When your child has food allergies, birthday parties are a minefield. Can your child eat anything? Do you send food? How? What if there are no nearby safe bakeries? What if the mom wants to “help” and bring something...
Read MoreThis year we will be having a gluten-free, dairy-free, nut-free birthday party. This is the same thing we did last year, but this time its official. I refuse to serve anything my child cannot eat at his birthday party. I also...
Read MoreI love chocolate cupcakes with peanut butter frosting. The texture of this frosting is amazing. As is true for the chocolate frosting, for a texture that is creamy and fluffy out of the refrigerator, do not substitute a...
Read MoreI am a food snob and was prepared to hate Betty Crocker Gluten Free Chocolate Cake Mix. The truth is that if you can handle soy and are not too picky about GMOs it makes an astonishingly good, normal tasting, egg-free cupcake....
Read MoreMost of the bakery cupcakes that I tried that were allergen-free had frosting that was really hard and almost the consistency of a crayon when cold. It would pop off the cupcake. This has the texture of regular buttercream even...
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