This gluten free banana chocolate cake celebrates those hard-to-eat chocolate-dipped frozen bananas that always seemed to appear at summer county fairs or your neighbor’s pool party treat trays, but it makes it way easier for you to enjoy the floral, soft appeal of bananas and the (of course) dreamy addition of chocolate of any kind. Plus, biting into a frozen banana now sounds like a dentally discomforting ordeal so why not eat a cake instead? The double-decker banana cake with chocolate cream cheese buttercream frosting is that cake and by golly it’s easy to make, just you wait and see how decadent something so simple can look. This recipe is…
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Gluten Free Greens and Goat Cheese Frittata
All hail the easy peasy (literally, in this case) frittata: friend of gluten free folk and here to serve a crowd. Upon invitation to a potluck house warming brunch about a year ago, I was tasked with bringing something savory and gluten free (generally, I would have gone straight for a batch of muffins or corn bread or something delicious on the sweet side). So, after filtering through various potluck dish recipes of varying difficulty and size, the gluten free frittata appeared as the clear winner – simple, one (ish) bowl, and easy to throw (carefully) in a carrying case as I rushed out the door after realizing the 10…
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Gluten Free Lemoniest Lemon Bars
These are the least-stable of gluten free lemon bars, the ones that essentially come out as the butteriest, meltiest, most addictingly wonderful lemon goop but boy are they worth it. So much so that a dear friend and former roommate of mine, who happens to like moving to a different country quite frequently, won’t let oceans or national borders stand between her and her citrus fix from these delectable squares. In fact, when I recently visited her in Vienna, Austria, I made sure to prep the dry ingredients in a ziplock and stow it away in my checked bag to make our roomie reunion even sweeter (and tarter). If you’re…
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Gluten Free Dark Chocolate Cherry Cake with Buttercream Frosting
For years now, I’ve had one go-to gluten free chocolate cake (see Chocolate Zucchini Cake), and don’t get me wrong, it’s fantastic, but chocolate cake is one of those desserts that can express multitudes of characteristics depending on the subtle notes of coffee, sour cream, cinnamon, and any other added complementary ingredients. So a goal of mine is to search for and develop a handful of favorite chocolate cake recipes, each of which will be best suited for a different flavor pairing (cherry and buttercream being one) and which allow me to show off new baking skills. This chocolate cake leans heavily on two ingredients to give it its elegant…
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Banana Snacking Cake
Banana breads come in all colors, usually one shape (the inevitable loaf), and all variations of dryness and additional flavors. I always found myself slightly disappointed with over-spiced, crumbly breads that seemed to hide the banana’s lovely, light, floral bouquet. And then a fateful trip to Sweden to visit long-time family friends changed everything. It’s always fun traveling while gluten free because, if given enough heads up, friends you visit will often want to overcompensate and find you every gluten free grocery store item under the sun, fully-stocking their fridges an pantries in an exceptional host move. This trip to Halmstad, Sweden (a sleepy village on the south western coast…
