Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Banana Cake

As days dwindle down in the month of February, I’m astounded by how much I’ve already accomplished in the new year.  There were times  (oh so many times) over the past few years when I questioned my decisions.  Going back to school, leaving my career, leaving my city… This month has really sealed it for me.  I made the right decision.  If you’re not feeling satisfaction in your current life, it is NEVER too late to start over and follow your dreams.  Fear is the biggest obstacle.  

I will soon have time to post new recipes on a regular basis but for now I’ve enlisted a few more friends to fill the void.  Today’s Gluten-Free Chocolate Chip Banana Cake is from my neighbor, Sherron of Simply Gourmet. We were blog friends before finally meeting in person and I’m so happy to know her.  She’s awesome and her blog is fantastic.  Beautiful recipes, gorgeous photos.  Make sure to visit her site and say hello!

What a delight it is to be guest posting on a page that I was a fan of long before Jennifer and I became friends. The first recipe that I saved and printed was her pumpkin ravioli.

It encouraged me to make my first batch of fresh pasta and purchase my own pasta machine. The simplicity and beauty of her photos are just a few more reasons why I enjoy Savory Simple.

It was shortly before her ravioli post that I started my own food blog, Simply Gourmet. I have been cooking forever it would seem, growing up in the restaurant business taught me a lot about food and people. I went on to become a food photographer and recipe developer/writer.

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Strawberry Swirl Dream Cake ~ @SavorySimple #Recipe

Why yes, I know that it’s the middle of winter.  But guess what?  I made this strawberry swirl dream cake entirely from frozen strawberries!  Frozen fruits and vegetables are a wonderful thing.  They might not be quite as exciting as beautiful fresh produce from the market but there’s no way I’d give up berries all year long.

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It’s time for a guest post!  Today I have the lovely Laura from Tutti Dolci joining me.  I’ve been a fan of Laura’s site for quite some time now and I think her desserts are wonderful.  I want to eat everything she makes!  Please take a moment to visit her on Facebook, Twitter and her fabulous blog!

Take it away, Laura!

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Fig Newtons ~ Savory Simple

Food can be such a powerful thing.  It brings us pleasure, comfort, guilt and even sadness.  It can energize our bodies or make us feel ill.  It can attach itself to memories, taking us back to our childhood or a happy day with friends.  I’ll always remember the roasted gazpacho from my wedding dinner.  I remember being in college, sitting around with friends eating Cap’n Crunch Berries while watching TV (I confess I was not much of a cook in college).  As a teenager, one of my favorite meals was tomato soup with grilled cheese.  Fancy stuff!  I put ketchup on almost everything.  My grandma made great pistachio cake and my mother was known for excellent blintz souffle and sweet pecan kugel.  As a child I definitely had a sweet tooth.  These days if I really want to transport into the past I’ll go for graham crackers, oatmeal cream pies or Fig Newtons.  Not all at once.

What are some of your food memories?  Share in the comment section.

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Strawberry Cake ~ Savory Simple

More strawberries!  Can you blame me?  If there’s any time of the year to enjoy them, it’s right now.  Maybe I’m especially craving them because of my lack of success with strawberry in the garden.  I was so excited about the prospect of fresh strawberries that I bought not one, but two plants!  I believe that so far they have yielded me 4-5 berries total.  And I must say, they were some damn fine strawberries.  But I want more!  Luckily, I live close to several farmer’s markets.  They might not be straight from my backyard, but they’re close enough.

This moist, delicious layer cake is full of flavor.  I adapted a recipe from Sweetapolita (one of my many blog crushes) and couldn’t have been happier with the results.  I did make a few changes, however.  Since I’ve never used Jello-O or gelatin in a cake, I decided to omit it.  Rosie says that strawberry gelatin adds great color and flavor, so I decided to ramp up the other ingredients, adding orange juice, zest and fresh strawberries in between the layers.  I also added a bit potato starch, a trick I learned from Warren Brown’s CakeLove.  For the frosting, I decided to use Italian meringue buttercream because, well, buttercream is awesome.

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