Sourdough Biscuits (Gluten Free & Vegan)

It's Thanksgiving week and we are having winter weather!  Brrr!  It's time to turn on the oven and bake!  These humble biscuits are good any time and my whole house loves them.  They're so good I'm going to make them for Thanksgiving dinner too and skip the stuffing and cornbread.  We won't skip pie, though.  Last year it was pecan pie and pumpkin pie.  This year it will be apple crumb pie. 

Pumpkin Whoopie Pies (Gluten Free & Vegan)

Are they little cakes?  Are they big cookies?  Who cares?*  These little treats aim to please and trust me, they do.  The original recipe comes from Penzey's, who recommend marshmallow creme in the filling to make it fluffy.  I can't find a gluten free, dairy free, soy free equilavent so I left that particular ingredient out.  I was just overwhelmingly pleased to be finally able to use a cream

Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Ganache

We celebrated DH's birthday the other week.  It was the big 4-0 and I felt that we should be irreverent about it (totally sticking our tongues out at this particular milestone).  One of his presents was a book titled Fart Proudly (featuring satirical writings by Benjamin Franklin).  After that, I had to make up for it by making him a yummy birthday cake. I looked at a Penzey's recipe and said "