Thursday, November 18, 2010

Yes, you can have your cake and eat it too. I am proof.


This is a chocolate cake made for my friend Hayley. This is a perfect example of something that's gone terribly wrong but turned out great! ...I'll take it. Its a combination of Spelt and Brown rice flour. My friend is not Gluten intolerant so I though I would use up what I had left. As for the Chocolate icing? It's also a combo of Raw chocolate Ganace with malted chocolate chips and honey...that equaled to a sloppy chocolaty goodness. So, I added icing sugar. Fixed and ready to go. It was a hit, and since Hayley is a proud owner of Nourish Bistro at Glendale gardens, she though "hmmmm people woud really like this!" And so we have been experimenting with Chocolate cakes, cupcakes, and more. You should check it out sometime.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Any advice?

So today I went for lunch at a new cafe located at the Horticultural Center in Victoria. It was amazing! The fact they had Gluten free options for almost everything on the menu definitely made my day, Plus the meals were fantastic!
I started chatting up the girl taking my order and we got to talking about how I love to bake gluten free... I now have an interview on Friday. I am a little freaked out because I have never baked "Professionally". Is there any rule about just winging it? I am pretty confident that I can do it, but my worst fear is that something wont turn out(it will happen at some point I'm sure).
Any tips would be greatly appreciated!

Cheers,
Steph

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Experiments gone wrong

Ok so last night I thought I would use up the last of my carrots in what is usually the best carrot cake EVER! ...But for some reason something went wrong along the way and to my dismay the look on my boyfriends face said it all, "I wont be taking these to work" he said jokingly (ya right).
There were though healthy, at least.
Has anyone ever baked using 100% coconut flour? I usually use a combination but had no other flours. It did not rise at all or cook...no matter how long I left it in the oven. *sigh* At least it was healthy.