Microwave Butterscotch Self Saucing Pud

I trialled this gluten free/ dairy free for the first time the other night. We've had a week of ferocious weather - torrential rain, hail, thunder and lightning...so needed a good rib-sticker kind of pud to help 'batten down the hatches'. It worked quite well...a little too stodgy for my liking but I put this down to the flour mix I was using...nearing the last of my 'Horleys' mix which I am pleased about.

The recipe -
1 c self raising flour
50 g melted butter or df marg
1/4 c sugar
1/2 c gf soy milk

Add melted butter and milk to flour and sugar. Spread into a microwave ring pan. Stir sauce ingreds together until butter/ marg has melted (2 T golden syrup, 25 gm butter or df marg and 1 1/2 c boiling water). Pour over the mixture in the ring pan. Cook on high for 7 mins to start with, and then more if needed. I double the mix so needed to cook it for a further 4 mins.

The rest of the family had it with vanilla ice-cream.

Different Soy Milk...not all ok....

I have been gluten free since December, then I had to go Dairy free in February as well....I discovered the hard way that not all soy milk is gluten free. Unfortunately most cafes and restaurants use a soy milk that, although it 'stretches' well, has gluten in it. That's the Vitasoy Creamy, in the red box. However, the Vitasoy Lush Vanilla is ok and I now use that in my coffee and sometimes on cereal. I have another brand called Soyfresh for my drinks of tea and for general other use. For some reason I can't stand the So Good brand...must just be my crazy tastebuds.

So - much to my friends amusement...if I am going out and about and know there might be a coffee stop involved along the way, I now take my own little flask of milk along..then I too can 'do coffee' and be safe!

After a long lapse....

So. After not writing anything for ages I feel very convicted and am going to try to keep on keeping on. Its not that I haven't been baking and cooking...I have just been distracted by other things and uninspired to blog about my efforts. No longer!!

This week's gluten free, dairy free baking for me was chocolate brownie. Yum. I adapted an Annabelle Langbein recipe..it came out well.....
Any brownie recipe could be used you just need to substitute butter for dairy free margarine and use a gluten free flour mix (this time I used the Horley's flour mix...I prefer the Healtheries Simple one though). One other thing to consider...not all dark chocolate is gluten free. The Cadbury's Energy is not - is has added malt syrup to it. Whittakers is good...no gluten and no dairy in their dark choc.