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kmcguire
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Location: Southern Illinois
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Sat Aug 23, 2008 6:22 am |
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My wife has celiac disease and is therefore allergic to gluten which is found in wheat, barley and rye. I am looking for cake recipies that use other flours such as rice flour and oat flour.  |
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sugarshane
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Joined: Feb 18, 2007
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Sat Aug 23, 2008 6:39 am |
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I've never made one, but I have seen flourless chocolate cakes made on the Food Network. That may be an option to consider. |
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Texas_Rose
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Joined: Feb 26, 2008
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Location: San Antonio, TX
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Sat Aug 23, 2008 6:40 am |
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I don't know if you're willing to use cake mixes, but Sun Harvest carries gluten-free cake mixes. I've seen some at the regular grocery store too, but that's more of a random thing. |
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Kiddiekakes
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Joined: Jul 07, 2004
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Location: Calgary,Alberta,Canada
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Sat Aug 23, 2008 6:43 am |
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Here in Canada a company makes cake mixes that are gluten-free and wheat free.I actually made one for a client but the mixes themselves are quite expensive and you need more as the boxes are smaller.That may be a solution than buying all the ingredients seperately. |
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kyhendry
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Joined: Jun 23, 2008
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Location: Mesa, AZ
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Sat Aug 23, 2008 7:07 am |
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I have a nephew that is deathly allergic to all wheat and gluten. There's a recipe section for gluten free cakes and I also saw a recipe to make your own version of gluten free flour that you can use in scratch recipes at http://forum.cakecentral.com/c.....itute.html (I haven't tried it yet but it should work). I've also used some of the mixes out there and they work well too.
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ceshell
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Joined: Feb 05, 2006
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Location: Sunny Southern California
Birthday: May 01
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Sat Aug 23, 2008 4:25 pm |
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Here's a CC thread about gluten free baking:
http://forum.cakecentral.com/c.....92370.html
... be sure to follow the link in that thread to another thread where I posted a gluten-free cake taste test using two (well, 3--one was a yellow cake that I also baked as a chocolate) GF recipes, here's the link by itself too http://forum.cakecentral.com/m.....e&&start=0
Also note from that thread, there are some cakes that by their very nature are GF - "flourless chocolate cake" aka truffle cake, is absolutely divine. If you don't have a problem with nuts, I made a flourless chocolate hazelnut cake once that totally rocked my world (and I have no problems eating flour). |
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KoryAK
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Sat Aug 23, 2008 6:51 pm |
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Maybe not what you are wanting at all, but I try to steer my gluten free customers towards a cheesecake instead. Omit the crust and use cornstarch instead of flour and you got it - with no change in flavor or texture! |
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tattooedlucy
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Joined: Apr 24, 2006
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Location: Florida
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Tue Aug 26, 2008 4:48 am |
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The Gluten Free Gourmet has some pretty fantanstic recipes and cookbooks. You might want to check them as a reference. They are on amazon. I got my sister a bunch of them as she is Celiac as well. (and just from personal experience.. chickpea flour? EW!) |
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sweetideas
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Wed Aug 27, 2008 10:29 am |
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Ok, so can anyone tell me what is different from gluten free frosting mix as opposed to regular powdered sugar? It looked like it was all the same ingredients as what I make my regular frosting with. |
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ceshell
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Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:52 pm |
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Hm, well powdered sugar sure should be gluten free, unless it is a brand that uses "modified food starch" instead of "corn starch"; "food starch"--when it doesn't specifically say "corn starch"--MAY or may not have gluten in it. Same is true for "natural flavors" - my GF friend stays away from those as well just in case.
Other than that I don't know. What does the icing mix say the ingredients are; is it JUST powdered sugar?! Is there vanilla in it too?...in which case I'd guess that way you are guaranteeing you have gf-vanilla. |
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