Recipe: Gluten Free & Dairy free Chocolate Cake

              Hey everyone! We are less than one week away from Christmas! I can't believe it. I am so excited to get home to see all of the family for the holiday! With all of the delicious holiday treats and sweets that will be happening, I wanted to share a great gluten-free dessert for anyone who is gluten-free. Gluten-free recipes like this one, let you feel like you aren't missing out this season with all of the good treats around. I found this recipe on Pinterest and really enjoyed this and wanted to share. Reed actually liked this a lot as well.

            I hope you all are having a great week and enjoy your holiday prepping before Christmas. We are heading out of town to Indiana for several days and then on to Memphis. It's the best time of year and I hope you are enjoying it as much as I am. Enjoy this recipe! More gluten free ideas to come over the next couple of weeks not only for the Holiday's but everyday cooking and baking. Enjoy and thank you as always for stopping by xoxo

Recipe: 

Ingredients: 

-3 c gluten free baking powder

-2 c sugar or coconut sugar

-1/2 c of cocoa powder 

-1 tbsp baking powder

-1 pinch of salt 

-1/2 c of coconut oil

-1/2 cup of maple syrup

-1 1/2 cup of coconut milk 

details:

-mix all ingredients together in a medium bowl

-use coconut oil to grease your baking pan or place parchment paper down in pan

-pour mixture into the pan 

-bake at 375 for 28-30 min

-check the center of the cake with a toothpick to make sure the batter doesn't come off on the toothpick

-let cool before slicing and serving 

-you can also make a frosting with this but I chose not to for this recipe

enjoy!

recipe: semi-homemade summer berry cake

           Hi everyone! Happy Monday! I hope you all had a great weekend. Reed and I had a great weekend with my family in town and spending some down time on Sunday catching up on the house, relaxing, and enjoying a Sunday drive. It was nice and cool on Saturday and it made me excited for fall and cooler temps to come. Hopefully that will be here sooner than later :)

           I have been wanting to make a nice berry cake for summer and I just got around to it this past weekend. This is totally semi-homemade and not much of a recipe but it was delicious and made for a pretty cake; therefore, I wanted to share. I purchased an angel food cake at the grocery store and whipped up some icing and decided to make it look good by adding berries on top. A nice fresh and fluffy cake for Summer. For the icing I used powdered sugar and cream cheese and whipped it together to put on top of the angel food cake. Then, I dressed the cake with fresh cut strawberries and blueberries. I decided to add a little sweet and sprinkle powdered sugar on top.

        This made for a quick and super easy dessert after dinner. This would be a great dessert to take to a get together or dinner anytime during the Summer. This would also look great for the 4th of July holiday. I hope you are all having a great week and enjoying the last few weeks of August. Have a great week  :) xoxo