Old Glory Gluten Free Cake from her granddaughter Jillian has been added to Mom’s Recipe Box.

Jillian’s “Proud To Be An American” Old Glory Gluten Free Cake

I love to bake.

Well, I love to bake things that come from a box.

Well, I love to decorate baked things that have come from a box.

I think every holiday or occasion calls for a baked cake with thematic decor. If it’s someone’s birthday I like to find the most embarrassing photos and print them out, tape them to toothpicks and stick them into the cake. People love that!!

Now, I have celiac disease which means I have to be gluten free. Thank goodness being gluten free is trendy because a lot of restaurants and grocery stores have gluten free items now. Some things are really heavy and not worth eating, but Miss Betty Crocker makes a great cake mix. You’ll never know it’s anything different but you will feel less heavy after eating dessert.

(Side note – Barilla makes great gluten free pasta, the trick is to cook it 2 minutes less than directed. And for good gluten free bread, muffins, etc. look for Uti, it’s in the refrigerated section.)

Jillian’s cake – thank a veteran!

With Veterans Day close at hand on November 11, here’s a gluten free delight I am calling “Old Glory Cake”. It is a nice way to show appreciation to our veterans – really, it is perfect for any patriotic holiday.  It’s “Betty’s ” devil food cake and frost it with her butter cream frosting. – Jillian Bennett Sterkin 

INGREDIENTS

Betty Crocker devils food Gluten Free cake mix and Betty Crocker Whipped Butter Cream Frosting.

PREPARATION

In the top left corner make 7 rows of blueberries across 8 down. Then take strawberries that have been sliced in half and make a row and then leave an equal width row blank. Repeat this until the bottom of the cake.

Then take a star shaped cake decorating tip and a pastry bag or zip lock bag and fill it with the same frosting. If you use a zip lock, cut the corner off and insert the decorating tip. Fill in the rows between the strawberries with frosting and make a circle of stars on the blueberries.

I like to make a side of sliced strawberries and blueberries to put on the slices of cake. – JBS

Look for Mom’s Recipe Box weekly on Fridays as family members add to and celebrate my mother’s collection of recipes – the Cecelia G. Bennett Collection. JB