If you are like my daughter its not easy finding a good recipe for a sweet treat. Gluten Free just doesn’t cut it – It must be Corn-Free, Egg-Free, Casein/Milk- Free, Citrus Free and the list goes on.
When I have found recipes – there is always a hitch, finding a corn-free baking powder or a corn free food coloring…who wants plain white cupcakes – not my 3 1/2 year old – she wants pink!!
I have complied here our solution to her dietary needs and then end result? Success!
I started out with a Gluten Free Cake Mix then I made these substitutions:
This is the fun part. I got all the ingredients all ready and laid out – had my daughter put on her apron (and princess crown with her face painted like a clown) and she mixed all the ingredients together after putting them in the bowl. Since there are no eggs she can eat the batter too – BONUS!
I decided to use the Mini-Cupcake pan. This way we have lots of cupcakes that I can freeze so when we are invited somewhere that is going to have desserts I can simply whip out the cupcake from the freezer and VOILA! Homemade Cupcake!
After filling all the cupcakes with batter we sprinkled some EnjoyLife Chocolate Chips on top – why not right?? Here is the Allergen Information NO TRANS FAT, NO ARTIFICIAL INGREDIENTS, VEGAN, KOSHER PAREVE, GLUTEN-FREE, CASEIN-FREE!
We popped the cupcakes in the oven and moved onto the Icing!
In a Mixer add the following:
Mix together until the confectioner sugar blends in, I would mix for at least 5 minutes if you are using something like the Kitchen Aid mixer. You will notice that the icing will start to become a nice stiff consistency – you will know it is done. This yields a TON of icing, again I plan on freezing it so I can use if for my frozen cupcakes!
Enjoy!!! Hopefully this article can make it easier for other Moms and people who deal with Food Allergies!
Fruits n Veggies n Spices to Use for Natural Food Colorings:
Green:
Juiced: kale, parsley, spinach, romaine, cucumber, bell pepper, watercress….
Boiled green veggies, using the water/juice will give you a much lighter green color
Pink/Red/Magenta:
Juiced berries
Juiced cranberries
Juiced beets
Juiced red pepper
Juiced tomato, choose dark red tomatoes
rhubarb juiced or boiled
pomegranate juice
chile powder or paprika powder
Purple/Blue:
juiced blueberries
juiced or boiled red cabbage
juiced radicchio
juiced eggplant skin
frozen, fresh or juiced blackberries
acai juice
juiced(or smashed and strained) black/purple grapes
Yellow/Orange:
Juiced yellow beets
juiced yellow bell pepper
boiled yellow beets (lighter color)
juiced pineapple
juiced carrots
tumeric powder
warm-water soaked/bloomed saffron
Brown:
coffee powder
cocoa powder