Brooke turned 15 yesterday! She is such an incredible person and she is filled with so much light. Brooke was the first member of our family to be diagnosed with Celiac Disease. Ever since being diagnosed she has lead the way for our family to live our best life gluten free. She is an inspiration to everyone in our family. As her sister I have learned so much from her, and I feel so blessed to have Brooke as a role model while I continue my gluten free journey.
I wanted to make Brooke’s birthday as special as possible. She has helped me so much the past year, as I have fully switched to a completely gluten free diet. Brooke recently has had a sparked interest for vinyl music and asked for a record player for her birthday. Her favorite band right now is “Surfaces”. I thought it would be fun to make one of their album covers into a cake. I made a lemon flavored cake, topped with a lemon buttercream frosting. These flavors were inspired by her favorite drink, which is lemonade. For her cake I used an altered version of a Lemon Sheet Cake With Buttercream Frosting by Yossy Arefi that I found in the cooking section of the New York Times. Here is a link to the recipe: https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1019261-lemon-sheet-cake-with-buttercream-frosting?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI-9G_-77V6QIV0MDACh1BKwHfEAAYASAAEgLHbPD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds. The cake was easy to make and tasted really good. We converted the recipe to gluten free simply by using a gluten free flour blend. The lemon buttercream came out white. In order to color it, in attempt to recreate the album cover, I mixed in minimal drops of gluten free food dye. Truthfully I have never attempted to decorate with frosting, but it was a fun first attempt. Below are images of the process. If anyone has any questions feel free to reach out. Eat well and stay well Everyone.
Until next time,
Brynn
