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Granny’s Homemade Gluten-Free Hot Milk Cake Recipe

 

This is the recipe for a favourite cake in my family: my Gran’s Hot Milk cake with broiled coconut icing. While delicious and impressive, it is very easy and quick to make – you don’t even need to wait for the cake to cool before icing.

I would often get home from school to find one of these cakes cooling on the counter, but once I was diagnosed with celiac’s disease I figured those days were over. Being the extraordinary baker that she is, my Gran simply re-worked the recipe to suit my new diet, and the results were almost identical to my old after-school favourite. This cake is just as light and fluffy as the original, and even better without the gluten!

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Food allergy or food intolerance?

 

It is old news nowadays if you have an intolerance to gluten. Some individuals even suffer from Celiac disease – a much more serious inflammation of the digestive tract.

However, there are many other foods that can cause sensitivities that we are unaware of – as well as full blown allergic reactions. It can be of great benefit to our well-being to identify foods that do not mesh well with our bodies

There are differences between a food allergy and a sensitivity (or intolerance), with sensitivities being much more common and generally less severe than actual allergies. They can however be hard to differentiate.

The main difference between the two is due to the type of immune reaction and antibodies involved. It can be either an Immunoglobulin G (IgG) response (usually a delayed reaction), or an Immunoglobulin E response (IgE) (an immediate reaction).

 

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What Foods You Should Be Buying Organic

 

The variety of organic products stashed on supermarket shelves can be overwhelming to choose from. Often, you may find yourself debating – is it is really worth it? Especially at costs up to triple the amount over generic brands.

 

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