Posted on April 25, 2011
Elana’s Strawberry Cupcakes
Who doesn’t love gluten-free, refined sugar-free cupcakes? These sweet treats are dairy-free too – and from Elana Amsterdam’s new cookbook, Gluten-Free Cupcakes: 50 Irresistible Recipes Made with Almond and Coconut Flour, which will be released tomorrow. I’ve had a chance to page through Elana’s book one recipe at a time and I have to say [...]
Posted on July 1, 2010
Chocolate Cherry Cupcakes with Whipped Cream Cheese Frosting
Chocolate and cherries are always a good combination. When I was at the Fancy Food Show, one of the vendors was passing out plump bing cherries covered in chocolate sauce. I decided to whip up my own chocolate cherry concoction when I got home. I adapted this recipe from Eating Well, making it gluten-free and [...]
Posted on February 10, 2010
Carrot Cupcakes Made Healthier
This was my very first gluten free, sugar free baking success. Everyone loves these cupcakes so I decided that they needed to be part of the baking class I taught on Monday night. The class was entitled “Healthier Baking – Gluten and Sugar Free” which prompted me to do a slight makeover on one of [...]
Posted on September 4, 2009
Chocolate Cannoli Cupcakes with Raspberry Ricotta Frosting
I was in San Franciso years ago and had the most wonderful chocolate cannoli at a tiny little Italian restaurant near the bay. Creamy ricotta, rich chocolate, crunchy pistacios, and sweet raspberries…the different textures and flavors made this particular dessert quite memorable. One of the things I love to do is to recreate dishes at [...]
Posted on July 24, 2009
A Cupcake that Says Chocolate with Mascarpone Frosting
There are cupcakes that are chocolate only in name and color, and then there are real chocolate cupcakes, full of lingering flavor. A couple of weeks ago, I got out one of the first recipes I wrote after starting to bake gluten & sugar-free, which was for chocolate cupcakes. I baked them and found that [...]
