My husband and I were newly weds when we purchased our first home a quaint little ranch with a lot of old charm nestled in the beautiful State of Maine. This house was in dire need of some TLC and we were the couple to do it. We both were newbies when it came to home improvement, but we would work hard and figure it all out along the way.
One of our biggest projects was our roof. The roof was old and the previous owners layered shingle after shingle on top of one another. I hired a teenage boy across the street to help me clean off the grayish green shingles because rain was forecasted later in the week. The boy and I worked hard and by evening the roof was clean and ready for its new roof.
My husband got home from work late and with the sun setting it was too late to start a roofing project. Sleeping soundly in our beds I awoke to the sound of rain, not gentle sprinkles, but a downpour. Panicked we ran into our dinning room to see water pouring in over our dinning room table and also in the middle of our kitchen. I grabbed every towel , bowl, and pot we had to catch the water from hitting the newly installed wood floors. My husband grabbed tarps and threw them up in the attic to catch the water. I got on the phone and dialed my parents hysterically crying and asking them for prayer. It was pouring rain and our home had no protection.
I ran to our neighbors house banging on their door at 3:30 in the morning asking for tarps, plastic, anything I could think of that might save the inside of my house. At 6:00 am Michael ran to our local Walmart and bought rolls and rolls of plastic sheeting. By 7:30 in the morning our house was completely covered in plastic, insulation was wet, and we both looked like a pair of drowned rats. It was a stressful night, but my husband and I learned a big lesson. Do not leave a roof bare even if no rain is in the forecast because Mother Nature can teach you a lesson. Thankfully, our quick thinking and ingenuity with tarps and pots in the attic we had minimal damage to our darling little home.
Gluten and Dairy Free Strawberry Shortcake (can also be GAPS free)
Strawberry short cake is one of my favorite desserts, but when we went gluten free I could never find a recipe quite as good as the gluten shortcake my mom made me as a kid. A few weeks ago I made some amazing gluten free carrot cupcakes by Nourished Kitchen. The cupcakes were so yummy my family ate them all in a matter of days. The recipe used coconut flour and oil, giving them a nice coconut flavor and they were not overly sweet. Jenny said she had never made a cake recipe out of it, but I figured with a little tweaking I could probably modify her recipe to make a perfect gluten free shortcake.
I cut the honey down by half, cut out the carrots, and did a different topping. I made the cake twice because it cooked faster than I anticipated and the first two cakes got really dark, almost burnt. The second batch turned out beautifully and the taste is a perfect mixture of fluffy, moist, and sweet.
Ingredients:
1/2 Cup of coconut flour
2 Cups of almond flour
1/2 tsp of sea salt
1 1/4 tsp of baking powder. (leave this out to be grain free the cakes will not rise as much)
1 tsp of baking soda
4 large eggs
1 Cup coconut oil
1/2 Cups of honey
1/2 Cups of plain Greek yogurt or use Coconut Yogurt to be Dairy Free
2 9 inch round cake pans
Instructions:
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees and move a rack to the middle of the oven for even cooking.
- Use two 9 inch round cake pans or a sheet cake pan make sure to grease or spay them to ensure batter does not stick to the pan.
- Take your dry ingredients coconut and almond flour, sea salt, baking power (omit if grain free), and baking soda. Mix these ingredients up until they are well mixed.
- In another bowl mix your eggs, honey, and yogurt until thoroughly mixed together.
- Add your dry ingredients a little bit at a time to your wet ingredients and mix until mixture is smooth. You do not want to mix too much as I think it affects the rising of the cakes.
- Cook for 15-18 minutes, but watch the cakes as a couple minutes can make a huge difference in the color
** If you need a dairy free whipped cream option I use a can of coconut milk. Put your can of coconut milk in the refrigerator for a couple of hours to chill. Once your can of coconut milk is chilled open it and dump the coconut milk into a bowl. The topping for this recipe I added in a 1/4 cup of honey to the coconut milk and whipped it by hand until it looked like whipped cream. It is simple and better tasting than the dairy whipped cream counter parts.
XOXO,
Amee
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Glad to hear you got your roofing problem under control. This looks so YUMMY! I have pinned it to my Let Them Eat Cake board. And I would love to have you come by, link up and show off this project at the Creative Corner Hop. The linky party begins every Monday and stay open all week.
Sandy
Cherished Handmade Treasures
Hi Sandy, Thanks for pinning me and I will go check out your hop and blog once I get my kiddos dinner. :0) Amee
The strawberry shortcake looks so delicious!! Thanks for sharing this recipe. {And wow is all I can say to your roofing story. I bet that was pretty discouraging}
Thanks for sharing this at Romance on a dime. I’m pinning it.
Thanks Betsy yes it was a nightmare and thanks for pinning.
This looks so yummy! I would love for you to link up at my Linky Party via:
Mrs. Delightful
http://www.ourdelightfulhome.blogspot.com
Hi, Thanks for finding me and liking my recipe. Will go and link up! Amee
That Cake looks Yummy! Thanks for sharing. one of my daughter’s is gluten free, another reduced gluten and several extended family members also need gluten free foods. It is very helpful to find recipees that are yummy and work. found via linky party. 🙂
Hi Dee, Glad you found me this cake is very good so good I could eat the entire cake in one sitting. 🙂 Amee
This looks divine! Thanks so much for sharing at Mix it up Monday 🙂
Thanks Lisa!
Oh my goodness, does this look AMAZING! Been GFree for about 6 months and it is sometimes hard to make the same things over and over, and be excited. Your latest follower, would love for you to visit and follow me back too @ http://twelveoeight.blogspot.com/
Hugs, Tanya 🙂
Hi Tanya, There is life after gluten and this shortcake is amazing, as are those carrot cupcakes I linked to. I will go check your blog out thanks for the support and like. 🙂 Amee
Rain has taught us a lesson more than once during remodel projects — respect the weather is our motto. Your strawberry shortcake is a real beauty! Thanks for sharing at Hearth & Soul Hop. 🙂
Hi Judy, Thank you yes that is a good motto to live by when roofing. Thank you also for the compliment I sometimes shock myself because a decade ago I could not even boil water. 🙂 Amee
I love your inventiveness! That looks like a really terrific and delicious cake!
Thank you it is very yummy I made it again for Memorial Day and it is already almost gone. Thanks for hosting the party too! Amee
OHMYGOODNESS… I cannot believe I’ve missed visiting your blog; I am so glad to be here! This looks yummy… my 7 yo started having problems with her tummy, well come to find out it was dairy causing the problems. She is 85% off the cow… difficult time transitioning her off of cows milk, I’ve switched to Organic Lactose Free and that is helping her considerably. I am just amazed at the difference between today and two weeks ago… it started getting BAD, her dad is allergic to dairy (but not cheese), so he suspected it to be dairy. My daughter JUST asked me on Sunday if I could make my special whip cream and strawberries… I told her that I did not know how to make the whip cream without whipping creme and boom… I read this! YAY, I can’t wait to tell her… or maybe I’ll surprise her with it. Thank you.
Hi Amy,
Glad you stopped by and the coconut whipped cream is excellent! I was so happy when it turned out and tasted so yummy. :). Amee
Can you make this without the almond flour? I’m allergic to almonds. I don’t need this to be grain free but gluten free. Any other flours that you would recommend?
Hi Rene,
I am not sure, but you could try sweet sorghum flour or possibly all purpose gluten free flour. I am still learning about all the different flours so not sure how it would turn out or taste. You can always try and see if it works. I have done a lot of experimenting in my time as gluten free. Amee