Baby Cakes Bakery recipes

[VanillaBean]

Hi,

I just saw a couple of beautiful looking recipes by Erin McKenna from Baby Cakes Bakery in New York.

I googled them and thought I would post the links - it is all allergy free apparently.

BROWNIES (I would use carob instead of cocoa powder and chips)

http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.fc77a0dbc44dd1611e3bf410b5900aa0/?vgnextoid=3440e4f0855e0110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCR D&autonomy_kw=agave&rsc=ns2006_m19

CINNAMON CAKE

http://www.marthastewart.com/portal/site/mslo/menuitem.fc77a0dbc44dd1611e3bf410b5900aa0/?vgnextoid=5b3f629fcc6e0110VgnVCM1000003d370a0aRCR D&vgnextchannel=8efaac5e60730110VgnVCM1000003d370a0a RCRD&rsc=showdetail_tv&lastnavigatedchannel=38f9cf380e1dd010VgnVCM1000005 b09a00aRCRD

BANANA BREAD

http://www.foodandwine.com/recipes/cinnamon-banana-bread

Let me know if you try any of these. They look amazing and so healthy too!

[fiamma]

I see a couple of them use xanthan gum - I've never heard of anyone use that in home baking, let alone seen it in the shops.

What effect would it have on cakes? (Seems it was extensively animal-tested, but that's OT).

[Poison Ivy]

Ahhh, this (http://www.coeliac.co.uk/glutenfree_living/cooking/75.asp) explains the xanthan gum, especially in gluten free baking. I was a little puzzled by that myself.:)

[eco]

I see a couple of them use xanthan gum - I've never heard of anyone use that in home baking, let alone seen it in the shops.

What effect would it have on cakes? (Seems it was extensively animal-tested, but that's OT).
Funnily enough I saw some today for the first time in my local healthfood shop (although not this particular brand)
http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-local/frameset/detail/471180.html
I've never cooked gluten free cakes, so I don't know what effect it would have on home made ones, but I have tried gluten free vegan sponge cake that was shop bought and it was quite chewy. It's certainly better than nothing if you're gluten intollerant though.

[Marrers]

I found the Baby Cakes cakes very disappointing when I was there. I was so looking forward to them. (Even the frosting was horrible in my opinion.)

[VanillaBean]

I'm sorry to hear it was disappointing Marrers. They looked so good onTV. Maybe you chose the wrong thing on the day???

Xanthum Gum is a gluten replacement. So, when you use other flours you add a little of that so it gets the benefits of gluten without the nasties. I use it and it seems OK to me.

The bakery sounds amazing to me because I am gluten and sugar free so I NEVER get to have a recipe that I don't have to adapt!!!

[Marrers]

I had the cupcakes and bought some to take away too. :(
The next time I went back I had a strudel which was okay but nothing fabulous.

Perhaps as you are on a sugar and gluten-free diet you will like them (even though they aren't quite like 'normal' cakes - in the same way us vegans like fake 'cheese'!)

[Guacamole Gal]

On my last day in NYC i was dashing round trying to cram in all those lastminute things (and cutting it really fine coz I was sposed to already be on my way to the airport, but I just HAD to try BabyCakes), so anyway, having finally found the place, knackered and laden down with bags in the rain and in danger of missing my flight, I discovered I'd left it to the one day when it isn't even open!!:eek: Doh!!!! So to this day, I've yet to try em.:rolleyes:

Marrers, shame you didn't enjoy em, what do you think of the VWAV cupcakes? Sometimes things look great but don't taste so good, and viceversa.That's what I think anyway.:)