Tea cakes. Gluten free Bananna Bread

For some reason tea cake recipes have been hard to find; And By tea cake I mean; banana bread, zucchini bread, lemon poppy seed loaf or Applesauce cake. I have also heard these called snack cakes, but I think that implies that they are baked in a square pan, not in a loaf pan.

The kind of things that my mother would give us a slice of afterschool. Not as sweet as cookies, but more of a treat than muffins.

But I think I finally have one;

Chocolate banana bread: 

1 cups	Namaste Foods Perfect Flour Blend
2 Tb 1/2 tsp	coco powder baking soda
pinch	salt
1/4 cup	canola oil
1/4 cup	White sugar
1/4 cup	applesauce
1	large egg
1	banana, mashed
1/4 tsp	gluten-free vanilla

Preheat to 325.
Mix all ingredients in large bowl.
Pour batter into two small loaf pans. Bake at 325 for 30 min. Rotate pans, and bake for 30 more, or until toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.


Thing is; back in 2001, when I first went Gluten Free, all of the recipes I could find were also dairy, nut and egg free. Now a days, Gluten Free is associated with Paleo, and the nuts are back and  introducing other costly ingredients.

Krusteaz Gluten free Blueberry muffin Mix.



Krusteaz Gluten free Blueberry muffin Mix.

Got a box, on sale, and gave it a try.

Didn't raise very much. Box was close to its "best by" date, so maybe the mix was stale.
Good flavor. Slightly crumble. Light, not too dense.
Best warm, fresh, with butter.

Krusteaz Gluten free pancake mix.

Krusteaz Gluten free pancake mix.
BEST. PANCAKES. EVER. EVER!

I mentioned these a few weeks ago, but this is the third time I have made these, and I love them!

 

   Light fluffy and tall. Excellent texture or mouth feel, an amazing buttermilk and vanilla flavor. The best gluten free pancakes I have had in 15 years.
I do however want to take note that since this is a mix your result might vary but not if you follow the directions. The box calls for lightly spraying the pan with oil and cooking them at medium heat. my husband attempted to make the pancakes at high heat and use butter; and it turned out disgusting; burnt outside, gelatinous inside and crunchy edges. So I recommend you go with the directions on the box.

 



Rustic peach cake

 

Peach cake. (rustic coffee cake)

1 box Krusteaz Gluten Free Honey cornbread mix
1/3 cup Vegetable oil
1 egg
3/4 cup milk
1 tsp Four season's gourmet cold pressed Blueberry Vinegar
1 Tb white sugar
1 ripe peach, thin sliced
1 TB brown sugar

Mix vinegar into milk, making blueberry buttermilk. (could use any vinegar)




Wisk oil, egg and milk.
Stir in white sugar and mix, until moistened
Spoon batter into greased 8X8 pan
Top with peach. Press peach down into batter.
Sprinkle Brown sugar on top
-let rest while oven preheats to 375.
Bake for 30 minutes.
Check center for doneness with a toothpick, might need 5-8 more min.

Let cool, and slice.

We love it. And it's not super sweet or heavy. It's a nice snack cake as is, or with some wiped cream, and caramel sauce, makes an easy desert.

Chocolate tropics. Choclate cookies with dried fruit.

A cross between a cookie, and the corner piece of a brownie.

Chocolate Tropics

 

12 oz bag semi sweet-chocolate chips,
1/2 c brown sugar
1/4 c white sugar
2 eggs
4 Tb oil Coconut is best, but any oil will work
1/4 cup banana, ripe, mashed

3/4 cups Bob flour
1/2 tsp  baking soda
1/4 guar gum
1/2 tsp salt

1 cup total of: white chocolate chips, coconut, dry tropical fruit, chopped nuts.

 

-Melt chocolate chips, then allow to cool slightly.

-In a large bowl beat in sugars, eggs, oil and banana, until smooth.

-Add chocolate to big bowl and stir to incorporate

-In a small bowl, whisk together flour, soda, gum and salt.

-Add dry to big bowl, stir to incorporate.

-fold in fruit and nuts.

-1 Tb of dough into each cup of a mini muffin pan.
Bake 350 for 12 min.

 

These very chocolaty treats came from an old recipe, that I loved, but when I tried using a GF flour, even with the Gar gum, they would just puddle all over the place, so one day I put them in the mini muffin pan, to keep them from spreading, and the results were delicious.

Pad po tak. Thai noodle seafood and sausage (gluten free)

 I think this would be called Pad Po Tak.
It's a variation and amalgamation on a few recipes

Soak rice noodles in cold water 3 hours. Then drain.

 To make sauce, mix
 1/4 tsp Thai green curry paste (I used red, should be more mild)
 3 Tb Coconut cream
 3 Tb fish sauce
 2 Tb white sugar
- mix together, set aside.
- Heat a large deep sided pan. In 2 Tb of oil sauté
 1/4 lb Shrimp, shelled, deveined
 1/4 lb white Fish, cut into bite sized pieces (snapper, cod, tilapia)
 2 Thai Sausage, Lemmon grass,  sliced

-then add
 1/2 cup bell pepper, diced
 1/4 cup fresh basil
 Noodles
 Sauce
 -Stir to coat.
 -cover and simmer for 3 minutes, until noodles are translucent.

Excellent on its own, or with another Thai dish, like curry soup.

Krusteaz Gluten free pancake mix, review

Picked up a new product this week; Krusteaz Gluten free pancake mix.

 





krusteaz.com

 

They turned out very good.
Excellent texture. The batter was thick, but cooked evenly. The flavor was very nice, no bean or strange aftertaste.

This is my favorite Pancake mix!



BTW: I have NEVER EVER been contacted by krusteaz. This blog generated NO income. My opinion is my opinion. I write these reviews with the hope of helping others navigate the GF product marketplace.