Posts Tagged: baking

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Rhubarb Curd Tart with a Buckwheat Almond Crust (Gluten-Free)

Did you know that Buckwheat is related to Rhubarb?  I know!  Weird right?  I was so excited by this fact when I learned it, that I decided to make a rhubarb tart with a buckwheat crust.  Then I had to

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Rhubarb Curd Tart with a Buckwheat Almond Crust (Gluten-Free)

Did you know that Buckwheat is related to Rhubarb?  I know!  Weird right?  I was so excited by this fact when I learned it, that I decided to make a rhubarb tart with a buckwheat crust.  Then I had to

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Sourdough Boule (Gluten-Free)

 This recipe is for my mother.  She carried some of my gluten-free sourdough starter home in her checked luggage when she last visited me, and is now struggling to stay on top of a pet that demands that you bake

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Sourdough Boule (Gluten-Free)

 This recipe is for my mother.  She carried some of my gluten-free sourdough starter home in her checked luggage when she last visited me, and is now struggling to stay on top of a pet that demands that you bake

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Tiny Coconut Chocolate Cakes (Gluten-Free)

My mother is allergic to egg whites.  When I visited her recently, I made her quite a few scrambled egg yolks for breakfast.  By the end of the visit I had a big vat of egg whites in the fridge.

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Tiny Coconut Chocolate Cakes (Gluten-Free)

My mother is allergic to egg whites.  When I visited her recently, I made her quite a few scrambled egg yolks for breakfast.  By the end of the visit I had a big vat of egg whites in the fridge.

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Finally, a good gluten-free pizza crust

Until recently,  I have had a resigned attitude toward making gluten-free pizza crust at home.  The only really good gluten-free pizza’s I had eaten had been made in a wood-fire oven or on a grill and I don’t own either

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Finally, a good gluten-free pizza crust

Until recently,  I have had a resigned attitude toward making gluten-free pizza crust at home.  The only really good gluten-free pizza’s I had eaten had been made in a wood-fire oven or on a grill and I don’t own either

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Tropical Fruit and Macadamia Nut Torte- From the backyard in Kula, Maui (Gluten-Free)

For the last three years, my mother has been living in a little cottage in Kula, Maui on a beautiful property  planted with mango, loquat, natal plum, macadamia nut, avocado, kukui nut and guava trees.    While visiting my mother

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Tropical Fruit and Macadamia Nut Torte- From the backyard in Kula, Maui (Gluten-Free)

For the last three years, my mother has been living in a little cottage in Kula, Maui on a beautiful property  planted with mango, loquat, natal plum, macadamia nut, avocado, kukui nut and guava trees.    While visiting my mother

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Carrot Cardamom Muffins with Coconut Rosewater Icing (Gluten-Free)

I wanted to make  a carrot cake inspired by Indian carrot halva for Easter this year.   I wanted it to have coconut instead of walnuts and feature cardamom and rosewater.  We are spending Easter with my mum on Maui, where

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Carrot Cardamom Muffins with Coconut Rosewater Icing (Gluten-Free)

I wanted to make  a carrot cake inspired by Indian carrot halva for Easter this year.   I wanted it to have coconut instead of walnuts and feature cardamom and rosewater.  We are spending Easter with my mum on Maui, where

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Sinister Black Forest Trifle (Gluten-Free)- A birthday treat for the last cruel gasp of winter

I am lucky that I had the help of an award-winning cake decorator and artist (Tony) and also the help of a future surgeon  (Bethany) with the decoration of our wedding cake, because if it had been left to me,

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Sinister Black Forest Trifle (Gluten-Free)- A birthday treat for the last cruel gasp of winter

I am lucky that I had the help of an award-winning cake decorator and artist (Tony) and also the help of a future surgeon  (Bethany) with the decoration of our wedding cake, because if it had been left to me,

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Brown Butter, Hazelnut, Buckwheat Financier (Gluten-free)

I eat a lot of egg yolks.  Luckily, egg whites freeze well.  That said, the collection of egg whites that I have collected in the freezer recently reached a critical mass.   I considered making pavlova or macaroons, but these delicious

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Brown Butter, Hazelnut, Buckwheat Financier (Gluten-free)

I eat a lot of egg yolks.  Luckily, egg whites freeze well.  That said, the collection of egg whites that I have collected in the freezer recently reached a critical mass.   I considered making pavlova or macaroons, but these delicious

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Lemon Mochiko Cake

Mochi flour, also known as mochiko flour, sweet white rice flour or glutinous rice flour is used to make delicious sweet treats in Japan.  In Hawaii, where  spent the second half of my childhood, American style cakes made with mochiko

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Lemon Mochiko Cake

Mochi flour, also known as mochiko flour, sweet white rice flour or glutinous rice flour is used to make delicious sweet treats in Japan.  In Hawaii, where  spent the second half of my childhood, American style cakes made with mochiko

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Chocolate Pear Pudding Cake (gluten-free or not)

Happy Boxing day!  This pudding cake is similar to the Friday Afternoon Pear and Hazelnut Pudding Cake I posted…hmmm…almost exactly one year ago!  Appearently I crave pear pudding cake of one sort or another at this time of year.  In the

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Chocolate Pear Pudding Cake (gluten-free or not)

Happy Boxing day!  This pudding cake is similar to the Friday Afternoon Pear and Hazelnut Pudding Cake I posted…hmmm…almost exactly one year ago!  Appearently I crave pear pudding cake of one sort or another at this time of year.  In the