My sister, Kelsy, and I were busy baking and our Mother was the taste tester. She approved.
My sister, Natalie, who is a Mother to a wild 8 yr old cowboy found this quote. I think she may be right!
“MOTHERS ARE ALL SLIGHTLY INSANE.” – J.D. Salinger
Happy belated Mother’s Day to all the slightly insane mothers out there!

We tried three new recipes. A Cardamom Pound Cake. Recipe can be found here. And two different types of gluten free muffins. The Chocolate Coffee Peanut Butter Muffins and the Peach Coconut Almond Flour Muffins can be found here along with eight other healthy muffin recipes. Maybe you can try some of the others too and report back to me!

I made a couple slight adaptations to the Cardamom Pound Cake. Instead of Creme Fraiche and whole milk I used refrigerator staples, sour cream and 2%. And I substituted 1 cup of all-purpose flour for 1/2 cup of spelt flour and 1/2 cup of almond flour. Because it makes me feel healthier! The cake passed the taste test, but I forgot to serve it with some sort of cream. Clotted cream, whipped cream, ice cream…..You get the picture.

Kelsy made a couple of adaptions too. Mostly to the flour combinations. For the Peach Coconut Almond Flour Muffins she used 1 cup of spelt flour, 1/4 cup of coconut flour, and a half cup of oat flour. She also used 1 whole banana and 4 peach halves from our canned peaches.
For the Chocolate Coffee Peanut Butter Muffins she used 1/4 cup of spelt flour, 1/4 cup of oat flour, 1/4 cup of coconut flour and 1/4 cup of ground flax seed. She also used 1 1/2 bananas. I am sure you could experiment with other gluten free flours too!