What is St. Patrick’s day without a little celebration? I mean, I love corned beef and cabbage. And soda bread. And the “leprechauns” that used to dye the milk green so we could have green pancakes. I have been waiting for Saint Patrick’s day for a whole year, and not because I want to go out partying. Because I love the food. Read more
I have been sitting on this recipe for a while, and mostly it is because I don’t want to tell you. I want you to invite me to a party and ask me to bring this cake.
Because there is nothing like a good rum cake. It is a dessert cake and a breakfast cake. Read more
Ok, fine, yesterday was my blogaversary, but I forgot. I was so busy making an crepe cake (which is totally awesome and part of this month’s Gluten-Free Ratio Rally, so stay tuned).
I can’t believe that I have been writing a gluten-free baking blog for a year. It surprises me when I think about it. When I started, I really thought my only reader was going to be my mom, because mammacakes thinks I am awesome at everything. The fact that this blog has led to a TV appearance, an expo talk and a conference speaking gig, I’ll say it is a little bit bigger than I expected it to get.
Today, I also have a giveaway from Rudi’s and Frannycakes to celebrate!
So, by commenting below or tweeting this post to @frannycakesblog and marking it with the #giveaway hashtag.
***GIVEAWAY HAS ENDED. THE WINNERS WILL BE NOTIFIED BY EMAIL. Comments are now closed on this post.***
Prizes from frannycakes are: a frannycakes t-shirt and a keep calm and bake on t-shirt are up for grabs and Rudi’s has a swag bag with coupons for 2 loaves of bread and some other goodies for you!
Disclaimer: I am providing the shirts, and Rudi’s is graciously providing the bread and Rudi’s swag. There will be 3 winners. I can only ship to the US (sorry!). You get one entry for commenting below and another if you tweet this post and mention @frannycakesblog and use the #giveaway hashtag.
And now for the cookies. (FYI, it always makes me happy when chef friends ask me how you do things and these cookies got that question). Birthday cake in cookie form. It doesn’t get any better than this. These are inspired by several different recipes that I saw on interest (do you follow me there? I share gluten-free recipes from around the internet as well as inspiration from the regular gluten-filled blogs to help spark your creativity).
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If the flour blend you used to make your cake mix has xantham gum, expandex or guar gum in it, you might be able to skip it here. I just like the added insurance it gives me.
Because cake mix flavored everything is popular on Pinterest. And, I feel left out.
I have a new love. Please don’t tell Blondie, I don’t want to break his heart.
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Until Sunday night I had never eaten a popover. Not once in my baked-good filled life had I ever tried one.
I had an out-of-office project meeting with a client for my new job, and on the way my boss asked me if I had ever considered opening a bakery. (I use my co-workers as taste-testers for the blog, maybe this is an abuse of people I know, but to date no one has complained about the continual stream of baked goodies in the office). It’s not my fault that I have an hour and a half commute each way to work during which I read food magazines and think about flavor combinations that I want to try. Or that I read cookbooks cover to cover the way some people read novels.
2011 was a big year for me, and yes, I know I am a full week late on this whole-year encompassing post. It hadn’t really hit me that it was a new year. Too many exciting things happened in the 2 months before the year changed, that for me, 2012 starting was not all that transforming.
