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

[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.