• cake,  Chocolate,  Dessert,  Gluten Free

    Chocolate Cherry Crumb Cake

    Confession. As a kid, I never understood people that pair fruit with chocolate. Chocolate oranges around the holidays…yuck. Cordial cherries…nasty. However, after watching a great deal of Great British Bake Off, where everyone seems to be obsessed with putting fruit of all kinds into absolutely everything, I decided to give it a shot. Enter this Gluten Free Chocolate Cherry Crumb Cake. What my young taste buds didn’t understand was what happens to chocolate when it is paired with an acid; also known as the cherries, in this case. The cherries, while still maintaining their delicious sweet/tart flavor, make the chocolate that much more chocolaty. A little culinary science! The cherries…

  • Bundt,  cake

    Gluten Free Cherry Limeaide Bundt Cake

    Cherry Limeaide. The first time I ever had a cherry limeaide slush was on my honeymoon in Daytona Beach, Florida. I had seen commercials for Sonic but we didn’t have any in Michigan. And Sonic’s Cherry Limeaide was iconic. It was sweet, sour, and cold. Everything you could possibly want on a 90 degree day in December in Florida. Since my initial encounter with Cherry Limeaide, Sonic’s have been popping up in Michigan, one right around the corner from my house. Yaaaaassss! And my love affair with Cherry Limeaide has continued right into this Gluten Free Cherry Limeaide Bundt Cake. About a month ago, I was crusing the aisles of…