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Our First gluten-free Birthday Party Went Well

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Luvs to Scrap Apprentice
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I am excited. Luke turns 4 Wednesday but we had his party today. His gluten-free chocolate tractor cake turned out awesome and he loved it. (I had give my MIL the special ingredients and recipe and she made Betsy's chocolate cake and also cupcakes) There are only 5 cupcakes left of the 24 and we also had the frosted cake so I know they liked it and weren't just being polite. (Only had 12 people there) We had turkey, corn, applesauce jello and then cake and ice cream.

Anyway, just thought I would share that something went right the first time around for a change. The cake was very rich tasting and moist and yummy. No one complained about missing the gluten :) It just feels great to be able to do something "normal" for my son. :) Kendra

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Hooray for your fabulous mother-in-law! How nice that Luke's party turned out to be such a success. The guests likely didn't even realize that the cake wasn't what they would normally get. A tractor cake.......how special. I used to make neat cakes like that for my kids (bunny, tiger, train, type-writer, piano......), and they're so appreciative when you make something neat like that. And when their friends are admiring that awsome cake, and it tastes good too, they're so happy.

I am sure you're breathing a sigh of relief at this milestone. If you can handle a gluten-free birthday party without any upsets, you can handle anything. :D

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That's great!! I'm so happy for you and for Luke. I remember feeling really great when we had our first birthday success. My oldest will turn 4 this January and we'll be doing it again. She wants a Hello Kitty cake this year. i'm excited to make one for her.

Congrats on your success!

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Hi, what cake recipe did you use? I have used a chocolate cake mix from the Gluten Fee Pantry which is good but tends to turn out dry sometimes, kind of like the consistency of a devil dog. I also have a good receipe for a yellow cake but none for chocolate.

Nicole

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Luvs to Scrap Apprentice
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Hi, what cake recipe did you use?

This is a quote from gluten-free Betsy in the Baking and Cooking section of this forum. The eating gluten free website listed at the bottom of the recipe has some other good recipes on it. The 3 I tried so far were all good. Thanks Betsy!!!!!

This is a great chocolate cake. No one can ever tell it's gluten-free. The gluten-free mix called for is Bette Hagman's mix (6c. rice, 2 c. potato starch, 1 c. tapioca starch)

Gluten Free Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

1 3/4 c. gluten-free flour

1/2 tsp. xanthan gum

2 c. sugar

3/4 c. cocoa

1 1/2 tsp. baking soda

1 1/2 tsp. baking powder

1 tsp. salt

2 eggs

1 c. sour cream

1/2 c. oil

2 tsp vanilla

1 c. boiling water

Frosting

8 oz. cream cheese

1/2 c. margarine

1 lb. powdered sugar

1 tsp. vanilla

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine dry ingredients in a medium bowl. Beat eggs well. Add milk, oil, and vanilla. Beat in dry ingredients. Slowly add boiling water, and mix well. Batter will be extremely thin. Pour into a greased pan. Bake a 9x13 pan for 35-40 min. Bake a 13x18 pan for 17-20 minutes.

Frosting: Cream together cream cheese and margarine. Beat in powdered sugar. Add vanilla.

from www.eatingglutenfree.com

I use brown rice flour instead of white rice when I make Bette Hagman's gluten-free Mix. We used normal cake frosting for the tractor cake but the cream cheese stuff sounds good. This recipe makes 24 cupcakes if you want to go that route. Instead of frosting them we put some chocolate chips on each one and they are wonderful! :) Kendra

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yeah!!! we are doing a birthday party this saturday for samantha. samantha does not have celiac, but since we almost exclusively bake gluten free, we will probably be making gluten free cupcakes. hope our party is as successful as yours.

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Congratulations on your sucessful party! I'm glad the cake was a hit, but mostly I'm glad you've got a successful "occasion" under your belt. Having a party go with a bang like that makes you realize that you can go gluten-free and enjoy it! Way to go!

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Today was Luke's 4th birthday so I made more cupcakes and took them to Caravan at church tonight. I put peanut butter chips on top this time instead of frosting. The leaders said all of the kids gobbled them up--didn't suspect they were made with different flour. :) Kendra

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Woo Hoo!

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