( A rather lengthy explanation )

To sum it all up, I’m looking for suggestions on different carbohydrates she can eat that do not include wheat, peanuts, soy, rice, or corn, and some kind of bread recipe would be absolutely fantastic as well. She can have yeast and potatoes, which helps a lot. Additionally, any good granola recipes or pasta recommendations would be much appreciated.
Thanks so much!

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I set myself to the task of recreating my Grandmother's coconut cake this holiday. It was something my entire family looked forward to, but with her death the recipe was lost (we thought). After Thanksgiving I tried one recipe, but it wasn't quite right. I was getting set to try another when my Mom told me she had found a recipe card with my Grandmother's recipe. She sent it to me and I made it last Friday. It was like bringing a Christmas memory to life.



It's not exactly a traditional Southern recipe, since the frosting isn't a true seven minute frosting, but it's still damn yummeh. And it has absolutely no regard for health. It takes 17 eggs to make this cake.

( recipe with my notes at bottom )

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Holy buttercream frosting! If you have a sweet tooth for sugary goodness or a wandering eye for whimsical confection, this is pure ecstasy iced in deliciousness. Hailing the beloved cupcake as the artisinal canvas of choice, you'll enjoy recipes, photos, and bountiful tips to bake up a batch, whether your taste leans toward French classics or funky and flavorful.

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hey all! i've been lurking/commenting here for what seems like forever, but have never actually posted. i either forget to photograph anything i find interesting enough to post, or my camera's totally dead - as now. so, friends, forgive the crummy camera phone snapshot; i had to share this recipe with you!



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I'm looking for a different red velvet recipe. I've been told mine is a little dry, so I need something moist. I'm seeing a wide variety of recipes out there. Does anyone have a good, moist recipe they use?

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♥ Name: Lizzy
♥ Age: 22
♥ Location: California

♥ Your cupcake history: I have been baking since I was in diapers. The first thing I baked was actually a bunch of cup cakes! They came out REALLY horrible, they were hard as rocks and the frosting I made didn't come out right so I ended up using dirty/mud and made them look like chocolate cup cakes....fed them to my family.....yeah that did not turn out so well LOL

♥ Why you like cupcakes: Cup cakes are just so friendly. Even the scariest cup cakes and gruesome..they're still so friendly. You can't go wrong with cup cakes.

♥ Anything to share?: I think one of my best memories of making cup cakes was for Comic Con 2009 this year. A comic artist I follow by the name of Drew Rausch said in a blog he would work for cup cakes. So I took him up literally on that post and I baked him rum/vanilla cup cakes with rum-butter cream frosting. Now mind all of you....When I put rum in my baked items, they can and WILL put you over the limit on the breathalizer test. It has been tested various times and proven true :).
But of course, they always taste delicious! Well..I showed up with about a dozen cup cakes and he about crapped his pants. He drew me a tattoo for the cup cakes and went on film for demented puppet filming I do with a friend. It was awesome. Here some photos from that :D

I was hoping somebody out there had some delicious recipes that call for a ton of honey. My in-laws gave us a wonderful basket full of goodies, but the only item I wasn't sure what to do with was the gallon jug of honey!

Savory or sweet, does anyone have anything that uses honey as a main ingredient? I drink tea, but not that often. It's going to take me years to use it all up! :) Thanks in advance!

Last night I make cinnamon bun dough in the bread maker so we could have fresh baked buns this morning. They are chalk full of love and sooooo good!



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♥ Name: Rebecca
♥ Age: 25
♥ Location: Washington (state)
♥ Your cupcake history: I've just started playing around with cupcakes this year. I've made them for both my kids birthdays, plus a few other occasions and really enjoyed it!
♥ Why you like cupcakes: I HATE icing cakes, but I love cupcakes. I like the bite sized dessert idea, and anything to cut down on the mess at kids parties :)
♥ Anything to share?: ( A few photos here )

♥ Name: Regan
♥ Age: 11
♥ Location: London
♥ Your cupcake history: My mum always used to bake and I used to help her out when i was little and fell in love with making cupcakes.
♥ Why you like cupcakes: Because they're fun and you can do lots with them and you can make a lot and share them with your friends
♥ Anything to share?: At Halloween I made vanilla cupcakes that were red with purple icing and had skeletons on top

It's my boyfriends 21st birthday tomorrow and I really wanted to do something special for him. He's OBSESSED with the University of South Carolina Gamecocks. He has USC shirts, hats, belts,  shoes (crocs, actually), even a golf bag. If it has the USC logo on it, he owns it.  So I really wanted to involve USC in with his cake. I searched online a bit and found the cute little cartoon Cocky and knew that I had to make a buttercream transfer. I was most proud of this. Especially that I changed his hands around so he was holding up a 2 & a 1 :D 
It was a fairly easy process, aside from covering the 2 in fondant. I had a really hard time getting the fondant in that area up near the top--but I think was able to make it look semi-decent.
The 2 is vanilla cake (Magnolia)
The 1 and the sign are chocolate cake (pioneer woman)
both were filled with vanilla bean swiss meringue buttercream (HTEAC)

Do red velvet cupcakes have to be red?

I want to make red velvet cupcakes but dye them rainbow (like this). Will all of the colors still come out vibrant even though I use cocoa powder and vinegar in the recipe?

Oh- And does anyone know what tip I need to buy to have frosting like this?

Possibly the lightest, most delicious cupcake I have ever made, or eaten. It's moist, and soft, and ohsodelicious.

Did I mention that it's also perfect and summer-y? It is perfect, and I assume it could also be done for wintery months, for those of us in America.  And so, without further ado, I give you the fruit tart cupcake!

This was another new cookie for my Christmas cookie gift boxes this year, and again, I was so pleased with the way this turned out. The great thing is that one recipe makes about 5 dozen cookies! I'll post the recipe later, but wanted to get this picture up:



And a closeup. . .

To say I had... issues... with the recipe I chose to use (Y's Scandinavian one) would be a huge understatement.



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i have 13 mini twix candy bars, and i have no desire to eat them.
does anyone know of any recipes involving twix bars? (preferably anything not fried)

thanks in advance! :)