Carla's Gluten Free Recipe Box
1,900 Gluten Free Recipes by Retired Recipe Developer, Carla Spacher
Gluten free dessert recipes with color photos appropriate for celiac disease, gluten intolerance, and gluten sensitivity.
Easter baking doesn’t have to be complicated. You can make a simple cake and fill with Easter eggs. Choose from multiple gluten free bundt cakes on this website, dust with confectioners’ sugar, and fill the center with gluten free Easter candy. Also, learn how to easily create gluten free speckled Easter eggs from non-speckled eggs. It’s super easy!
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This gluten free devil’s food cake gets its dark color from the use of unsweetened cocoa powder and plenty of baking soda. While baking soda can be bitter when used by itself, the addition of acidic ingredients such as chocolate (even though it’s just slightly bitter) balances out, creating a dark color. Baking powder is added to provide additional leavening without the flavor of too much baking soda.
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Hot milk cake has been an American favorite since its first publication dating back to 1955 in the Chicago Tribune by one of its editors. In this version, you’re provided a choice between dairy and dairy-free ingredients; both tested well and three size pans (9 x 9-inch, 9 x 13-inch, or two 8-inch round pans. The hot milk begins cooking the batter as soon as you add the hot milk, providing a head start in cooking and rising. Serve it dusted with confectioners’ sugar, like strawberry shortcake (recipe included), or your favorite icing. I think caramel or chocolate sauce would also be great choices, topped with a small dollop of whipped cream. The author served it with mocha icing. I like it plain the best. It’s a sweet cake. What will you use? Check out its texture in the video…
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As you can see, this gluten free pound cake is perfect, probably even better than it’s gluten counterpart. This cake is just as light-weight too! Some gluten free pound cake recipes weigh a ton. Not this one! The inside is moist and very flavorful!
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This gluten free lane cake is just a 2-layer cake, using my Best Gluten Free White Cake, and topped with Swiss Meringue Buttercream. what makes this cake special is the filling made up of rich caramel pecan coconut mixed with bourbon. It’s perfect for a Kentucky Derby celebration or just because.
Watch the video to check out its texture.
Remember those pink Hostess Snoballs? They were made of chocolate cake with a creamy and spongy marshmallow filling. That same spongey white filling was on the outside as well. Then, the entire thing was covered in pink coconut. This gluten free snowball cake is made the same but with natural food coloring. You don’t need a special pan to make this delicious cake, just two round cake pans, and a large bowl.
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When the craving for buffalo wings strikes and you have no chicken wings on hand, make this amazing gluten free buffalo cornbread instead. Its cake-like texture makes it a great snack or dessert as well as a side dish with your main meal. I’m thinking of serving them with chili, chicken, pork chops, and more. No mixer needed. Enjoy! We are absolutely addicted to these! (And I’m not usually a big cornbread fan.)
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It’s easier than you may think to make a gluten free kids birthday cake that looks professional. The best part about making layer cakes covered in fondant is that you don’t have to do everything all in the same day. So, if you have the time, learn how to make this gluten free Minnie Mouse cake and similar cakes.
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If you have a bunch of fresh mint on hand and want a great way to use it, this dairy-free fresh mint ice cream is the way to go. I had a lot of mint leftover from making mint juleps (recipe coming soon) and knew making this ice cream would be a treat for my husband. He didn’t even notice that it was dairy-free. It’s that good. You can also make it with dairy. Just choose those options in the ingredient list.
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Now is a good time to boost your immune system by using organic or cold-pressed coconut oil in your cooking and baking. Learn how to tone down coconut flavor in your baking. You’ll be pleasantly surprised, as was my husband, when you taste these gluten free dairy free chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. More importantly, you’ll learn a little secret about baking with coconut oil that will dramatically improve the texture of your baked goods.
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