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Need Great Cake Res. For 5yr Old Bday~

jen2be2

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jen2be2
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Hi.

We just found out last week that our youngest has a high chance of having Celiac. (She is scheduled for her boi. on Wed. and we are waiting for everyone elses blood work to come back).

Our 2nd DD's 5th birthday is in 11 days and we will be on the gluten free diet by that point. This diet will be a hard change for her and our other two older children, so we would like to make her 1st gluten free birthday cake as yummy as possible.

Please let me know your suggestions, either pre boxed or from scratch( with directions please :) ).

TIA~

Jen

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I've tried the boxed decadent chocolate cake and it is good. I have made a flourless chocolate cake that is very moist and delicious, it isn't too involved but harder than the boxed. Here is the recipe:The ULtimate flourless chocolate cake.

  1. 8 eggs
  2. 1 pound bittersweet or semi sweet chocolate chopped
  3. 1/2 pound butter cut up
  4. 1/4 cup strong brewed coffee
  5. 1- position rack in lower 1/3 of oven preheat to 325 . line bottom of 9" springform pan with parchment paperand grease sides of pan. Wrap pan in heavy duty aluminum foil and set pan ian larger roasting pan.
  6. 2. Beat eggs until volume doubles. Melt chocolate coffee and butter in microwave 50%power til melted.
  7. 3. Using a rubber spatula fold a third of the eggs into the chocolate mixture until just a few streads are visible. Repeat with 1/2 remaining eggs then fold in the last of the eggs.
  8. 4. Pour batter in pan. Pour enough boiling water to come 1/2 way up the pan. Cook 20 to 25 min. (internal temp 140 degrees)
  9. 5. Glaze 3 oz semisweet choc 3 TablespoonsButter 1 Tablespoon light corn syrup. 1 Tablespoon milk. Slowly melt . pour on top of finished cake, as a glaze. Serve with whipped cream.
  10. This is very rich but quite tastey. Enjoy Brenda

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celiacgirls Apprentice
celiacgirls
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"Cause You're Special cake mixes are very good if you can find them. I have found them in 2 health food stores and ordered them online.

I've only tried the Namaste spice cake but they make chocolate and white cake mixes, too. The spice cake was very good but maybe not a good 5 year old birthday cake. I've seen those at Whole Foods and maybe the regular grocery store, too.

Gluten Free Pantry brownies are even better than regular gluten brownies. They are available in mixes at Whole Foods and some regular grocery stores. I'm making those with marshmallow creme frosting to serve to my 10 year old daughter's gluten-eating class for the Christmas party.

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