This weekend I participated in a moms' retreat- our own little 'Education Week'end, you might say. (See here for one of the addresses we heard.)
We each brought food for either the dinner or brunch the next day. Most of the ladies there try to eat very healthfully, and some of them have dietary issues like gluten intolerance, so I made a gluten-free, dairy-free (CF= 'casein free'- the protein in milk) cake.
I actually used a cake mix- Pamela's Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake Mix- which uses evaporated cane juice for the sugar, and organic grains. That way everyone could eat happy. Everybody- regular wheat-eaters included thought the cake was absolutely delicious.
By the way, this brand of cake mix makes two 8" or 9" layers. Not all of the GF cakes mixes do. Some, like Betty Crocker, only make one 8" layer. So take that into consideration if you're pricing them.
GF CF German Chocolate Cake
Bake and cool one chocolate cake, using a two-layer sized gluten-free mix, or from scratch. One good recipe is at Living Without.(This recipe calls for 1 c. coffee, to intensify the flavor- if you don't prefer to use coffee, use hot water instead and 1 Tbsp. molasses. Reduce sugar by 1 Tbsp.)
Lower-fat, Dairy-free Coconut-Pecan Frosting (also egg-free)
3 Tbsp. potato starch or tapioca starch, OR 5 Tbsp. rice flour
3/4 evaporated cane juice or brown sugar
1 c. coconut or rice milk
¼ c. coconut oil
¼ tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. vanilla
½ c. pecans, toasted and chopped fine
1 c. shredded sweetened coconut, toasted
Stir together starch and sugar, then gradually mix in milk. Add coconut oil and salt, then heat and stir over medium-high. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbling. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla, pecans, and coconut, reserving 1 Tbsp each nuts and coconut for garnish. Chill first if spreading on a tall cake, frost immediately if spreading on a sheet cake.
We each brought food for either the dinner or brunch the next day. Most of the ladies there try to eat very healthfully, and some of them have dietary issues like gluten intolerance, so I made a gluten-free, dairy-free (CF= 'casein free'- the protein in milk) cake.
I actually used a cake mix- Pamela's Gluten-Free Chocolate Cake Mix- which uses evaporated cane juice for the sugar, and organic grains. That way everyone could eat happy. Everybody- regular wheat-eaters included thought the cake was absolutely delicious.
By the way, this brand of cake mix makes two 8" or 9" layers. Not all of the GF cakes mixes do. Some, like Betty Crocker, only make one 8" layer. So take that into consideration if you're pricing them.
GF CF German Chocolate Cake
Bake and cool one chocolate cake, using a two-layer sized gluten-free mix, or from scratch. One good recipe is at Living Without.(This recipe calls for 1 c. coffee, to intensify the flavor- if you don't prefer to use coffee, use hot water instead and 1 Tbsp. molasses. Reduce sugar by 1 Tbsp.)
Lower-fat, Dairy-free Coconut-Pecan Frosting (also egg-free)
3 Tbsp. potato starch or tapioca starch, OR 5 Tbsp. rice flour
3/4 evaporated cane juice or brown sugar
1 c. coconut or rice milk
¼ c. coconut oil
¼ tsp. salt
1 Tbsp. vanilla
½ c. pecans, toasted and chopped fine
1 c. shredded sweetened coconut, toasted
Stir together starch and sugar, then gradually mix in milk. Add coconut oil and salt, then heat and stir over medium-high. Cook and stir until thickened and bubbling. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla, pecans, and coconut, reserving 1 Tbsp each nuts and coconut for garnish. Chill first if spreading on a tall cake, frost immediately if spreading on a sheet cake.
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