Gluten Free Hummingbird Cake Recipe

This Gluten Free Hummingbird Cake Recipe is easy to make and absolutely delicious. Made in one bowl without a mixer, this simple recipe is perfect for afternoon tea or dessert. Lower in fat and sugar than traditional recipes, it's perfect for sharing with the whole family.

Why hello there, long time no speak... if you follow me on Instagram, that statement is certainly not true because I'm always posting there... but the blog has been very neglected lately as I'm constantly chasing a very cute 2 year old around - and even when I am making new recipes, they're usually quickly gobbled by said 2 year old before a photo is even thought of.

But, this Gluten Free Hummingbird Cake Recipe is too good not to share, so here I am, just like old times, sharing a delicious gluten free recipe with you. 

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Recipe: Easy Red Beans and Rice (Gluten Free!)

Easy Red Beans and Rice Recipe - This classic Southern recipe gets a healthy and gluten free makeover with this quick and easy 30 minute stove top dinner. Served over steamed rice, it’s pure comfort food. Includes tips for making it with sausage if you’re in Australia/overseas and can’t find andouille sausage.

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I've always loved cooking - and I've always loved experimenting with different cuisines. 

One of the first dishes I decided to make completely by myself was paella. I'd seen it on TV, but had never eaten it or seen it in person - so I decided to make it myself.

I certainly wasn't Spanish, had no idea what a paella should taste like.. or even what the cooking process looked like beyond the snippets I saw on Masterchef - but I decided I needed to learn.

That's kind of the attitude I have with all food. So naturally, when I married a guy from Louisiana, I needed to learn how to cook Southern food.

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Whilst I very early on learnt how to make fluffy gluten free cornbread, jambalaya, green bean casserole and pumpkin pie, Red Beans and Rice has only been a recent addition to our dinner menu and we are OBSESSED.

You see, every time we're in Louisiana, Jesse will eat red beans and rice at least once - but I didn't think I'd be able to make it here in Australia as we couldn't find the same andouille sausage.... but I found the perfect alternative. 

This red beans and rice recipe is super simple and takes just minutes to make. 

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Recipe: Gluten Free Pumpkin Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Easy Gluten Free Pumpkin Spice Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting Recipe - this made from scratch sheet cake style cake is so easy to make and delicious to eat. Made with canned pumpkin puree, it’s a simple one bowl recipe everyone will love. Homemade desserts don’t get easier than this! 

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I know, another pumpkin spice recipe? 

Yep, I am that kind of basic blogger - but when Jesse named this cake as one of THE BEST cakes I have ever made, I knew I needed to share it. 

And I promise you, this cake won't disappoint. 

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The cake itself is moist and fluffy and full of flavour - but adding cream cheese frosting on top takes it to the next level. 

This is a no-fuss cake that anyone can make. There's no complicated steps, no piping of frosting, no weird ingredients - just a super simple sheet cake that you'll find yourself making again and again. 

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Recipe: The Best Gluten Free Cornbread (Light & Fluffy!)

The Best Gluten Free Cornbread Recipe – Light and fluffy, this homemade Southern style cornbread recipe is perfect for summer side dish for barbecues, lunch, dinner and pot luck parties. Gluten free, low fat, healthy, clean eating friendly, moist, fluffy and so easy to make!). Why use a box mix when it can be made from scratch in minutes? 

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Cornbread totally weirded me out the first time I made it. 

You see, growing up in Australia, I just didn't know anyone who ate cornbread or made it... and whenever we were on holidays in the US, we never really came across it. 

But then I fell in love with a Southern guy and suddenly found myself making all these foods I'd never even thought of making before I met him. 

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I mean really. The first Christmas we spent together, I asked him what traditional Christmas foods his family would eat for Christmas and he said "dressing" and I was like "err.... on salad?". 

Nope, not salad. Jesse was talking about a cornbread concoction of vegetables and eggs and cornbread, baked up and served in big slices. 

Combine this with making my first ever pumpkin pie (and being so confused as to how a pumpkin pie could actually taste good as I'd only ever eaten pumpkin as a savoury food - oh, how wrong I was) and my brain was pretty much imploding...

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And let's be real, I was in serious foreign territory. 

My pumpkin pie may have been delicious, but my first ever batch of cornbread was flat and grossly crunchy and resembled more of a hockey puck than an edible delight.

But I was determined to conquer it.... and after many, many, many failed batches I did - and I've been keeping it from you.. 

Not on purpose, just because it felt a little too plain and boring... but sometimes boring things are actually the most delicious - so let me introduce to you The Best Gluten Free Cornbread Recipe. 

It's light, fluffy and seriously, ridiculously good. Whilst cornbread was a foreign concept to me 10 years ago, it's now one of my all time favourite foods - and it's all thanks to this recipe. So even if cornbread sounds strange to you, give this recipe a try and let me know what you think!

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Recipe: Cheesy Garlic & Herb Cornbread Strata (Gluten Free!)

Gluten Free Cheesy Garlic and Herb Cornbread Strata Recipe – like a cross between a traditional cornbread casserole and strata, this delicious Southern-style cornbread dish is made from scratch and so simple and easy to make! Vegetarian-friendly and perfect for Easter brunch or a Thanksgiving side (or anytime – including breakfast!), the mix combines egg with parmesan cheese, cheddar cheese, garlic and fresh herbs, mixed through cubes of homemade cornbread.

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I never realised just how much being in a relationship with someone from 'the South' would impact my cooking. 

You see, as a kid I'd travelled to the US plenty of times on vacation - and whilst the portion sizes were so much bigger, most of the food was pretty similar to what you could find here in Australia - so why would this Southern boy eat any differently? 

Ohhh boy was I wrong. 

For the past 11 years, I've had a crash course in Southern cooking. Marrying a boy from Louisiana has meant that I now know how to make jambalaya, know what crawfish etouffee is and can correctly pronounce boudin.... among many other things.

But it wasn't all that easy to begin with. 

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You see, the first time Jesse came out for Christmas, I thought I'd make some Southern dishes so my family could experience some of his family's favourites - and Jesse would feel more at home. 

But I was totally out of my depth. 

The first time I made cornbread, I was sure things were going to go wrong. It looked like cake batter, felt like cake batter - but it definitely did not taste like cake batter... and surely those crunchy cornmeal bits would be awful?! 

And then I decided to make pumpkin pie too - which was the opposite of my should be sweet but is savoury dilemma. You see, I'd only ever eaten pumpkin as a savoury option - so making a dessert with pumpkin sounded like a disaster waiting to happen. 

Luckily, after a few attempts, I managed to nail the perfect pumpkin pie - and after a few flat pans of cornbread and a few kitchen disasters, I managed to nail a perfect fluffy cornbread recipe too. 

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... and the girl who once though cornbread was a terrible idea is cornbread's biggest fan... seriously, I could eat cornbread all day every day and not get tired of it. 

But recently I decided I wanted to do something different with cornbread. I was thinking about making my Easy Gluten Free Ham and Cheese Strata Recipe, but decided I wanted something different - and then wondered if I could swap the bread cubes for cornbread cubes.

Deciding to switch up the flavours too, I baked a pan of cornbread, cut it into cubes and then made an egg mix full of garlic, cheese and herbs and mixed it all together. This could have gone terribly wrong - but luckily it went deliciously right and became a new family favourite. 

Perfect for brunch or a side dish, I'm sure it will be a favourite in your house too!

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Recipe: Chicken Pot Pie Pasta (Healthy & Gluten Free)

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Happy New Year, friends! I thought I'd start the New Year with one of our favourite dinner recipes of the moment. One that's a comfort food made healthier and, dare I say it, more delicious and one that should fit in with whatever New Years Resolution you may have decided on. 

Inspired by a classic chicken pot pie but made 100x easier, this pasta recipe is super quick to make and will be loved by the whole family. Sneaking in veggies and coated in a rich and creamy (but secretly healthy!) sauce, it's a recipe that you'll be making over and over again. 

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You might be asking, why pasta? And the answer to that question is pretty simple... laziness. 

You see, I love all the flavours of chicken pot pie - but not being able to buy decent gluten free pastry means that chicken pot pie is a recipe that takes way more minutes than I'd like and always gets left for special occasions instead. 

Pasta, however, is quick and you can boil the pasta whilst you get the sauce ready - meaning this recipe can be made and on the table in less than 20 minutes. 

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But not only is it quick and easy - it's also all sorts of delicious. Whether you use gluten free or regular spaghetti or zucchini noodles (or any other vegetable noodles) for a low carb option, it's a healthy recipe that tastes anything but. 

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Recipe: No Bake Mint Chocolate Bites (Paleo & Vegan)

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It's the 15th of December and I have officially made a grand total of zero batches of Christmas cookies.

Zip, zero, zilch, nada. 

Why? Because it's really ridiculously hot in Sydney right now. 

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Usually I don't mind but lately I feel like every spare second I've had free to bake Christmas cookies has been on a day where it's way too hot to even think about turning the oven on. 

Luckily I've been spending those days making no bake treats instead. These no bake bites can be as festive or unfestive as you like. I photographed the regular version so you can enjoy them all year round - but I made a batch with crushed candy canes mixed through and they were the perfect healthy holiday treat. 

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They're minty and delicious and so easy to make - not to mention paleo and vegan too!

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Recipe: No Bake Pecan Pie Energy Bites

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Sometimes I think that people who don't marry people from another culture or country are missing out. Why? Because you learn a whole lot of things you probably wouldn't have otherwise had learned. 

If I hadn't married Jesse, I wouldn't;

• Be Miss "Southern In Law"
• Have ever come up with The Best Healthy Pumpkin Pie Recipe
• Have ever eaten my Healthy Green Bean Casserole Recipe
• Know what "fixing to..." meant 
• Sound like a weird combination of Australian and American (accents rub off, friends... both Jesse and I have this weird confused accent because we've each taken on eachothers 😛) 
• Know that people eat squirrels... or turtles.... or a wide variety of other creatures I did not know people ate
• Have ever travelled to Louisiana
• Have ever celebrated Thanksgiving.

And I probably wouldn't have ever come up with this delicious Pecan Pie Raw Bite Recipe. I also wouldn't be as happy - that I'm sure of. 

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Luckily, I did marry Jesse and I get to reap the benefits of both cultures as Jesse and I celebrate all things Australian and all things American. 

This time next week we'll be celebrating Thanksgiving here in Australia with lots of delicious dishes, however, as Thanksgiving flavours were on my mind, I decided I needed a healthy Thanksgiving inspired treat beforehand - and thus these Pecan Pie Energy Bites were born!

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With all the flavours of pecan pie in an easy to make bite, we can not stop eating these delicious little things. They're gluten free, vegan and paleo and made without any refined sugar so they're the perfect healthy snack or dessert.

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Recipe: Easy Vegan DIY Coffee Creamer (Or Sweet Cream!)

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One question I'm often asked is whether I'm annoyed that I have coeliac disease and food intolerances - and apparently my answer is a little surprising. 

You see, whilst there's many times where I wish I could eat just like everyone else, share food without questioning the ingredients and enjoy birthday cakes with my friends - most of the time I'm actually really grateful. 

At first, that wasn't the case, however, I quickly realised that my own experiences equipped me to help others. 

How? Well because I've already walked a mile (and then some!) in their shoes. 

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That's exactly the reason I started posting recipes on Southern In Law - and exactly the reason I get SO excited when readers like Michelle get in touch with me to see if I can create a recipe for them. 

Michelle is one of those SIL readers who is an absolute gem. She is always liking and commenting on our Facebook posts and always puts a huge smile on my face. Last month, Michelle sent a message to our Facebook page asking if I could create a recipe for a non-dairy coffee creamer that was simple and delicious - and also suited her dietary needs. 

As someone who has never ever used coffee creamer (it's not really common in Australia), let alone created a recipe for it, it was a challenge I was SO excited to accept. 

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After creating the cashew based sauce for my Healthy Vegan Baked Mac and Cheese Recipe I was inspired to try and make a sweet cashew cream recipe - and that's exactly what this DIY vegan creamer recipe is! 

Best of all? It's super simple and uses nothing other than a blender. No annoying nut milk bags or straining - just soak, blend and enjoy! 

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Whilst it's perfect in coffee (though, be sure to read the note below) it's also great in tea and can be used in a variety of ways! I've been serving it up with cakes (instead of thickened cream) and in any sweet recipe where you might usually use cream. 

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It's an incredibly versatile recipe that we've fallen in love with, however, whatever you do - be sure to try it on oatmeal too! It's so creamy and delicious and I'm sure you'll find a bunch of uses for it too. 

In fact, when I gave some to Jesse to try the first time his response was "um... don't bother sealing the lid on that jar because I think I'll just drink the whole thing". 

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