I had a problem. My 1st born was diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes and Celiac Disease about 2 months after he turned 3 yrs old, and only a week b4 his little brother had his 1st Birthday. So, what was i to do with the big weight of "the cake." Cakes are such a big deal when it comes to birthdays. In my mind, i feel like its the eye of the storm, and all else surrounds its presence. Ok, well, maybe its not that intense, but it sure felt like it to me. Now, here i was, faced with a problem that no Betty Crocker was gonna fix. (at least not at that point; they didn't market a gluten free option in 2009) So I bought an "all natural" gluten free, egg free, soy free, dairy free, nut free, sugar free, taste free cake mix, and frosting that was thick and slimy and awkward. It was all i knew to do. It was disgusting, and gritty and made me thrilled that the next birthday in our family was months and months away! The thought of facing another gluten free cake made me cringe, and not to mention, the idea of doing anything "fancy" with a crumbly cake was out the door. I thought we would be stuck scooping out cake of a 9"x13" cake pan for the rest of our lives...... and to a creative person, this was, welll, not the picture i had in mind. I wanted to make fantastic cakes, and make a birthday worth remembering, and to me, the cake was the center picture of the day. It was the mental pin that you could always go back in time and say "AH, YES, my 4th birthday, the volcano cake! I remember that!!"
SO, i did it. I took a chance. On our oldest sons 4th birthday, I made a GOOD home made, gluten free volcano cake, and for our 2yr old at the time, made a snow man cake, then next came a treasure chest, and a dump truck, soon followed by the "famous" Spaghetti cake..... I did it. I crossed that hurdle that said: "its too hard, just give up" and went full force into making a challenge every time a cake appeared.
It may be just cake to you, but to me, its a memory in the baking making, and i am ready to bake it up!
^not the best, but one of the firsts!
^favorite cake to date!
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