You know you've got a great friend when your non-celiac friend requests a gluten free birthday cake just so you can have some. Talk about rockage. Gluten free enchiladas to boot? Makes me feel like it's my birthday! Like I said, that's a great friend right there. Happy 25th birthday to Missy!The cake they chose: Pamela's Chocolate Cake Mix.
It was really good. Missy commented on how good it smelled as it was baking. We were all stuffed on enchiladas so we only had a few bites, but another non-celiac friend of ours ate his entire piece and agreed that it was really good. I took a peek at the directions, and they seemed pretty simple; you have to add only a few ingredients.
The cake is very moist, with a nice chocolate flavor and soft texture. It's got a good mouth feel. The cake is not very sweet by itself, and was very tasty with a dusting of powdered sugar. We didn't add frosting so I don't know how the sweetness of a frosting would complement the cake. I imagine it would be delicious without being overly sweet.
Will I finish the leftovers I got to take home? Oh yes. I know I'll have some with my coffee for breakfast- I won't be able to help myself.
Would I buy this and make it myself? Definitely.
Glad you had such success with the cake!
ReplyDeleteI used pamela's chocolate cake mix to make my boyfriend's birthday cake last fall, and gluten-eating his sister-in-law hasn't stopped asking me for the recipe, she just can't seem to believe it's from a mix!
I used the mocha variation (ie, put coffee in place of the water) and used cherrybrook farms chocolate icing and it was amaaazing.
Here, see for yourself:
http://glutenfreeincleveland.blogspot.com/2008/10/birthday-dinner-for-boyfriend-cheesy.html
- Dana :)
It's so nice when others enjoy it as well. Pamela's mixes are pretty decent. Sign up for their newsletter list and they have tons of giveaways. I won some cake mixes not too long ago.
ReplyDeletecake looks SO DELISH--yay for awesome friends! (thanks for your sweet blog comment btw.)
ReplyDeleteThe cake looks excellent. I love everything made by Pamela's. And what a great friend you have!
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