Gluten Free Twinky Cake

The Twinky Cake is one of the cakes from our dessert auction lot for the Red & White Affair to support the Yountville Elementary School PTA. For our auction lot we offered a year (12 months) of monthly desserts. Created using fresh seasonal organic fruits and items.

The winners of the auction lot were very happy towin the auction. They asked if I could make the desserts Gluten Free and Sugar Free. At first I was concerned and asked if they realized the bid on an auction lot for “Desserts”. After speaking with the couple, my wife and I took it as a challenge, the proverbial guantlet was thrown…..

It was a year of growth in my baking as I learned to make desserts that were glutten free and sugar free, that still tasted sweet and delicious as a dessert should. The Twinky cake was a special item created for his birthday. The winner loved twinkys and really wanted a twinky cake. The cake had to be glutten free and sugar free but still taste like a twinky.

Big challenge…it had been over 20 years since I last ate a twinky. I had to go and buy some so knew what the taste profile was. It was a crazy month with attempting to get the taste and texture right. In the end the cake was perfect. The little cakes looked like twinkys and tasted like them. Our client and my family was surprised we pulled it off so well. We thoroughly enjoyed the challenge.

You are also welcome to come see for yourself where the magic happens. We’ll give you a glass of wine and discuss your project, we like meetings with wine!) Yes, we are happy to use any specialty products/produce you have. Yes, we can use your kitchen facilities if you prefer, but ONLY if we are given the opportunity to test our recipe there first. And finally, this all begins with a conversation, not just an email. Give us an idea about what you want and we won’t waste your time about it. Either we’ll tell you we’ll do it (and then you can relax, knowing it will be perfect) or we’ll tell you we can’t, no hard feelings and we’ll still have shared that glass of wine.