Gluten-Free Birthday cake ? Suggestions?

[ReynoldsWife01]

I am in need of a recipe for a chocolate birthday cake. This is my first birthday that I have been Gluten-Free for and of course I have to have some cake  lol. I will be making my own birthday cake since it is almost impossible to order a Gluten-Free Chocolate cake around/near where I live. It also does not have to be cake, it could be something else that would be as equally delicious and healthy . I would really appreciate the feed back and ideas.

(hugs)

Thank you!   

[USAF-Larry]

Allrecipes.com has a number of gluten free cake recipes.

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/52718/flourless-chocolate-cake-ii/?internalSource=hn_carousel%2001_Flou...

[Bhuvana]

@ReynoldsWife01: Happy Birthday!

I like minimalist baker's recipe. Since I don't eat eggs, I follow hers. Try this...

http://minimalistbaker.com/gluten-free-birthday-cake-vegan/

I made this. It came out perfectly well!

Good Luck

Bhuvana

[GFChefAmy]

Well, first of all, happy birthday! If you can have dairy (butter and milk), you should be able to just use a gluten-free flour substitute for your recipe. I created a DIY flour blend that I use. You can find it here:

http://amythefamilychef.com/the-warm-kitchen/amys-gluten-free-flour-blend-2/

Lately, (instead of 3 c brown rice and 1 cup millet), I have been using 2 c brown rice and 2 c white rice flours along with 1 c each of the potato and tapioca starches. For a cake with 2 cups of flour, add 3/4 teaspoon xanthan gum or 1 1/4 teaspoon guar gum. Hope this helps!

[Dave001]

I'm lucky enough to have quite a collection of cookbooks. 

One of of them is full of gluten free recipes by Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall. I know there's one for a kidney bean chocolate cake that is absolutely amazing. When I'm home from work tomorrow night I'll dig it out and post it here. 

[LetterWriter]

Happy birthday! I have a different approach. This year my birthday came right after I'd started making a big effort to improve my fitness. Cake is sort of a trigger/binge food for me so I was conflicted about celebrating with it. So instead, I treated myself to a small glass of amazing liqueur that I would normally never drink because it's $15 a shot. It tasted incredible and felt really special, the way birthday cake should. 

So basically, a special glass of wine, liquor, sherry, whiskey, etc. that you can truly savor and enjoy can fill the same function as cake. If you're into that sort of thing.

[Dave001]

Here you go @ReynoldsWife01!

Delicious chocolate cake:

[Dominique]

Thanks, @Dave001! And I appreciate having grams instead of crazy imperial units .

[Dave001]

It's metric all the way for me @Dominique!

Here in the UK, we're a bit muddled about metric v imperial measurements. 

We seem to use both concurrently!