoid dairy so we figured we should have some dedicated dairy free desserts (how’s that for alliteration) on here that she could make more often than others. This recipe was part of our string of wildly successful panna cotta adventures about a month or so ago – when I actually got the chance to visit her and the family…
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Gluten Free Passion Fruit Tart
Passion fruit was one of those mysterious, enticing fruits that I never saw in the grocery store in tiny, semi-rural Eagle Point, Oregon as a kid. The first time I got up close and personal, and proceeded to eat an abundance of the strange, wrinkly, impossibly satisfying tangy fruit was when I got to travel to Australia at age 13. I’d applied for and gotten into a People to People Student Ambassador Program in 7th grade, and spent the year raising money for the program cost and studying the various peculiarities and fascinations of the great southern island. When we finally got there, all 20-something of us 13 year olds…
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Gluten Free Vegan Pistachio Raspberry Rose Donuts
Alright y’all, I’ve done something that I’ve been terrified of for a very long time: vegan baking!! It’s been a long time coming, and something I’ve subconsciously avoided due to years of well-meaning waiters, acquaintances, and online folks recommending restaurants and dishes that are vegan because in a lot of peoples’ minds, vegan and gluten free are exactly the same thing (all of you with food allergies or who are actually vegan may have similar experiences). It takes ages of built-up patience to explain, yet again, that problematic gluten is a protein found in wheat, rye, and barley, and vegan means you don’t eat animal products….LITERALLY not even close to…
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Gluten Free Dark Chocolate Earl Grey Cake
Chocolate cake is a forever cake. It’s indulgent, smooth, melts you into a puddle of cozy comfort food bliss, and is usually pretty easy to make so barrier to entry is pretty low. I know we have lots of different chocolate cakes on our blog, but this one is one I’m particularly proud of: a gluten free dark chocolate earl grey cake – filled with earl grey pastry cream, dark chocolate buttercream, and an earl grey chocolate ganache (SWOON). It bloomed out of a pure creative chance: two leftover chocolate cake layers and an afternoon free to just play! Don’t get me wrong, I LOVE planning and designing new cakes…
