Gluten free cupcake recipes?
I have to bake at least 3 dozen gluten free cupcakes for a birthday party next weekend. These will also need to be frosted. Am I better off purchasing a mix like Cherrybrook (recommended by a friend at the kids' school), or buying ingredients to make them from scratch? And if from scratch, does anyone have a good recipe to share? Preferably chocolate. We fortunately have no gluten issues in our household, and I have no clue on what would work best. Thank you in advance for any help.
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My total is now up to 100 cupcakes. Wish me luck. I will be baking today, frosting tomorrow. 24 will be gluten-free, the rest regular.
Cooking gluten free from scratch requires a good gluten-free flour mix. IMHO, most store mixes have their limitations -- either gritty or "beany" flavor results. Unfortunately, it isn't as easy as taking a rice flour and substituting it one-for-one for the wheat flour in the original recipe. If this is a one-off project, I'd go with the cake mix recommended by someone who has traveled this road already. If, however, you are thinking (or need) to do this as a lifestyle change, then invest the time and energy in experimenting with the different flour mixes to find the one you like best -- you may find different combinations work best for different recipes. Also, the ingredients you will need for your GF flour mix may not be readily available in your local supermarket -- the exception being Whole Foods, as they have everything.
Don't want to be a downer, but also realize that you may be surprised not to get the results you expect the first time out -- so, if this is one off, consider packaged mixes (something I'm sure most of us on this site normally avoid) or even purchasing premade (again, Whole Foods can help you out).
I know Syronai and her recipes are delicious.
highly recommend her. There are not the concerns that SeaJambon posted. She also has a blog.
BTW: I didn't know Syronai had a blog, but was delighted to view it at beyondcelery.com -- thank you for pointing it out. I'm always on the hunt for good GF resources and it is fabulous to be able to add another to the mix (so to speak). :)
And I did a site search of gluten free cakes. You could probably turn one of these into cupcakes: http://www.food52.com/recipes/search?category_id=39&page=2&recipe_search=Gluten+free