Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Cupcake crazy

Ever since the big celiac diagnosis, I've been really enjoying experimenting with gluten free baking. For Jason's birthday a little while ago, I went a bit nuts and tried to make chocolate, gluten-free, dairy-free cupcakes. The gluten-free part worked, but the dairy...whooboy. It's just not that great without the butter. For my birthday, I thought I'd give it another try, but this time make vanilla flavoured ones, with all the dairy added. And I do mean 'all' the dairy. This recipe was heavy on the butter-y goodness. Surprise! It worked. Well. I ended up with an absolutely delicious, light, sweet but not too sweet cupcake that was melt in your mouth good. Bonus, I've really been enjoying the process of learning to decorate. For a second try, I'm thinking that this isn't too bad :)