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Gluten Free Strawberry Birthday Cake!

RissaRoo

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RissaRoo
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Hi! I've taken a break from the boards here (my son was dx'd with GERD as well as celiac's, so I am now having to divide my time between forums for 2 different ailments...wah!) but I wanted to share this recipe. I've posted it before quite awhile ago, but now I have a photo of it so I wanted to share it again!

GLUTEN FREE STRAWBERRY CAKE:

1 1/2 cups white rice flour

3/4 cups tapioca flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

3 teaspoons baking powder

1 teaspoon xanthan gum

4 eggs

1 1/4 cups white sugar

2/3 cup mayonnaise

1 cup milk

2 teaspoons gluten free vanilla extract

1/2 cup Hershey's Strawberry Milk Mix

Frosting:

2 boxes cream cheese

2 cups powdered sugar

2 teaspoons gluten free vanilla

Filling and topping: Strawberries, raspberries, sparkling clear sugar crystal decorations, leaf garnish

The Cake: Preheat over to 350 degrees F. Grease 2 round pans. Mix the dry ingredients except for the sugar in one bowl, mix eggs, sugar, vanilla, Strawberry milk mix and sugar in a different bowl until well combined. Add the flour mixture a bit at a time, alternating with the milk.

Pour mixture into pans, bake for 25 mintues our until a toothpick comes out clean.

While the cakes cool, cut up strawberries. Do about 2 cups of strawberry chunks for the center of the cake, and then slice up some strawberries in thin slices for the decorations.

Frosting: Mix 2 boxes softened cream cheese well, add the sugar and vanilla and whip until fluffy.

Put it together: Place one cake layer on platter. Add a layer of frosting, and then a layer of cut berries over the frosting. Place second layer on top, and frost the top and sides of the cake. Starting in the center, place a whole berry in the middle and four cut berries at the sides like petals. Add cut berries around the center in a petal formation. Stick cut berries around the sides of the cake as shown in the photo. Add cut berries along the sides of the top of the cake at regular intervals and then place raspberries in between them as shown. Garnish with non-toxic leaves and sprinkle with crystal sugar....it's ready for the candles!!!

And for anyone with other food allergies.......

MAKE IT GLUTEN AND DAIRY FREE: Use rice milk instead of regular milk, and soy cream cheese instead of regular cream cheese.

MAKE IT GLUTEN, DAIRY AND SOY FREE: Follow above for dairy free, use a soy and dairy free frosting mix for frosting (find one at Open Original Shared Link.

MAKE IT GLUTEN, DAIRY, SOY AND EGG FREE: Follow all the above suggestions and use egg replacer according to directions instead of the eggs. Omit mayonnaise and add an extra 2/3 cup of rice milk plus 1 extra tsp. of xanthan gum. Hershey's Strawberry Milk Mix is Soy, gluten, egg and dairy free!

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munkee41182
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(drools on keyboard)....

YUMMO as Rachel Ray would say! I have so many choice to make a cake for my shower!!!! Oh man oh man oh man!

Sweetfudge Community Regular
Sweetfudge
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wow that cake looks awesome! i've been looking for a strawberry cake. does it have the same taste as the boxes of pink cake?

HiDee Rookie
HiDee
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my favorite used to be pink strawberry cake with the betty crocker rainbow chip frosting on top. if this is a pretty good strawberry cake replica, i wonder how to do the rainbow chip frosting? i can't wait to try this, thanks Rissa.

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RissaRoo
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Hey, sweetfudge! I live in Salt Lake City...why don't you pop on over for a slice?!? That's cool, in the grand scheme of things we're neighbors :o) Darn it, though...the cake in the picture, sadly, is gone. They don't last long.

It tastes pretty much like a box cake, if you added more of the strawberry mix it would probably taste even more like it. Just reduce the amount of milk in proportion to the syrup. I still haven't mastered getting a light, fluffy cake gluten free...so imagine the same taste with a heavier, homemade cake texture. They don't *taste* gluten free so much as they taste homemade, if that makes sense....like the wheat-ridden cakes I used to make from scratch before Celiac's. Which is good...but not exactly a box cake.

Have you been to Against the Grain in West Valley? They have got some killer sugar cookies. NOT dairy free, but oh-so-good!

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RissaRoo
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my favorite used to be pink strawberry cake with the betty crocker rainbow chip frosting on top. if this is a pretty good strawberry cake replica, i wonder how to do the rainbow chip frosting? i can't wait to try this, thanks Rissa.

rainbow chip frosting....yum! Some of the commercial frostings are actually gluten free...have you checked to see if there's a gluten-free rainbow chip frosting? There may be...in which case you've got it made! Otherwise, I guess you could find some gluten-free candy or chip and toss it in the frosting recipe, that would be good too. I think I saw rainbow sprinkles gluten free on an allergy grocery site...I'll see if I can find them for you.

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RissaRoo
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OK, Pillsbury frostings are mostly gluten free (I remember this from awhile ago). It's not rainbow chip exactly, but check this out: Open Original Shared Link

From the ingredients, it looks gluten-free. Give them a call first, though. MMMMmmmmmm, if it's gluten-free you could save yourself a step! I love the taste of fresh cream cheese frosting, but I totally understand the quest for a cake that tastes like the good 'ole box cake and instant frosting used to taste. Hope this helps!

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my favorite used to be pink strawberry cake with the betty crocker rainbow chip frosting on top. if this is a pretty good strawberry cake replica, i wonder how to do the rainbow chip frosting? i can't wait to try this, thanks Rissa.

mmm, those were my favorite! i used to eat the frosting right out of the container :)

next time i'm at the store, i'll grab one and read the ingredients, then call the company!

Hey, sweetfudge! I live in Salt Lake City...why don't you pop on over for a slice?!? That's cool, in the grand scheme of things we're neighbors :o) Darn it, though...the cake in the picture, sadly, is gone. They don't last long.

It tastes pretty much like a box cake, if you added more of the strawberry mix it would probably taste even more like it. Just reduce the amount of milk in proportion to the syrup. I still haven't mastered getting a light, fluffy cake gluten free...so imagine the same taste with a heavier, homemade cake texture. They don't *taste* gluten free so much as they taste homemade, if that makes sense....like the wheat-ridden cakes I used to make from scratch before Celiac's. Which is good...but not exactly a box cake.

Have you been to Against the Grain in West Valley? They have got some killer sugar cookies. NOT dairy free, but oh-so-good!

Next time you make one, I might just stop by :D I'd make one of my own, but i'm supposed to be on a diet <_< so my husband would give me a hard time for going out of my way to make sweets. although he is going out of town for a few days... ;)

i have yet to visit against the grain. every one i've talked to raves about it. i might just have to plan a trip up there. my next trip north is to take hubby to the airport, but that's at 3AM...doubtful that they'd be open. but, I am picking him up next saturday afternoon! perfect! thanks for reminding me, i'll just swing by on my way to the airport! great idea!

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blueeyedmanda
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This sounds very good!!!! I might make it for my coworkers one of these days!

Sweetfudge Community Regular
Sweetfudge
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This sounds very good!!!! I might make it for my coworkers one of these days!

that's probably what I'm gonna do. they always like it when i get on a baking kick!

HiDee Rookie
HiDee
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Thanks for the link Rissa, I'll look at it next time I'm in the grocery store. I think the betty crocker frosting has wheat starch in it unfortunately and I've never found anything else quite the same as their rainbow chip but I haven't looked all that hard. I've only made homemade frosting since being on the diet, which is good too just not as convenient sometimes :)

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JNBunnie1
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Thanks for the link Rissa, I'll look at it next time I'm in the grocery store. I think the betty crocker frosting has wheat starch in it unfortunately and I've never found anything else quite the same as their rainbow chip but I haven't looked all that hard. I've only made homemade frosting since being on the diet, which is good too just not as convenient sometimes :)

Actually, if you take 1 package of cream cheese and whip it together with 10+ oz of fluff or Ricemellow creme, it's REALLY good! Much lower sugar cream cheese frosting. I put it on chocolate cake and vanilla cake, both were great.

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RissaRoo
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Actually, if you take 1 package of cream cheese and whip it together with 10+ oz of fluff or Ricemellow creme, it's REALLY good! Much lower sugar cream cheese frosting. I put it on chocolate cake and vanilla cake, both were great.

Cool! What's Ricemellow creme, and where do you get it? Is it like the marshmallow fluff you buy in a jar?

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HiDee
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does this recipe work pretty well as cupcakes (if you've tried it that way) and would it take the same amount of time to cook? I'd like to try it for a barbeque we're having this week. Thanks!

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RissaRoo
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yep, I bet it will work for cupcakes too! I'd bake them for less time, maybe start with 15 minutes and test them every few minutes after that. Good luck!

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I tried this recipe as cupcakes and they overflowed and sank. I think there is too much moisture in the recipe. They took about 20-25 minutes to bake. They tasted good, a little chewy but good. If the milk were decreased by half I think that might help. Anyone else have thoughts on this?

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