It's almost June and the lightning bugs are bright in the woods.

[rootofnewt]

As of 11am this morning, my mom is retired. After teaching public school for over three decades, I say she's definitely earned a break. I admit, I was a bit disconcerted when she started singing Alice Cooper on the phone this afternoon.

My husband is all grown up now. He's outside cleaning the gutters. *sniff*

I've nearly got the kitchen tidied. YES! We only bought this house five months ago, it's about time. I should be able to get the floor swept and mopped, though I'm feeling rather woozy, so we'll see whether or not that happens.

I made my first GF cake from scratch yesterday.

Moist Chocolate Cake

4 eggs
1 2/3 cups sugar
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 cups rice flour
1/2 cup tapioca starch
1 1/3 cups lukewarm water
1 cup of mayonnaise
2/3 cup cocoa (unsweetened)
1 1/4 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. baking powder

-Beat eggs, sugar, and vanilla until light and fluffy.
-sift flours with baking soda, baking poder and cocaa, then add to egg
mixture.
-Add water and mayo and blend well. The batter will be VERY thin.
-Pour into 2 greased round layer pans or 1 9 x 13 rect. pan.
-Bake at 350 degrees: 30 - 35 min. for two layers, or 40 min. for 9 x 13
pan.
-Toothpick test in center for doness. Cool in pan(s) for 10 min. before
removing.
-Cool completely on wire racks before frosting.

I used mochiko (sweet rice flour), canola mayo, and dutch process cocoa. The cake is moist, flavorful, and YUMMY.

Boy is begging for ASSistance, so I'd better get my ass out there.

Comments

[nadyezhda.livejournal.com]

I realized just how married we are when I was bugging my husband today to check out this commercial advertising gutters that manage to NOT collect leaves. *hangs head in shame*

[chorus-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

wow, that cake sounds very rich tasting, with all the eggs and mayo...is it kind of like angel food consistency? I'm thinking with the rice flour, from what I've seen of that stuff it's similiar to soft a silk cake flour...anyway, sounds yummy.

[krasota.livejournal.com]

It's more like a fudge truffle brownie. Angelfood is light, this is not.

[chorus-of-chaos.livejournal.com]

ah, so it went denser instead of fluffier..with all the eggs and depending on how much you beat it could have been either one. Still, sounds awfully good.

I've been jonesing for red velvet cake lately..I always do this time of year..

[wolfden.livejournal.com]

The cake sounds delicious. I'll have to try it out.

Don't work too hard. Hooray for settled kitchens.

[wolfden.livejournal.com]

Meant to add, Congrats to your mom. She definitely has earned her rest. What age group did she teach? My mom wouldn't know who Alice Cooper was if he bit her. :)

[krasota.livejournal.com]

She taught high school kids. Now that she's retired, she can start causing trouble.

[katyakoshka.livejournal.com]

Have thieved that recipe and will implement it at the first available opportunity.

So missed having guilt-free chocolate cake. Mmmm.

[krasota.livejournal.com]

I used an 8x11.5 pan and had to cook it for closer to an hour. I don't know if it was the smaller pan or if my friend's oven was temperature-wacky. Probably both. SO GOOD. I want to make another, but I don't have a working oven.

[laverick.livejournal.com]

Congratulations to your mom!

Mmm...chocolate cake! I miss my sweets. R is on the low carb diet for another couple weeks, so I've been looking for different sweets that we both can eat. I think I actually found some "approved" things to bake, so I'll actually be baking today.

[jb98.livejournal.com]

My sweetie is on a low carb diet too. I'd be interested in seeing some "approved" things, if you're willing to share.

[laverick.livejournal.com]

of course--sorry it took so long to get back to you. Here are some sweets from the atkins web site. We've tried the chocolate mudslide and it's actually pretty good once you get used to the fact that's it's unsweetened chocolate. I'm going to try to bake the

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of course--sorry it took so long to get back to you. <a href="http://atkins.com/food/recipes/desserts.html/pg=3/sortby=">Here</a> are some sweets from the atkins web site. We've tried the chocolate mudslide and it's actually pretty good once you get used to the fact that's it's unsweetened chocolate. I'm going to try to bake the <a href="<a href="http://atkins.com/food/recipes/cakespies.html/pg=2/sortby=">Chocolate Decadent cake</a> sometime this weekend, and I'll let you know how that goes.

[jb98.livejournal.com]

Did you frost it with anything?

*ambles to kitchen while clutching recipe*

[krasota.livejournal.com]

It doesn't need frosting. If I craved frosting, I'd make a rich chocolate buttercream. For presentation, I might sift powdered sugar over top, but it was eaten all by itself just fine.