I remember celebrating my first birthday after learning of my severe gluten intolerance. It was less than two months after going gluten free and it was still very new for me and my family. My parents actually bought a regular gluten-laden birthday cake for the occasion and I was responsible for buying my own slice of gluten free chocolate cake. Somehow it's just not quite the same having everyone else slice and eat a nice looking birthday cake, while I'm stuck scraping the icing off of my plastic container -- especially on MY birthday.

I'm happy to say that a TON has changed since that birthday. My family is super supportive of me and always ensures that family gatherings have gluten free food to keep me safe. And in their defence, five years ago there weren't near as many options for gluten free baked goods as there are now.

My birthday cakes have definitely progressed for the better. Going from stale, dry individual slices of gluten free cake bought from the grocery store, to everyone eating slices of Raw Aura's amazing raw banana chocolate cake, to this year when I actually made my own 'cake'! I can't tell you how proud I am that I made my own gluten free birthday 'cake' for everyone in my family to eat together. That's how a birthday's supposed to be. I say 'cake' loosely since it wasn't so much of a traditional cake than a Peanut Butter Banana Cream Pie!! Oh my. What better way to celebrate a summer birthday than a cold cream pie? I love the banana - peanut butter - chocolate combo, so this was a real winner. My family loved it and fought over the leftovers. That's how good it is. Nobody even batted an eye about it being gluten free.

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