DELIVERING DELECTABLE DISHES DAY & NIGHT!

My immediate family has dealt with lactose intolerance, IBS, auto immune disorders and fatal cancer. From Fall '09-Summer 2010 I went from running 1/2 marathons to not being able to get out of bed, plagued with intense headaches, exhaustion and more. With my family history and my own immune system comprimised I was motivated to take a bit of a journey to better health. Slowly I've made considerable changes, (I'm not always 100% vigilant), but I know these changes have helped me return to better health...FOOD CHANGES: I cut out gluten, cut out most dairy, cut down on the "white stuff"-sugar, white rice & flour, decreased the amount of processed foods consumed, drink green smoothies regularly, eliminated red meat and eat more vegetarian and vegan dishes...just to name a few!

I use gluten free (GF) pasta and either a whole grain blend by Nalani Brown or a mix from Kathy Taylor for most bread, cake and cookie recipes-they are awesome! (If you like Kathy's mix, email me to order her cookbook at ishagirlclub@gmail.com.)

GF mix can be substituted straight across for regular flour if you aren't cooking gluten free!

Hope you enjoy!

Wednesday, December 8, 2010

Chocolate Cake (GF) First Attempts at GF...

PAM & cocoa powder for pan

Dry:
1 cup white rice flour
1/2 cup cornstarch
1/4 cup sweet rice flour
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp baking powder
1 1/2 tsp baking soda
2 cups sugar
1 tsp xanthan gum

Wet:
2 large eggs
1 cup milk
1/2 cup veg oil
2 tsps vanilla extract
1 cup very hot water

1. oven at 350 degrees. Grease pan with shortening (or spray with pam) and sprinkle cocoa powder onto 9 x 13 pan, 2 - 9in rounds or 24 muffins

2. Large bowl-whisk dry ingredients

3. Add all wet except the water. Blend with electric mixer for 2 min on medium. Turn to low and add hot water-mix for one more minute.

4. pour into pan and bake for 45 min (9x13), 30min (9in round) and 18min (cupcakes).

5. Toothpick should come out clean. Allow to cool for ten minutes in a pan, then turn onto a wire rack and allow to finish cooling. Ice as desired and enjoy. I love the taste of this cake, but the middle always sinks. So don't use if you want it to look really nice. Do not use this recipe for cupcakes-that was a disaster!

1 comment:

  1. Delicious! I would never have guessed that it's gluten free.

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