I love Flourless Chocolate Cake!

August 18, 2015August 18, 2015Leave a comment

Located in darling Downtown Rome, Honeymoon Bakery has a handful of Gluten Free options, including Flourless Chocolate cake, which is my favorite. Now, being the dork I am, I forgot to take pictures while we were there Saturday. Crazy, I know. Thankfully, their website has pictures, so I borrowed one:

See the chocolate covered triangle on the top row (third from the left) well, that’s the Flourless Chocolate Cake, and it is delicious.

Lucky for y’all though, if you aren’t able to get to Honeymoon Bakery, you can make Flourless Chocolate Cake at home. I found this recipe on Pinterest the other day, and plan to try it soon. Fair warning though, it’s a SUPER rich dessert. Like, my mama, sister and I split the piece because it is SO very rich.

Regardless, it’s very tasty, and if you like chocolate . . . you’ll LOVE this!

Have a terrific Tuesday!

Love,

Olivia

National Doughnut Day!!

June 5, 2015June 6, 2015Leave a comment

Okay y’all! Let’s face it . . . eating Gluten Free isn’t always the easiest, especially when you can’t participate in fun events like National Doughnut Day. In order to help in finding substitutes for doughnuts, I thought I’d share some recipes I’ve found for Gluten Free Doughnuts!

1) Glazed Gluten Free Doughnuts!

Find the recipe here from Sincerely Caroline!

2) Honey Glazed Gluten Free Doughnuts

Find the recipe here on Hogwash!

3) Gluten Free Chocolate Eclairs (They’re totally doughnuts . . . right?)

Find the recipe here on Glutenista’s blog!

4) Gluten Free Baked Apple Cider Doughnuts

Find them on the Smashed Peas and Carrots website!

And, if you don’t want to make your own doughnuts . . . try this:

5) Gluten Free Doughnuts from Kinnikinnick Foods

Find those here!

Regardless of how you celebrate National Doughnut Day, I hope you have a fabulous one!

Have a Fabulous Friday y’all!

Love,

Olivia

The Great Key Lime Debate

May 30, 2015May 31, 2015Leave a comment

So, I picked up some Key Limes at Kroger because I got an awesome deal, and am now having major issues deciding what dessert to make with them.

I thought I’d ask which of these glutenous recipes you’d like to see a Gluten Free version of here on the blog!

Raspberry Key Lime Pie from Grandbaby Cakes

Mini Key Lime Pies from The Recipe Critic

Key Lime Pound Cake from Rosetta Bakes!

If you’d like to vote, leave a comment, and tell me which dessert sounds tastiest to you!!

Have a Stupendous Saturday!!

Love,

Olivia

Aldi LiveGfree Chocolate Cake Mix Review!

May 14, 2015May 14, 2015Leave a comment

Today I’ll be reviewing Aldi’s LiveGfree Chocolate Cake Mix! It’s part of the Special Buy from last week, but it should be in your store until it runs out of inventory! The packaging looks like this:

My sister made it into cupcakes with fresh strawberry frosting . . . so tasty! I think they turned out absolutely lovely! 🙂Onto our review!!

Texture: Texturally, these are awesome. Perfectly moist and fluffy, almost to a fault because the fall apart quite easily if kept room temperature. We found that letting the sit in the fridge for a little while helped a lot!!

Price: $2.99 which is pretty great when you consider it was supposed to make 12 cupcakes, and made 22 cupcakes, and it is a little more than a dollar savings in comparison to what’s available at Walmart. So, that’s always a perk! 🙂

Flavor: Fantastic. Really chocolatey without being overpowering. Also, the taste is consistent throughout the cake. The addition of strawberry frosting created a really tasty flavor profile for the cupcake overall! 🙂

Overall: This was an awesome cake mix with great texture, flavor, and value. I really liked it, and am planning to go stock up on some before my local Aldi runs out of these special buy mixes!

Have y’all tried any of these special buy LiveGfree products? If so, let me know what you tried, and how you liked it in the comments!

Have a Tremendous Thursday!!

Love,

Olivia

Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookies

May 6, 2015May 6, 2015Leave a comment

Hey y’all! Today I’m going to be sharing a recipe for Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookies.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup Peanut Butter
1/4 cup Shortening
3/4 cup Light Brown Sugar (firmly packed)
2 Tablespoons Vanilla Almond Milk
1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract
1/3 cup Applesauce
2/3 cup Krusteaz All Purpose Gluten Free Flour
1/3 and 1/8 cup Coconut Flour
Dash of Salt
1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda

Preheat oven to 375°
Beat Peanut Butter, Shortening, Brown Sugar, Milk, and Vanilla until well blended.
Add in Applesauce and mix in with a spatula.
Mix flours, baking soda, and salt. Add into creamed mixture until completely blended. Form into a ball with a spatula. It’ll look something like this:
Roll into balls, and place onto a cookie sheet. Create a criss cross pattern with the tines of a fork.
Bake 10-12 minutes until just beginning to brown. Cool on a wire rack:

Makes 2 dozen cookies.

I hope y’all try this recipe! If you do . . . let me know what you think of it in the comments!

Have an awesome day y’all!

Love,

Olivia

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Protein Pops

April 24, 2015April 25, 20151 Comment

At the GFAF Expo the NoGii booth was handing out protein powder samples, and instead of just making a protein shake, I decided to change it up and make protein popsicles! 🙂

Here’s what I did:
In the blender, I combined 10 medium sized fresh strawberries (halved, with crowns and stems removed) with one container of yogurt, (I used Oh My Yog!) a 1/2 cup of vanilla almond milk, and the 22g sample packet of the protein powder (use one scoop if using the container of mix) until mixture was thick, with a few chunks of strawberries remaining. Then, I poured the mixture into popsicle molds. There was some left over so I put it in a cup, and froze it alone. It wasn’t all that pretty, so here are the popsicles before freezing:

Once in the molds, freeze for six to twelve hours, or until frozen solid. Run your popsicle mold under warm water until they separate from the molds, and you get something a bit like this:

Then, the popsicles are ready to enjoy! 🙂

I’d love to hear if y’all end up making these! If you do . . . let me know in the comments!

Have a Fantastic Friday y’all!!

Love,

Olivia

Recipe Recommendation! (Strawberry Pie)

April 10, 2015April 14, 2015Leave a comment

Okay y’all! Strawberry Pie is my new favorite dessert. (Shown above without topping)
Here’s the recipe, and . . . here’s what we did differently:

Made it with this crust from Bob’s Red Mill.
Topped with Reddi Wip instead of Cool Whip.

Have an awesome day y’all!
Love,
Olivia

Gluten Free Funfetti Cake Mix Review

March 6, 2015April 10, 2015Leave a comment

I’ve been hearing rave reviews of Pillsbury’s Gluten Free Funfetti Cake Mix, but until this week I couldn’t find it in a store near me. Sad, I know. Anyway, I found the Gluten Free Funfetti mix at my local Walmart the other day, and thought I’d share my take on it with y’all! My sister made the mix into cupcakes and topped them with almond buttercream . . . (think delectable wedding cake, y’all!!)

Now, we’ll split this review into three parts (per usual) Flavor, Texture, and Price. Let’s dive right in, shall we?

Flavor:
Awesome. These taste exactly like what I remember of the glutenous version of Funfetti cupcakes. I’d do a side by side comparison for y’all because I’m pretty sure that they’re exactly the same, but I won’t be doing that because . . . Gluten! Lol. They are simply delicious with no weird aftertaste like some Gluten Free mixes give you. I’d declare the flavor of these a ten out of ten! 🙂Texture:
Perfect. There’s no dryness or grittiness whatsoever. My favorite part, however, is they are light and airy with no denseness at all. In fact, texturally, these may be the very best cupcakes I’ve had since going Gluten Free. I’d give the texture a ten out of ten.

Price:
Not bad at all. This mix is $2.98 at my Walmart versus around $4.00 for other similar Gluten Free Cake Mixes I have purchased. They’re still more expensive than the glutenous version, but that’s on par for almost all Gluten Free products. I wasn’t shocked or disappointed. I’m giving the price a ten out of ten, because it’s more reasonable than any other Gluten Free Cake mixes I’ve tried.

Overall:
I think this mix is absolutely fantastic, the taste is fantastic, they’re light and airy and more cost effective than other Gluten Free Cake Mixes I’ve seen. I’m very excited about this product, and I would definitely recommend it to y’all as well as buying it again myself!! So go out and get one for the weekend, bake it up into cupcakes or another fun application, come back here and post your creation so we can all see how fun the “funfetti” can be!!

As usual, all opinions expressed within this review are mine and mine alone. Pillsbury doesn’t have a clue who I am.

Have a Fantastic Friday, y’all!!
Love,
Olivia

Monsters, Inc. Cupcakes!

February 20, 2015April 11, 2015Leave a comment

Well . . . Sulley cupcakes to be exact, but really, who cares when they’re this cute:

And from the side . . .

My sister made these adorable little cupcakes with the LiveGfree Yellow Cake Mix from Aldi, and then added in a few drops of turquoise food coloring to the batter to make them the pretty color you see above. Then she made cream cheese frosting and added purple food coloring to achieve the gorgeous purple frosting that completes the cupcakes Sulleyish appearance. 😀

As you can tell, they aren’t an exact or perfect match to Sulley, but they’re pretty close, and would make the PERFECT snack for a movie night . . . assuming you’re watching Monsters, Inc!! 😉 Or another Pixar Movie!

What’s your favorite Pixar Movie? I love Monsters, Inc as much as the next girl, but I’d have to say that my favorite Pixar movie is Brave.

Hope y’all have had a GREAT day!
Love,
Olivia

Happy Valentine’s Day!!

February 14, 2015April 11, 2015Leave a comment

It’s Valentine’s Day! Which means EVERYTHING is either pink, red or heart shaped, right?
My sister made these super cute, Gluten Free heart shaped Double Doozies with Pillsbury Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough and Buttercream frosting from the Kroger Bakery (yes, you can buy just the frosting.) That she then dyed pink. These were part of our snacks during our movie day! 😀