Cooking Adventures

Carrot Cake: gluten-free & vegan

This delicious, moist carrot cake is sweetened with maple syrup and topped with a crunchy crumble that will melt in your mouth! If you want a coffee cake that’s also a carrot cake, give this #glutenfreevegan recipe a try!..Whisk together:1 c. general purpose gluten-free flour mix with xanthum gum (I used Bob’s Red Mill blue… Continue reading Carrot Cake: gluten-free & vegan

Cooking Adventures · Home Living · Lactose-free Cooking

Cookie Cake Recipe: Vegan and gluten free

Biggest cookie I ever made! Most times when people are eating gluten desserts around me, I’m fine. A couple months ago, however, I was at a meal that ended in chocolate chip cookie cake. And I wanted that cookie cake so much. We got home and I looked at my husband and said, “I’m going… Continue reading Cookie Cake Recipe: Vegan and gluten free

Cooking Adventures · Home Living · Lactose-free Cooking

Delicious Vegan Buttercream Frosting

For our wedding last March, I played around with different frosting/icing recipes. This recipe is fantastic tasting- not heavy, but decadent and very tasty! It is also easy to pipe. This is also a crusting buttercream. So, so good! As an example of the smooth piping and staying qualities, check out the cookie cake below.… Continue reading Delicious Vegan Buttercream Frosting

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Baking Day: Spice Cakes

Which one is gluten free and which one isn't? Click here for delicious "regular cake" and cream cheese frosting recipe from Cooking Classy. Click here for the equally tasty gluten, dairy, oil, soy, and egg free version from The Vegan 8 with my modifications.

Cooking Adventures · Home Living · Lactose-free Cooking

Gluten-Free Vanilla Cake

The latest in adventures of gluten-free baking involved experimenting with various vanilla cupcake recipes. After much tweaking and several trials (see this post), the cupcakes tasted good, but the consistency was strange. I figured this was the result of trying to make a thick cake without eggs or gluten. I tried using my chocolate cake… Continue reading Gluten-Free Vanilla Cake

Cooking Adventures · Lactose-free Cooking

Coconut-Vanilla Icing

After coming up with a delicious gluten-free vanilla cake (see post here), I needed an equally delicious dairy and egg free icing to go on it. This is it. And I don't even like the taste of coconut all that much. I sure do with this icing though. Maybe it's all the sugar. Seriously, it's… Continue reading Coconut-Vanilla Icing

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It’s a Process: the Vanilla Cupcake Project

The struggle was real, but educational. And I did end up with a delicious cake! Recipes for cake and icing to follow. Who knows, I may even try cupcakes again. But not anytime soon... 😉

Cooking Adventures · Lactose-free Cooking

Holiday Gingerbread Cake Recipe Additions: gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free

Three and a half years ago, I had to say good-bye to eggs, milk, and wheat. As time went on, I discovered and adapted recipes for pancakes, cookies, and even mini-donuts (a girl's gotta have her carbs 'n' sugar comfort food, after all). But how was I to make a cake? Without eggs? Thankfully, I… Continue reading Holiday Gingerbread Cake Recipe Additions: gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free