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Dale’s Gluten Free Christmas Loaf Cake

This year instead of making one large Christmas cake as I usually do, I decided divide the mixture into two and make two loaf cakes. Since the cake tins were a little small for what I wanted, I used the tins Mick usually uses for making my gluten free bread. The idea of making to smaller cakes rather than one large one is that it will be easier to store and keep fresh. One won’t need to be cut till all of the first Christmas loaf is gone. Another advantage is if you get caught out and want a Christmas … Continue reading →

Simple Christmas Treats for the Gluten Free

Christmas time can be hard for those who are wheat and gluten free. There are so many treats they simply can’t eat. To make life easier for them try making some of the earlier suggestions for gluten free sweet treats and Christmas cakes. Here are a couple more simple recipes that you can take along to a party. The person who is gluten free will be pleased someone has considered them and made something they can eat. Another idea is to slip them in the school lunch box or whip up a batch as a small Christmas gift. Apricot Coconut … Continue reading →

Take a Step Back and De-Stress This Christmas

Instead of stressing out about food and baking and so on at Christmas, why not let everyone chip in? A lot of get togethers of people I know, work on the basis of people combining food to make a birthday or special occasion or Christmas feast. Someone might bring dessert, another salad or a casserole or nibbles. It doesn’t matter. If people have a special dish they like make and want to bring it, fine. We often take dessert because I’m gluten free and some people seem to think it’s a hassle making gluten free cakes and desserts. It’s not. … Continue reading →

Easy Christmas Loaf Cake

This is another really simple Christmas cake you can make. So if you haven’t got one made yet, this is so easy and you will love it. It contains no flour. I made mine yesterday. For any of you on special diets this one is not only gluten free, but dairy free as well. Christmas Loaf Cake This recipe makes 2 loaf cakes Ingredients 1 and a half pound dried apricots, glace cherries, pitted dates, prunes, raisins, 2 ounces of mixed peel Third cup tawny port 5 ounces chopped walnuts and cashews 3 ounces slivered almonds 4 cups almond meal … Continue reading →

Simple Tips for Hosting a Christmas Party

A Christmas party at home can be fun or it can be stressful for you and your spouse. It all depends on the way you approach it. The first thing is to decide on a date with your spouse. There’s no point setting aside a date only to find out your spouse has important meetings that day and will come home tired or will not be around or has something else planned. So communicate on the date first. Next decide together what sort of party you want. Unless you and your spouse are both at ease with the big sit … Continue reading →

More Simple Sweet Treats for Christmas

For those of you after easy, gluten free sweet treats for Christmas, here is a couple more. This first one is good if you have a Christmas cake that turns out too dry. Don’t waste it. Give it a facelift and new lease of life. Miniature Puddings Ingredients 1 gluten free fruit cake Brandy (or orange juice if you don’t want to use brandy) Melted white chocolate Glace cherries. Method Crumble fruit cake up. Pour over enough brandy or orange juice to make really moist. (I haven’t specified a quantity as this will depend on the size of the cake … Continue reading →

Gluten Free Christmas Cakes

Have you made your Christmas cake yet? I know some people who have. Somehow I’ve never got around to it. I’m usually one who makes it in the last week. Of course the other reason is I adore fruit cake so the less time it is around the better. This is my sort of recipe, because it is so easy. It’s an all in together recipe that came from a dear friend who invariably caters to me, her gluten free friend. Thanks, my friend. Gluten Free Fruit Cake 2 generous cups Gluten Free S R Flour 2 cups of Mixed … Continue reading →

New to Food Blog but Years in the Kitchen

I’ve been cooking since I was around seven or eight years old and let me tell you that’s too many years ago to want to count them. I had a mother who encouraged me in the kitchen. Back then I cooked mostly cakes and sweet things but by my early teens, I regularly cooked meals for the family. So I guess by now I ought to have found out a bit about food to pass on. I will be writing 6 food blogs per month. For those who don’t know me, I might be new to the food blog but … Continue reading →

Favorite Recipes

Sometimes it is hard to keep track of all of the great recipes that are our there. Today, I thought I would make it a little easier by linking up some of the favorite Families.com recipes that we have posted over the years. It is a good selection of different kinds of food, from soup to desert, although I have to say that I am partial to the desert. Enjoy! *** The Serious Chocolate Lover’s Chocolate Cake Have you ever seen the gigantic chocolate cake that Costco sells? It is a 5 layer chocolate cake, with chocolatey whipped frosting and … Continue reading →

A Simple Edible Chistmas Gift

There’s nothing nicer than a gift someone has taken the trouble to make for you. At our recent Ladies’ Christmas evening at church to which a large number of ladies come faithfully every year, there was a display up the back of the hall of handmade gifts. Some included handmade wreaths for the front door made out of colored material, Christmas tree ornaments, the traditional Christmas cake, my chocolate ginger slice wrapped up in a basket of colored cellophane, and a patchwork quilt. There were others but I can’t remember them. Other ideas are bookmarks, photo frames, and children’s mobiles … Continue reading →