{"id":1311,"date":"2009-04-18T22:08:39","date_gmt":"2009-04-19T03:08:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/?p=1311"},"modified":"2009-04-18T22:08:39","modified_gmt":"2009-04-19T03:08:39","slug":"gluten-free-cupcakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hoperoth.com\/blog\/gluten-free-cupcakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Gluten-Free Cupcakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow, my Mom&#8217;s family is getting together to celebrate all of the recent birthdays in the family. I volunteered to make a cake. What can I say? I&#8217;ll take any excuse to lick raw egg-filled batter from a mixing bowl.<\/p>\n<p>My Aunt was recently diagnosed with Celiacs, so I decided to make some gluten-free cupcakes to supplement the main cake. That way there will be something tasty for her to indulge in and I can use my cake carrier <em>and<\/em> one of my cupcake carriers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I own several plastic cases whose sole purpose in life is to convey baked goods from one place to another. I&#8217;m a baking nerd. Get over it.<\/p>\n<p>The cake is still in an unfrosted state (I elevate procrastination to an art form), but the cupcakes are finished and ready to be eaten.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Gluten Free Cupcakes by hopers, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hopers\/3454675702\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3590\/3454675702_0dd6211b76.jpg?resize=500%2C375\" alt=\"Gluten Free Cupcakes\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In fact, we ate several of them tonight.<\/p>\n<p>The consensus was that they were actually quite tasty&#8230; but that they might have benefited from the inclusion of some gluten.<\/p>\n<p>Shhh&#8230; don&#8217;t tell my Aunt.<\/p>\n<p>At any rate, as long as the baked goods don&#8217;t end up looking like this, I think that we&#8217;ll be in good shape:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"The Cake Is Now a Lie by hopers, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/hopers\/3242372577\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3134\/3242372577_ff78c56b7f.jpg?resize=500%2C330\" alt=\"The Cake Is Now a Lie\" width=\"500\" height=\"330\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yes, that is the cake from my Grandfather&#8217;s birthday party. Or, well, what&#8217;s left of it. That particular cake is now referred to affectionately in our family as &#8220;the Floor Cake.&#8221; Honestly, I think that our waitress did us a huge favor by dropping our cake on the floor. It was all just empty calories anyways and we&#8217;ve already had hours of amusement telling floor cake jokes.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, this sets me up to have provided the best birthday cake this year, so far.<\/p>\n<p>Because it will be the only cake that didn&#8217;t end up mashed into carpet fibers and then thrown out like so much garbage.<\/p>\n<p>Basically, as long as I don&#8217;t drop this cake or the cupcakes on the floor, my baking efforts will have been a rousing success.<\/p>\n<p>Gotta love those lowered expectations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tomorrow, my Mom&#8217;s family is getting together to celebrate all of the recent birthdays in the family. I volunteered to make a cake. What can I say? 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