The Crêpe Escape

Chocolate Crepes with raspberry sauce

Valentine’s Day each year consists of your standard treats, whether it may be a box of chocolates, candy hearts, or even chocolate covered strawberries. This year instead of overindulging on Valentine’s Day goodies, sweet cheat yourself and a loved one to chocolate crêpes with raspberry sauce. Paris is known for being the city of love where the word crêpe, which is French, origins from France. Nothing says romance better than this homemade dessert for a special someone.

What I love about crêpes is the variety of ways they can be served leaving your sweet tooth craving satisfied. I found this recipe through Pinterest on a page called Taste of Home. I really enjoyed this recipe and found making crêpes for the first time easier than I thought. This recipe calls for fat-free ingredients making these crêpes low in calories and low in fat. The crêpe itself was not very sweet so adding the raspberry sauce was a really nice touch. Since this was my first time making this recipe, after making the raspberry sauce I noticed that there was a lot compared to home many crêpes I had. Next time I make this recipe, I will definitely cut that in half so I’m not left with much extra sauce.   

So this weekend refrain yourself from your typical store bought treats and try making these homemade chocolate crêpes with raspberry sauce!

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Cupcake Craze

This week I celebrated my birthday, and of course I had to include one of my favourite things – Cupcakes! I love cupcakes. Ever since I can remember, cupcakes have always made an appearance on my birthday and this year was no exception. This year for my birthday I made gluten-free vanilla cupcakes. It was my first time baking gluten-free and since my best friend is celiac, I definitely wanted to make sure I made something for everyone to eat. I found this recipe on Pinterest and found the ingredients and the directions simplistic.

Vanilla Gluten-Free Cupcakes with Icing

I liked this recipe because it made a dozen cupcakes; just enough so you won’t have cupcakes for a week. And the best part about cupcakes is that they are perfect for portion control. For first time gluten-free bakers, cupcakes are typically a little crumbly, more like a muffin and not as moist as you expect. Since it was my first time baking this recipe, I did follow the exact ingredients. These cupcakes weren’t very sweet, and like I mentioned, they were not very moist. This recipe does not include icing, and because some of my friends are used to sweet cupcakes, I made a little icing enough to help enhance the sweetness of the cupcake!

I know that my best friend enjoyed these cupcakes and I would recommend anyone who is celiac to try this little sweet cheat and let me know what you think!

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