Happy Birthday Michael!!

Yes, we all know that my hubby was a New Year's baby.  If you didn't before, you do now.  For his birthday dinner each year we have pork roast and sauerkraut and chocolate cake.  For the past few years it's been Chocolate Sheet Cake lovingly known among my southern kinfolk as Texas Sheet Cake.  I've used various recipes over the years.  The one I will share below comes from an old church cookbook with just a few changes from me.  I've tried this several different times and finally found this combination of g/f all purpose baking flour, soy flour and brown rice flour to be a success. It was very tasty without the after taste that some g/f flours leave.

Gluten-Free Texas Sheet Cake

I must credit this recipe found in my Calvary Baptist Church cookbook compiled in 1998.  It was provided by Beverly Roberts.  I've adapted it to our family's gluten-free needs.

Stir together :

1 & 1/2 cups sugar                            1 tsp baking soda

1 cup g/f all purpose baking flour         1/2 tsp salt

1/2 cup brown rice flour                   1/2 cup soy flour

Melt 2 sticks of butter.  Add 4 TBSP cocoa and 1 cup hot water.

Bring to a boil.  Pour over dry ingredients.

Add 1/2 cup buttermilk, 2 eggs, 1 tsp vanilla

Bake in large greased cookie sheet for 15-20 minutes at 350 degrees.

Add some icing and vanilla ice cream and it's a birthday HIT!!!!

Found this old birthday picture from 2006 and I couldn't resist sharing.  

Pre-mason (well at least pre-being born), Pre-kitchen update, Pre-contacts for K. 

It looks like chocolate cake with peanut butter icing on that cake.  We run in phases.

Enjoy your baking and remember to share.  : )