Gluten-free persuasion

Andrea Adleman

Today’s National Gluten-Free Day made me think about the gluten-free cupcakes I’ve met. Here’s my collection for the record.

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The Goodman Gluten-Free brand impressed me when I first tasted it in December 2017. Photo: Goodman Gluten-Free.
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I sampled Lucky Spoon Bakery at the Summer 2018 Fancy Food Show.
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This was part of my assignment as a Taste of Bethesda judge in October 2018.
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Knowing National Peanut Butter Fudge Day was coming up, I got this as my second choice when the bakery was out of its conventional peanut butter flavor. It made my visit to Kiss my Cake genuinely educational. My first exposure to tigernut flour yielded a wholly enjoyable cupcake.
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I found a lemon coconut of highly respectable quality at Wild Flours Bake Shop.

The last two cupcakes are from my November 2018 field research trip to Long Island. I went to Huntington, N.Y., to investigate the Frenagel and naturally studied local cupcakes, too.