Carrot Cake: gluten-free & vegan

This delicious, moist carrot cake is sweetened with maple syrup and topped with a crunchy crumble that will melt in your mouth! If you want a coffee cake that’s also a carrot cake, give this #glutenfreevegan recipe a try!..Whisk together:1 c. general purpose gluten-free flour mix with xanthum gum (I used Bob’s Red Mill blue…

Vanilla Buttercream Icing: gluten-free & vegan

For our wedding last March, I played around with different frosting/icing recipes. This recipe is fantastic tasting- not heavy, but decadent and very tasty! It is also easy to pipe. This is also a crusting buttercream. So, so good!  As an example of the smooth piping and staying qualities, check out the cookie cake below….

Banana Bread: gluten-free & vegan

Happy National Banana Bread Day! One of the hardest gluten-egg-dairy free things for me to bake is bread. My breads with xanthum gum mixes come out … strange…too stretchy…. can’t bake, won’t bake… if you’ve had it happen to you, you know what I mean. Also, I don’t like the taste of the xanthum gum…

Monday Meet & Greet

Hello and welcome to @eastmillhomebakery! My name is Katie and I am a minister’s wife, teacher, and, in my spare time, an avid baker. I love baking because of the comfort, cheer, and community it spreads, whether it’s baking with family, bringing food to get-togethers, baking for weddings, or simply making a “happy” to brighten…

Oat breakfast muffins

It’s no secret that I’ve been doing a lot of baking lately… well, the last 4 months. This past week, I thought more about the flour I’ve been using. Four years ago, I was very strict about the flour I used. No blends, no tapioca, no potato flour, no bean flour. Oh, and I definitely…

Vanilla Cake: gluten-free & vegan

The latest in adventures of gluten-free baking involved experimenting with various vanilla cupcake recipes. After much tweaking and several trials (see this post), the cupcakes tasted good, but the consistency was strange. I figured this was the result of trying to make a thick cake without eggs or gluten. I tried using my chocolate cake…

Blueberry Vanilla Scones: gluten-free and vegan

Today is another snow day! In keeping with snow day tradition, I slept in and then made my way to the kitchen for coffee and morning baking. Today’s menu: blueberry scones! These blueberry-vanilla scones are every bit as good as I remember- maybe even better! Here is my recipe modified from Wholesome Patisserie’s Blueberry Scones:…

Workspace Wednesday: the baking drawer

Several years ago, a friend recommended I have a baking drawer and cabinet below my counter space. This has been a happy game changer for me! Even downsizing to a smaller apartment kitchen, I was able to keep that space dedicated for my mixing bowls, etc. What about you? What makes your workspace happy? Comment…