There is an English expression that goes, “You can’t have your cake and eat it too!” You can click this link if you do not know what that means and would like to find out.
Well, ever since my girl realises that she is gluten-intolerant, she cannot enjoy all the very nice cakes that we have here like the made-upon-special-order ones from Marcus, for instance…
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She did try to make her own (and bread too) following some gluten-free recipes but so far, most of the time, she had been unsuccessful except for that one time when she made something like the Japanese baked cheese cake…
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It was very nice but somehow or other, she never made it again – perhaps, she would like to try something else to see how they would turn out.
On another occasion, she also made a cheese cake similar to this one that my blogger friend, Phong Hong made that day, using those gluten-free digestive biscuits to make the base and yes, it did turn out well.
Other than those, she did bring back some boxes of gluten-free stuff that she bought on a recent trip to KL but I don’t remember her being all that successful using the gluten-free all purpose flour. Having said that, the cake mix that she bought turned out really well and she made these delightful red velvet cupcakes – the cream cheese frosting came together in the box…
…and yes, we sure liked them a lot.
Quite recently, I got this gluten free chocolate cake mix from my godson/ex-student, Andrew, in Christchurch, New Zealand…
…and for Father’s Day last Sunday, my girl took it and made these lovely cupcakes…
…for me. Yes, the chocolate icing came with it in the box…and we sure enjoyed eating them – its texture was soft and moist…
…and it was a whole lot nicer than some chocolate cakes that we can buy at our local bakeries here.
We sure are indeed very glad that there are these alternatives available, though they do not come cheap, so even though she can’t have the regular cakes, there are some nice gluten-free ones that she can eat and enjoy.
...STILL CRAZY AFTER ALL THESE YEARS! 