I am more than happy to be hosting this month’s Go Ahead Honey, it’s Gluten Free!, blog carnival!
For this month’s theme, I’ve chosen grain free cakes and cupcakes. I’m really looking forward to all of the delectable gluten free, grain free treats that people will submit for November.
And of course, I want to take a moment to thank the lovely Naomi from milkforthemorningcake.blogspot.com for asking me to do this. I think we all will have a lot of fun with this slightly unusual theme.
To participate, all you need to do is send me a link to your post with a gluten free, grain free cake or cupcake by November 25th. It doesn’t need to be a new post, you can use one that is already up.
If you are going to participate, send your information to me via the contact link on the upper right side of my site and put the words “grain free cake” in the subject line. I will then post a round up of all the entries at the end of the month.
I don’t usually highlight the fact that this is a grain-free blog, though Naomi, being sharp as a tack of course picked up on this.
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Why am I grain free? Well, my celiac symptoms were not alleviated by the standard gluten free diet (call it refractory celiac), so I turned to the SCD for several years which helped tremendously. While I am not strictly SCD any longer, I still do not eat any grains (that would also include potatoes, corn and soy).
Of course, if you are looking for a plethora of grain free cakes and other treats, you may want to check out my gluten free cookbook, The Gluten-Free Almond Flour Cookbook, for more on that –it has 99 grain free recipes.
I often receive hundreds of emails a day and this one from a woman who made her own wedding cake using the recipe below, really stood out.
Elana,
I just wanted to thank you for your site and for the vanilla cupcake recipe. I long ago found that I could make it in one layer in my 9″ round, so when I could not find a single baker in all of South Florida to make me a GF wedding cake, I made my own with your recipe.
We had five cakes total, my two GF ones and three other cakes made by family using old old recipes. At the end of our reception, only a tiny bit of original red velvet and cocoa pound cake were left. The first to go? The GF ones. I made one with coconut, also using the old family way, and the other with a chocolate mascarpone cream center and chocolate ganache. I know you are also CF, but since I am not I could pile on the heavy cream! So many people commented to me about the wonderful cakes, but especially the GF ones.
I simply could not have done it without you! And the thought of having no cake at all–often the suggestion of many friends and family–was just too painful to consider. You made my having wedding cake at my own wedding possible. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
All the best,
Jacqueline
Thanks so much Jacqueline for letting me know about your wedding success. Congratulations are in order for your can do spirit, adventurousness and nuptials!
Vanilla Cupcakes with Vegan Chocolate Frosting
Ingredients
- ½ cup coconut flour, sifted
- ½ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 6 large eggs
- ½ cup grapeseed oil
- ½ cup agave nectar
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, combine coconut flour, salt and baking soda
- In a small bowl, blend together eggs, grapeseed oil, agave and vanilla
- Mix wet ingredients into dry and blend with a mixer or hand blender until smooth
- Pour batter into well oiled muffin pan
- Bake at 350°F for 20 minutes
- Cool completely
- Top with chocolate frosting
Erica says
I made these with coconut oil instead of grapeseed oil and they turned out great. Of course they ended up being coconut cupcakes rather than vanilla, but that’s what I wanted. I made the chocolate frosting, too, and while it was pretty good, I wasn’t all that excited about it. The cupcakes were good enough without the frosting.
Bonnie Stone says
I’m so excited to submit a recipe for this blog carnival, my wheels are turning already trying to decide what to make! I am not gluten-free but often use your recipes because I am yeast-free…so I’m wondering…are beans gluten-free? My favorite cake-type recipe uses beans (I use soy to keep the carbs lower but one could use any type of canned or pre-cooked beans).
Also, please enter me for the baking dish contest…it’s SO CUTE!!!
Lydia says
I’ll have to find somewhere in Montreal that sells coconut flour now!
Tammi says
Oh, I’m so excited. I have had some coconut flour around waiting for a recipe I can trust and after your Quinoa Breakfast Brownies – they are a new favorite at our house (I’m new to your site) we now to have a cupcake too. Yay!! Thank you so much
Karen says
Triple love the vanilla cupcakes. Coconut flour is one of my favorites! Thanks for all the wonderful recipes….
Jamie says
Thanks for another great recipe. I will try it on my corporate mascot…I know he will love it!
Chelsey says
I’m just curious about the blog carnival. Does it have to be an original recipe submitted?
christina says
These look great! Thanks also for adding your site information at the end of the recipes. I’ve been printing off several over the last few weeks and it is very helpful to be able to see where they come from. My friends are loving all the baking I’m doing and want to know where to find the recipe too!
Sarah says
I’m so excited for this month’s theme for Go Ahead Honey, it’s Gluten Free! I love cupcakes (especially your chocolate recipe!). I look forward to much delicious baking! :)
Brenda James says
I’d love to win that loaf pan.
I love chocolate, too, so I’m going to try the chocolate cupcake recipe.
Hooray for gluten free!