Gluten free dessert--anyone got a good recipe? (yellow cake, sugar, cinnamon)

[mommytotwo]

I am having Christmas dinner over someone's house and there will be a guest there who is on a GLUTEN Free diet.

I'd like to bring a dessert that he can eat.

I am sure that I can search the internet and find a bunch of recipes, but I would rather get one from someone who has tried a recipe and knows it's good.

I don't think (but of course I'll check on this to be sure) that his diet is so restricted that white sugar would be a problem, but I have been told flour is out.

I made lebkuken cookies today, egg, sugar, lemon peel, thyme, cinnamon, cloves, salt, candied lemon rind, confectioners sugar, colored sugar crystals. The son tells me this is ok, but frankly I overcooked them a bit so instead of soft and chewy they are a bit crunchy. He would probably never know the difference, but not really setting my best foot forward, you know.

Anyway, I would greatly appreciate any Gluten free recipe advice anyone has to offer.

Or is there a store that deals with Gluten free dessert mixes, like Whole foods or Trader Joes? I've got both sort of nearby and could hit one of them up for a box mix of some sort.

thanks!

[Minathebrat]

Do you absolutely want to bake something? When I heard gluten-free I immediately started thinking panna cotta, or rice pudding, or something along those lines, but by the end of your post I got the feeling you wanted to do something pastry-ish. If you have an idea of what you'd like, that would make it easier to narrow something down for you.

[littlelou]

Originally Posted by mommytotwo

I am having Christmas dinner over someone's house and there will be a guest there who is on a GLUTEN Free diet.

I'd like to bring a dessert that he can eat.

I am sure that I can search the internet and find a bunch of recipes, but I would rather get one from someone who has tried a recipe and knows it's good.

I don't think (but of course I'll check on this to be sure) that his diet is so restricted that white sugar would be a problem, but I have been told flour is out.

I made lebkuken cookies today, egg, sugar, lemon peel, thyme, cinnamon, cloves, salt, candied lemon rind, confectioners sugar, colored sugar crystals. The son tells me this is ok, but frankly I overcooked them a bit so instead of soft and chewy they are a bit crunchy. He would probably never know the difference, but not really setting my best foot forward, you know.

Anyway, I would greatly appreciate any Gluten free recipe advice anyone has to offer.

Or is there a store that deals with Gluten free dessert mixes, like Whole foods or Trader Joes? I've got both sort of nearby and could hit one of them up for a box mix of some sort.

thanks!

Whole Foods should have the mixes, my mom is Celiac and we buy her yellow cake/spice cake mixes at the Whole Foods in ATL. They have a section of GF cookies, packaged...good too!! Brownie mixes too!!

[mommytotwo]

Thanks for the replies.

I would rather bake something, but now you've got me wondering what panna cotta is!

I went to Whole Foods today and they did have a line of gluten free stuff. box cakes, and a couple kinds of brownies (Bob's redmill and store brand).

I was also at Trader Joe's and found a gluten free brownie mix (Cheaper than Whole foods, I'm glad I needed something else there anyway).

[linicx]

It's probably too late, but somewhere I have a receipe for a cooked fruit with cheese and nuts. Egg is the binder, Cornstarch, not flour, is the thickener. Add marshmallows and its a food no child can resist.

It could be presented in miniater graham cracker crusts. I do not believe graham crackers have wheat in it but it wouldn't be the first time I was wrong.

Interested? IM me and I'll try to find the recipe.