Sprinkles Cupcakes - Get Um' in an ATM too!

Sprinkles Cupcakes makes a delish' gluten free red velvet cupcake and a plethora of other (unfortunately non gluten free) cupcakes. I was recently in Chicago, and read rave reviews about their gluten free cupcake, so I had to try it for myself, right?!



Here are all the cupcakes, top left is red velvet

Nutritionist & Gluten Free Specialist Hits a Home Run with Belly Hugs

Belly Hugs brings 100% organic and 100% gluten free goodness to Hollywood, Florida.  Owned and operated by Dawn Michelle, a nutritionist who wanted to bring nutritional value to her client's and the rest of the world. I'm always thrilled to hear about new gluten free establishments and was extra pleased to meet Dawn Michelle in person and hear how she genuinely cared to help and how excited she was to have a venue to do so.

Bunnie Cakes Hits a Home Run with My BDAY Cake!

Bunnie Cakes is my go to for fresh gluten free goodness.  Mari, owner of Bunnie Cakes makes outstanding vegan and gluten free cupcakes and thank goodness, cakes.  For my birthday this year, I called Mari and happily put in my order.  You can also order online. I asked for espresso and tons-o-chocolate!  And that's just what I got! Always thankful to Mari for bringing delicious gluten free sweetness to me!  I was able to have a happy chocolate birthday thanks to Bunnie Cakes, and highly recommend Bunnie Cakes to you!

THUMBS UP!!

Bite - Miami Beach's BEST Gluten-Free Bakery!!

SAD SAD NEWS.  BITE IS NOW CLOSED, and MARIE IS NOT WORKING FROM HOME... 


Keeping this post up for us as a real reminder... When we have AWESOME stores dedicated to making our lives with food allergies better, we NEED to support them!!!!


=...( 


As an alternative, check out Bunnie Cakes - my post for them is here. 


BITE, a new allergy friendly bakery, tucked away on 41st Street in Miami Beach, opens with the premise that every person with an allergy should still be able to have a bite!
I was debating what state I'd have to order a cake from for my upcoming birthday, not anymore! You name the food allergy, BITE can cater to it! Gluten-free products line the shelves, but, more importantly, BITE takes orders for cupcakes, cakes, etc. Your creativity is the limit to what BITE will make! This is exciting for me, I L-O-V-E chocolate, and terribly miss GREAT cake, cupcakes. With Misha looming everywhere, I feel taunted all the time -- now... I can strike back with BITE!!
Take a peak at what I ordered --

• Chocolate = Devil's Food Cupcakes (with marshmallow in the middle as well!!)


• Chocolate Chips on top = Peanut Butter Cupcakes (with peanut butter and marshmallow in the middle!)


• White Icing on top = Strawberry Shortcake Cupcake (with strawberry in the middle!)

DELICIOUS!!! HUGE THUMBS UP TO BITE!!

I can now look forward to my birthday cake! =)

BITE Allergy Friendly Bakery on Miami Beach Continues to Impress!

SAD SAD NEWS.  BITE IS NOW CLOSED, and MARIE IS NOT WORKING FROM HOME...  Keeping this post up for us as a real reminder... When we have AWESOME stores dedicated to making our lives with food allergies better, we NEED to support them!!!!


As an alternative, check out Bunnie Cakes - my post for them is here. 
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I rarely, if ever, write about the same place twice... But, this is deserved. I continue to be overly impressed with BITE (click to see my first post), where every person with an allergy deserves a bite of some delicious dessert! For those of you challah lovers, BITE now makes delicious gluten free oat challah every Friday, as well as all sorts of amazing pastries (last week were the BEST cinnamon rolls I've ever had (didn't even think they were gluten free!!! and neither did the NON GF folk I was nice enough to share them with)). I was lucky to try the lemon bars, and chocolate bars, both fabulous. Also worthy to note, BITE has a great selection of KATZ's gluten free products, (click on Katz's to see my favorite picks).

Have you Heard of Bunnie Cakes??

Bunnie Cakes are made "with organic love"! The owner is a vegetarian who wanted a healthy delicious alternative for her children and from there created a really cool and delicious company that accommodates soy, gluten, wheat, nuts, gum or any other allergy one may have. Bunnie Cakes was very kind to send me a sample of cupcakes. Look at the really pretty packaging it came in!

They knew I LOVE chocolate, and sent me the chocolate cupcake with chocolate frosting (sealed with an adorable heart on top) and chocolate chip cupcakes with a vanilla chocolate chip frosting.

Let me begin by saying I'm a chocolate addict, and a really tough critic when chocolate is off. Bunnie Cakes hits the mark in such a perfect way. I never thought gluten free could taste this good!

For those of you on Miami Beach, or Aventura - it's time to be excited, Bunnie Cakes products are in Juice and Java on stores - find the details here on how to order/pick up.

Check out the full menu here - It's also great to know Bunnie Cake makes cakes to order, and has over 20 flavors they can make GF!!

HUGE THUMBS UP FOR BUNNIE CAKES!!

Sweet Freedom Bakery

I'm always excited to hear of gluten free bakeries. I've joined every gluten free group I could find on facebook (fyi - add me on facebook - I'm "Gluten Free" - you can also find me by my email glutenfreebeat@gmail.com!). I came across Sweet Freedom bakery, read some great reviews, and knew I had to try it. The bakeries in Philadelphia, but, gives you two shipping options - overnight (which will always cost more than what you're ordering), or ground (which is semi reasonable - at least $15-$25... what I won't do for chocolate chip cookies...).

I checked out the menu, was most excited about the cupcakes - but... frosting can't be shipped ground... Booo... =(

Cookies could only be ordered by the dozen ($13.75 a dozen). I ordered a dozen chocolate chip cookies, and a dozen chocolate chocolate chip cookies.



As you can see above, they come individually wrapped, and with popcorn stuffing. I've received many orders with dry ice - which I think makes for better shipping.

I also ordered a half dozen blueberry muffins ($18 - I was disappointed I had to order by the half dozen, as I really wanted to try other muffins as well - but, just don't have the freezer space, nor did I want to spend another $18!). Lastly, I ordered a half dozen brownies ($15). See them below.


My favorite was the chocolate chip cookies. They tasted like the real thing! But... here's the real deal - the brownies.. well, I think I can make them better with Betty Crocker's mix - mine don't crumble and taste better. The muffins, well, for $3, I was really hoping for a real size, large muffin, these are tiny (about the same size as the Kinnikinnick blueberry frozen muffins). The taste of these muffins is much better then Kinnikinnick's, with large blueberries in them, but... not good enough for me to order again. Lastly, the chocolate chocolate chip cookies - we'll, I thought I'd be enamored with these, and I wasn't. They were OK..

I say this with a grain of salt, because Sweet Freedom Bakery is gluten free, vegan, dairy free, egg free, soy free, corn free, peanut free, refined sugar free, AND kosher. With all of these ingredients out of the mix - it has to be difficult to create an amazing tasty product. Since I only need gluten free products, I'd prefer the egg and dairy in there for taste. Am I glad I tried the baked goods? Yes! Will I order again? No.

Thumbs Sideways for Sweet Freedom, for what you have to work with, you do an AMAZING job. For Celiacs that have options for other ingredients (like dairy/egg) I'd look elsewhere.