My Gluten Free Cake Baking Addiction

Neapolitan themed gluten free cake

I have something to admit.  Lately I’ve been impulsively baking and decorating gluten free cakes.

Fancy Raspberry Lemonade Cake

Make box mix fancy for your next tea party or gathering with this zesty cake concept.  The lemon on top is pretty and functional.  Serve each person a slice of lemon with their cake so they can squeeze on as much extra flavor as they like.

Rainbow Birthday Party

Check out this rainbow themed birthday party for my little girl, and use the ideas as inspiration for your own rainbow or unicorn party!  A link to the cake recipe and a fruit dip recipe is included.

Rainbow Cake Tutorial

This rainbow cake was made for my 4 year old daughter’s birthday party, but it could easily be used for a unicorn themed party.  A printable buttercream cake topper template and gluten free cake batter recipe is included.

Pinky Party!

For my sweet little girl’s 3-year-old birthday party we picked a very simple theme:
pink!  It’s perfect for this age while she is grasping the concept of birthdays and parties.

ADHD Diet-Friendly Dinosaur Birthday Party

This birthday, big #8, is the first to follow my son’s ADHD diagnosis.  We’ve made a lot of changes in our household since undertaking a natural treatment plan, and I’ve had to relearn how to recreate a few old traditions.  For example, the birthday party.

Dinosaur Dig Sensory Bin (and Birthday Party Giveaway)

My son’s birthday party is coming up and the theme he chose is dinosaurs.  In preparation for party game prizes I typically head for coloring books and cheapo novelty toys, but this year’s theme took me in a different direction.  As I was brainstorming activities, I wondered if the kids could “excavate” some cool prizes while unearthing pretend fossils.  After some digging (pardon the pun) I figured the best way to pull this off was to use an item I keep seeing on Pinterest:  sensory bins.

Homemade Shirley Temples (aka Kiddie Cocktails) with DIY Grenadine and Maraschino Cherries

Unlike mainstream kiddie drink ingredients, this one isn’t made of just sugar-flavored sugar and DayGlo color additives.

This is by far the easiest copycat recipe I’ve ever created.  And it side-steps all the high fructose corn syrup and artificial colors of store-bought grenadine and maraschino cherries.  The ingredients were tailored to accommodate my son’s ADHD diet, so there is an emphasis on natural ingredients and reduced sugars.

Not your typical cookie-cutter homemade gift: Microwave Popcorn Pucks

Not your typical cookie-cutter homemade gift – Microwave Popcorn Pucks

My son’s nutritionist told me to increase his healthy fats and use expeller pressed coconut oil.  After much experimenting in the kitchen, my favorite use for coconut oil so far is for popping popcorn.  My son loves popcorn for a snack and it adds fat to his diet without unnecessary sugars.

Rules of Restrictive Diet Etiquette

 

So you’ve committed to a restrictive diet that will improve the health of you or your child.  Congratulations!  Among the many adjustments you’ll make, one of them doesn’t have much to do with food at all.  I’m talking about manners.