I’ve come to realize that just about EVERYTHING has gluten in it and I’ve also noticed that way too many times the gluten-free products just aren’t all they are cracked up to be taste wise. I know the first couple of products my kids and I tried were just plain bad. The breads were dry and crumbly and on top of that expensive. In this day and age you can’t afford to spend so much on a loaf of bread just to throw it out.
So, any chance I get to try a gluten-free product free of charge, I’m gonna do it and I’m gonna be honest about it for two reasons: 1) that’s the kind of person I am and 2) you deserve to know if a product is something you should spend your hard earned money on. Before we go into the review let me just say (disclosure), Yes, I received these products free of charge from Gluten-Free Houston for this review. Now on to the review:
I received two cakes from Gluten-Free Houston (the only 100% gluten-free baking facility in Houston) last week and so I wanted to tell you a little bit about the products I received as well as mention some other available products.
I received both a gluten-free sour cream coffee cake and a carrot cake. The coffee cake was the major hit! My son devoured it all in less than 24 hours. I did manage to get a couple of pieces in myself. It was delicious. So soft and moist! (which is something your don’t really get with gluten-free usually) My son is usually the type to eat the toppings off as most kids are and leave the rest but not this time. He ate it all. Cinnamon topping and cake. He agreed it was “very good”. I could tell even before I opened the package that it was going to be soft. How? I very gently pressed on the side of the foil pan it came in and could tell that it wasn’t like other gluten free bread products we had tried before.
I was just checking out the website and they even make special occasion gluten free cakes. It is not often you can find “fresh baked” gluten free products that taste this good and are this moist. I can tell you it was moist and soft but I think you’d believe me more if you actually saw it for yourself so here’s a real quick little video of the coffee cake:
So, I’m not the best at video but you get the point. Check out their website for their other products which can be purchased online and shipped via Lone Star Overnight in Texas. If you are in Houston some of their products are available locally as well. Here’s just a quick list of a few of the many baked goodies available:
Gluten Free: sandwich bread, chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin and sugar cookies, brownies, coffee cake, carrot cake–in store pick up only, carrot cake muffins, white and chocolate cake and cupcakes, gingerbread cake.
Gluten Free/Dairy Free: sandwich bread, hamburger buns, dinner rolls.
Gluten Free & Gluten Free/Dairy Free frozen bread dough and French bread frozen dough.
Thank you GlutenFreeHouston for allowing me to share your delicious products with my family. Disclosure: Products were provided free of charge from GlutenFreeHouston.com for this review.
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