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I made the Boston Cream Pie a couple of weeks ago. Since this was my first attempt at this formulation of the recipe the cake was not perfect and cracked on the top. Not a big problem since the top actually ends up on the bottom when the whole thing is assembled. Also I did not use her frosting recipe but the one I have always used, cocoa, powdered sugar...

Sylvia, this looks like a wonderful recipe and I cannot wait to try it. The only other one I had found called for brown rice flour and I find that rather gritty, or at least what our local co-op carries in bulk is. I also had no idea Taste of Home was now providing gluten-free recipes. I used to enjoy their magazine and still use a number of recipes from...

Glad to be of help. I mostly quit baking from scratch about 25 years ago, probably because somewhere deep down I realized everything was having an adverse effect on me, and switched to mixes for what little I did bake. These days for purposes other than baking I am learning to use the substitutes for wheat flour. Some of the sauces look a little strange without...

I received my copy of this book this week and the recipes all look so good and easy to make. One note, this is a dessert cookbook and all recipes start with a gluten-free boxed cake mix, usually yellow. The only items from scratch are the icings, glazes and fillers. Holly

Ann Byrn was on a local radio talk show here this week and she convinced a non-Celiac host that gluten-free can be tasty. I need to find a couple more books to order thru Edward Hamilton to justify the shipping costs. Are there other gluten-free cookbooks any of you can recommend? Holly

I hope there is room on this forum for the self diagnosed. I started with severe diarrhea 17 years ago and multiple trips to multiple doctors yielded no diagnosis and what has become apparent no proper testing. I was offered prescription strength Imodium which I already knew I could not take, mood altering drugs, which I refused to even have filled. Finally...