Yesterday, in honor of Memorial Day, I faked out my family and friends with a new gluten free dessert! Ha-they thought they were getting wheat!
I made a 1/4 sheet cake from The Pure Pantry‘s Dark Chocolate Cake mix and served it with fresh blueberries and strawberries and a funky red and blue sparkly thingy (don’t quite know what to call it, but it was festive enough).
After everyone dove in and started complementing the cake, I confessed that it was was from prepared mix and it was gluten free made from brown rice flour and quinoa flour! I had planned on taking a photo to share but my stomach got the best of me and when I put my fork down I realized I had forgotten to take the photo.
special note: I was serving old friends and had checked earlier with them regarding any food restrictions. I would never “surprise” anyone with new ingredients without checking into dietary limitations.
The Pure Pantry is new to me and I wanted to give them a try. I found the mix on sale the other day at Whole Foods Market. After visiting their website, I discovered their products can be ordered on line as well in addition to gluten free living information and a recipe book. Elizabeth Kaplan, who started this company is a professional chef and Celiac sufferer. She is my new gluten free queen!
They get my official thumbs up:
Here is what I copied from their website regarding product information:
Wholegrain Dark Chocolate Cake Mix
$7.59
The most deliciously moist gluten free chocolate cake you have ever tasted is now available from The Pure Pantry. Made with sucanat and maple sugar, both natural unrefined sweeteners, and quinoa, sorghum, and brown rice – who would ever guess that a cake that tastes this good would also provide fiber, protein, and anti-oxidants!
- Unbelievably delicious!
- Gluten free, dairy free, casein free, soy free and nut free
- Made with a unique blend of wholegrain flours
- Free of refined sugars
Ingredients:
Proprietary flour blend (containing: brown rice flour, sorghum flour, quinoa flour, potato starch flour), cocoa, maple sugar, sucanat, baking powder, baking soda, sea salt, and xanthan gum.
Has anyone else tried these products?
One of the hardest things I find about managing both life threatening food allergies and asthma is talking to others. I hate to be the one that might be perceived as demanding, pushing or for asking too much. What I now know, fourteen years later, is that honest, clear information presented with kindness works!..