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Baking a chocolate birthday cake is usually a fun project. We had the challenge last week, however, of finding a recipe or mix that was not only vegan but also gluten-free. A family member has recently been diagnosed with celiac disease.
Searching the supermarket shelves, we came across several that looked good. But, which one should you choose when you’re trying it for the first time? We’ve found that gluten-free products tend to be pricey, but we did not make our selection on that basis, but rather on which mixes contained no eggs or animal products, either in the mix or in the ingredients to add for making the cake.
We selected Cherrybrook Kitchen Gluten Free Dreams chocolate cake mix, which is also “peanut free,” “dairy free,” “egg free,” “nut free,” and “wheat free” according to the package description. It was a breeze to make – we just added vegetable oil (we used canola), water, and vanilla, and it was into the oven. After the cooling-off period, we dusted the cake with powdered sugar, then topped it with some fresh-picked strawberries. 
We give this product a five-star rating – out of five. It had a rich chocolate flavor and delicate crumb. Unlike many gluten-free baked products, which are heavy and dense, this cake had an airy texture – but with more substance than the typical airy cake-mix cakes. You could, of course, frost it, but it was actually delish just as is. Well, the tofu ice cream was good on it too!
Cherrybrook Kitchen products are available at most Stop & Shop and Shaw’s/Wild Harvest supermarkets in RI; Food for Thought in Wakefield; Back to Basics in East Greenwich; Whole Foods in Providence; and Pier One Imports in Cranston and Warwick. If you can’t find them in your local market, you might print out the Store Request Letter from their website, and give it to the store manager to ask to carry the product line. All their cake mixes are dairy and egg free.
The Birthday Girl pronounced it a winner, and the entire cake disappeared before we could say “time to open the presents.”
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