Judi's Crazy Cake (You Can Easily Make It Gluten Free!)

Last weekend I tried a cake recipe for the first time that my friend Judi gave me awhile ago.  She's given me a lot of incredible recipes (and a lot of those are on the list at the bottom of this recipe), and so I knew this one would be good.  

   There's a few different ways of making crazy cake, but Judi just puts hers together the normal way.  I couldn't believe at first that this recipe doesn't call for any eggs!  

   I brought this cake out to my daughter's house for a family dinner, and my son-in-law right away said how good it was and that it DID NOT taste gluten free!  Now that's what I like to hear!

Judi's Crazy Cake

1.  Mix dry ingredients - In a medium sized mixing bowl stir together:
(1)  1 cup of white rice flour, 1 cup of sorghum flour, and 1 cup of tapioca flour
(2)  2 cups of white sugar, 2 t of baking soda,  1/2 cup of baking cocoa, and 1/2 t of salt.


2.  Mix together the liquid ingredients - In a medium sized bowl mix together:
(1)  1/2 cup of extra virgin olive oil
(2)  2 T of apple cider vinegar and 1 t of vanilla extract
(3)  2 cups of water

3.  Combine the liquid ingredients with the flour mixture.  

4.  Bake in a lightly greased and floured 9 x 13 at 350 for 30 minutes.  Check with a toothpick.

5.  Cool on a wire rack before frosting with Judi's  fudge frosting or use your own favorite.

Judi's No Fail Fudge Frosting

Mix in a pan:    2 cups of sugar, 1/2 cup of baking cocoa, 1/2 cup of butter, 1/2 cup of water, 1/8 t of salt, and 1 T of vanilla.  Bring to a hard boil and it for 2 minutes stirring constantly.  Set the pan in cold water and whip with beaters until thick.  Spread on cake.  

Other Gluten Free Baking & Desserts on This Blog:

Breads & Coffee Cakes: 
Gluten free & Low-fat Banana Bread    (From my daughter-in-law's family reunion cookbook)
Celebrate Fall With Gluten Free Pumpkin Bread  (A friend's recipe)
Delicious Gluten Free Zucchini Bread (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
My Favorite Gluten Free Cranberry Nut Bread  (From my daughter-in-law's family cookbook)
Claudia's Blueberry Coffee Cake (Made Gluten Free!)   (From a former neighbor)
Here's a Zucchini Bread with a Hawaiian Twist! Gluten Free Pineapple Zucchini Bread (From my Syre School Cookbook)

Cakes:
Gluten Free German Apple Cake   (From my grandmother)
You Won't Believe It's Gluten Free Carrot Cake (From my daughter's husband's grandma--whew)
Judi's Super Moist Gluten Free Chocolate Cake    (From a church friend)
Judi's Gluten Free Orange Chiffon Cake    (From a church friend)
Marilyn's Spectacular Gluten Free Oatmeal Cake   (My mother-in-law's specialty!)
The Best Gluten Free Black Bottom Cupcakes   (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
Delicious Gluten Free Rhubarb Cake   (From my daughter-in-law's family reunion cookbook)
Grandma's Gluten Free Applesauce Cake   (From an Internet search--tastes like my grandma's!)
Old Fashioned Gluten Free Banana Cake   (From my grandma)
Rosie's Gluten Free Pineapple Upside Down Cake   (From my daughter-in-law's family reunion cookbook)
Overwhelmed By Your Bumper Crop of Zucchini? Try Claudia's Gluten Free Chocolate Zucchini Cake!   (From my former neighbor Claudia of 12 years)
Decadent & Gluten Free German Chocolate Cake  (From my Come & Dine church cookbook)
Debbie's Delicious Hot Water GF Chocolate Cake   (From my Come & Dine cookbook)
Debbie's Less Oil Carrot Cake (Made Gluten Free!)   (From my Come & Dine cookbook)

Cookies:
The Ultimate Gluten Free Cowboy Oatmeal Cookies   (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
Mom's Go To For Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookies (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
The Best Gluten Free Recipe for Snickerdoodles    (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
Gluten Free Rocky Road Brownies    (From a church friend)
Mark's Famous Chocolate Chip Cookies - Made Gluten Free!   (From my daughter-in-law's family reunion cookbook)
Judi's Gluten Free Oatmeal Craisin & Coconut Cookies (From a church friend)
Marie's Old Fashioned Molasses Cookies (Also Great Gluten Free!)   (My friend Marie's recipe)
Bebe's Gluten Free Whoopie Pies  (From my friend Debbie)
Scrumptious Gluten Free Blackberry Cake   
Gluten Free Coconut Chocolate Chip Macaroons  - (Recipe on Baker's bag of coconut)

Cornbread & Rolls:
Beth's Amazing Gluten Free Cornbread   (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
Judi's Favorite Gluten Free Buttermilk Biscuits   (My friend Judi's sister's recipe)

Crisps & Pies:
Lena's Rhubarb Crunch (A crisp with a gluten free top and bottom crust!) (My daughter-in-law's mother. She's an amazing cook, which I think most of us moms become after a few years!)
Delicious Gluten Free Apple Crisp    (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
Ginger's Outrageous Apple Pie    (From a church friend)
The BEST Lemon Meringue Pie with Mrs. Lauralicious Gluten Free Pie Crust  (Internet)
My Grandmother's Favorite Banana Cream Pie  (A recipe from my grandmother)
Granny's Lemon Cheesecake Squares   (From my friend Judi's granny)
Simple & Gluten Free Chocolate Cream Pie   (From my Syre School Cookbook)

Desserts with Fruit:
Sensational Gluten Free Strawberry Shortcake   (From the back of Costco's organic sugar)

Terrific Gluten Free Strawberry & Peach Trifle  (Modified from an Internet search)
My Favorite Gluten Free Strawberry Cheesecake (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
Just Like Grandma's (But Only Gluten Free) Berry Cobbler (My husband's grandma's recipe)
Gluten Free Lemony Rhubarb Bars (From my Syre School Cookbook)
Old Fashioned Strawberry Buckle (Made Gluten Free)   (A recipe I picked up from a berry farm)
From New Zealand - Triple Berry Pavlova  (A friend's recipe - Heritage School Cookbook)

Holiday Cookies & Baking:

Old Fashioned Gluten Free Pumpkin Cookies  (Modified from back of the Libby's pumpkin can)
My Family's Favorite Gingerbread Cookies (Now Made Gluten Free!)  (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
My Grandkids Favorite Gluten Free Peppermint Sugar Cookies  (From Syre School Cookbook)
Our Favorite Pumpkin Pie   (Modified from back of Libby's pumpkin can)
Perfect Gluten Free Pumpkin Cheesecake   (From back of cream cheese box)
Gluten Free Polish Fruitcake  ( Modified from Internet search)
Old Fashioned Gluten Free Gingerbread Cake   (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
Gluten Free Nordy Bars  ( From my Syre School Cookbook)
Grandma Pitcher's Old Fashioned Sandies (Made Gluten Free)  (My husband's grandma)
Make a Family Tradition & Make Your Own Fruitcake    (From my Heritage School Cookbook)

Muffins:

My Favorite Banana Nut Muffins   (From my daughter-in-law's family reunion cookbook)
Gluten Free Tremendous Pumpkin Muffins   (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
Bursting with Blueberries Gluten Free Muffins   (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
Toni's Outrageous Gluten Free Corn Muffins    (From back of a Bob's Red Mill package)
Sassy Gluten Free Apple Cinnamon Muffins  (From my Heritage School Cookbook)

Puddings & Ice Cream: 

Dairy Free Strawberry Coconut Ice Cream (And other ice cream favorites!) (From searches)

Baked Coconut Pudding   (Something I worked out from my Aunt Sue's rice pudding recipe)

Tangy Lemon Pudding   (From my daughter-in-laws family reunion cookbook)

Why Did Noah Need to Find Grace in Genesis 6:8?

    After Adam and Eve's fall, everything went progressively downhill from there.  Obviously Cain's murdering his brother shattered the family.  Scripture shows us that Cain's family started a godless culture, and Satan used that to oppose those who followed God's way like Adam's great-grandsons Enosh (Gen. 4:26)  and Enoch (Gen. 5:19-24). 

       I was surprised when I was reading Genesis 6  that most people's thoughts were evil and that the earth was filled with violence (Gen 6:5, 11).  In this godless generation one of Adam's great-great-grandsons Lamech gave birth to a man named Noah.  

    Things got so bad that the Bible says that God regretted that He had even made man.  Against this black background Noah shines like a bright star:  But Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.  Genesis 6:8

In chapter 28 of the Life-Study of Genesis I learned that grace here is not just unmerited favor.  It really means a lot more, and I was touched with the definition Witness Lee gives of grace on page 376:

Grace is not only something given by God, but it is God Himself doing things for us.  Grace is not something objective that is given to us by God…. Are you weak? God will come to be your strength and that coming of God is grace.  Are you unable to face your situation? That need not be a problem, because God will come to stand with you and face that situation for and in you.  This is grace.  If you read Genesis 6 carefully, you will see that grace here does not mean that God gave Noah many things.  It means that God came to Noah and was with Noah.  God’s presence was Noah’s strength and power….In the midst of a crooked, perverse, and adulterous generation, a generation whose temptations no one could withstand, Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord.  God came to strengthen Noah that He might stand with him and uphold him.  That was the grace that Noah found, and that is the grace that we need today (Lee, Witness. Life-Study of Genesis. Anaheim: Living Stream Ministry, 1976 Print).   

     I read through this Life-Study many years ago, and sometimes I have felt that I was unable to face my situation.  Then I was reminded of this passage and I would pray something like, "God I need you to stand with me and face this situation in me and for me." Toward the end of the chapter Witness Lee mentions Hebrews 4:12 which is like a sister verse to Genesis 6:8:  Let us come forward with boldness to the throne of grace that we may find grace and mercy for time of need. I'm so glad that grace is God coming to be exactly what we need.

Here's a beautiful song called:  Lord, Grant Me Today's Supply of Grace 
Blog Update 11-10-17:  Another song I recently heard on Youtube put out by New York City Young People's CD called Choose to be a Living Overcomer.

You can  also listen to live excerpts from these messages on  Genesis on Life-Study of the Bible with Witness Lee.  

Other Posts on the Life-Study of Genesis:

From the Life-Study of Genesis - What is the Focus of the Bible?
What Happened Between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2?
Why Did God Create Man in Genesis 1:26?
Why Did God Create Man With 3 Parts in Genesis 2:7?
Why Did God Put Man in Front of the Two Trees in Genesis 2?
Seeing God's Purpose of Life & Building in the Book of Genesis
What is the Story Behind the Story of Cain & Abel?
What Did Enosh Learn to Do in Genesis 4:26?
How Did Enoch Escape Death in Genesis 5:24?
Why Did Noah Need to Find Grace in Genesis 6:8?
What Does the Rainbow Symbolize in Genesis 9:13?
How Did God Call Abraham in Genesis 12:1?
How Did God Fulfill the Birth of Isaac in Genesis 12:7?
What Does the Marriage of Isaac & Rebekah Show in Genesis 24?
How Does the Story of Jacob Show God's Selection in Genesis 25?
Why Did Jacob Dream About a Ladder in Genesis 28:12?
Seeing Our Spiritual Journey in the Lives of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, & Joseph
Why Did Jacob Call theTwo Altars in Genesis 33 & 35 By Different Names?
How Do the Stories of Jacob & Joseph Mirror God's Purpose in Genesis 1:26?
How Did Joseph's Dreams Really Get Fulfilled in Genesis 41?

Gluten Free Coconut Chocolate Chip Macaroons

Macaroons are my one of my father's favorite cookies, and that's probably why I like them so much. Coconut makes everything extra yummy. 

 Last month when I was at my grandkids house, we made a batch of gluten free macaroons using the recipe on the back of their Baker's bag of sweetened coconut.  We also threw in about a cup of mini chocolate chips.  

Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Macaroons - For 2 dozen

1.  Mix dry ingredients - In a medium sized mixing bowl put:
(1)  5 1/3 cups of flaked coconut   (My Southern Living Cookbook only calls for 2 2/3--that's a big difference!  Next time I'm going to use less)
(2)  2/3 cup of white sugar and 1/4 t salt.
(3)  6 T of gluten free flour--We used a Costco blend, next time I'm going to try almond or coconut flour but lower the amount.
(4)  Optional:  Add 1 cup of mini chocolate chips

2.  Whisk 4 egg whites in  a small  bowl with 1 t almond extract.

3. Add the egg white mixture to the dry ingredients and stir until combined.

4.  Drop onto a greased baking sheet and bake at 325 for 15-20 minutes. 

Other Gluten Free Baking & Desserts on This Blog:

Breads & Coffee Cakes: 
Gluten free & Low-fat Banana Bread    (From my daughter-in-law's family reunion cookbook)
Celebrate Fall With Gluten Free Pumpkin Bread  (A friend's recipe)
Delicious Gluten Free Zucchini Bread (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
My Favorite Gluten Free Cranberry Nut Bread  (From my daughter-in-law's family cookbook)
Claudia's Blueberry Coffee Cake (Made Gluten Free!)   (From a former neighbor)
Here's a Zucchini Bread with a Hawaiian Twist! Gluten Free Pineapple Zucchini Bread (From my Syre School Cookbook)

Cakes:
Gluten Free German Apple Cake   (From my grandmother)
You Won't Believe It's Gluten Free Carrot Cake (From my daughter's husband's grandma--whew)
Judi's Super Moist Gluten Free Chocolate Cake    (From a church friend)
Judi's Gluten Free Orange Chiffon Cake    (From a church friend)
Marilyn's Spectacular Gluten Free Oatmeal Cake   (My mother-in-law's specialty!)
The Best Gluten Free Black Bottom Cupcakes   (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
Delicious Gluten Free Rhubarb Cake   (From my daughter-in-law's family reunion cookbook)
Grandma's Gluten Free Applesauce Cake   (From an Internet search--tastes like my grandma's!)
Old Fashioned Gluten Free Banana Cake   (From my grandma)
Rosie's Gluten Free Pineapple Upside Down Cake   (From my daughter-in-law's family reunion cookbook)
Overwhelmed By Your Bumper Crop of Zucchini? Try Claudia's Gluten Free Chocolate Zucchini Cake!   (From my former neighbor Claudia of 12 years)
Decadent & Gluten Free German Chocolate Cake  (From my Come & Dine church cookbook)
Debbie's Delicious Hot Water GF Chocolate Cake   (From my Come & Dine cookbook)
Debbie's Less Oil Carrot Cake (Made Gluten Free!)   (From my Come & Dine cookbook)

Cookies:
The Ultimate Gluten Free Cowboy Oatmeal Cookies   (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
Mom's Go To For Gluten Free Peanut Butter Cookies (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
The Best Gluten Free Recipe for Snickerdoodles    (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
Gluten Free Rocky Road Brownies    (From a church friend)
Mark's Famous Chocolate Chip Cookies - Made Gluten Free!   (From my daughter-in-law's family reunion cookbook)
Judi's Gluten Free Oatmeal Craisin & Coconut Cookies (From a church friend)
Marie's Old Fashioned Molasses Cookies (Also Great Gluten Free!)   (My friend Marie's recipe)
Bebe's Gluten Free Whoopie Pies  (From my friend Debbie)
Scrumptious Gluten Free Blackberry Cake   

Cornbread & Rolls:
Beth's Amazing Gluten Free Cornbread   (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
Judi's Favorite Gluten Free Buttermilk Biscuits   (My friend Judi's sister's recipe)

Crisps & Pies:
Lena's Rhubarb Crunch (A crisp with a gluten free top and bottom crust!) (My daughter-in-law's mother. She's an amazing cook, which I think most of us moms become after a few years!)
Delicious Gluten Free Apple Crisp    (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
Ginger's Outrageous Apple Pie    (From a church friend)
The BEST Lemon Meringue Pie with Mrs. Lauralicious Gluten Free Pie Crust  (Internet)
My Grandmother's Favorite Banana Cream Pie  (A recipe from my grandmother)
Granny's Lemon Cheesecake Squares   (From my friend Judi's granny)
Simple & Gluten Free Chocolate Cream Pie   (From my Syre School Cookbook)

Desserts with Fruit:
Sensational Gluten Free Strawberry Shortcake   (From the back of Costco's organic sugar)

Terrific Gluten Free Strawberry & Peach Trifle  (Modified from an Internet search)
My Favorite Gluten Free Strawberry Cheesecake (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
Just Like Grandma's (But Only Gluten Free) Berry Cobbler (My husband's grandma's recipe)
Gluten Free Lemony Rhubarb Bars (From my Syre School Cookbook)
Old Fashioned Strawberry Buckle (Made Gluten Free)   (A recipe I picked up from a berry farm)
From New Zealand - Triple Berry Pavlova  (A friend's recipe - Heritage School Cookbook)

Holiday Cookies & Baking:

Old Fashioned Gluten Free Pumpkin Cookies  (Modified from back of the Libby's pumpkin can)
My Family's Favorite Gingerbread Cookies (Now Made Gluten Free!)  (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
My Grandkids Favorite Gluten Free Peppermint Sugar Cookies  (From Syre School Cookbook)
Our Favorite Pumpkin Pie   (Modified from back of Libby's pumpkin can)
Perfect Gluten Free Pumpkin Cheesecake   (From back of cream cheese box)
Gluten Free Polish Fruitcake  ( Modified from Internet search)
Old Fashioned Gluten Free Gingerbread Cake   (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
Gluten Free Nordy Bars  ( From my Syre School Cookbook)
Grandma Pitcher's Old Fashioned Sandies (Made Gluten Free)  (My husband's grandma)
Make a Family Tradition & Make Your Own Fruitcake    (From my Heritage School Cookbook)

Muffins:

My Favorite Banana Nut Muffins   (From my daughter-in-law's family reunion cookbook)
Gluten Free Tremendous Pumpkin Muffins   (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
Bursting with Blueberries Gluten Free Muffins   (From my Heritage School Cookbook)
Toni's Outrageous Gluten Free Corn Muffins    (From back of a Bob's Red Mill package)
Sassy Gluten Free Apple Cinnamon Muffins  (From my Heritage School Cookbook)

Puddings & Ice Cream: 

Dairy Free Strawberry Coconut Ice Cream (And other ice cream favorites!) (From searches)

Baked Coconut Pudding   (Something I worked out from my Aunt Sue's rice pudding recipe)

Tangy Lemon Pudding   (From my daughter-in-laws family reunion cookbook)

How Did Enoch Escape Death in Genesis 5:24?

      Every evening my husband and I try to get a walk in.  I’ve been walking about five times a week for over 15 years.   But before I had a bone density scan in 2007, it didn’t matter to me that much if I skipped a day.  However, the results of this scan alarmed both my doctor and me. Through blood testing, we found out that my early bone deterioration was because of celiac disease.  Finding both of these diseases out in a few weeks of each other drastically changed my life. 

Hiking  at Artist Point

       I was thinking about this parallel when I was reading the chapter on Enoch in my Life-Study of Genesis:

And Enoch walked with God after he had begotten Methuselah [his Hebrew name means when he is dead, it shall be sent] three hundred years,…  And Enoch walked with God, and he was not, for God took Him.  Genesis 5:22A, 26

In chapter 26 of the Life-Study of Genesis Witness Lee gives the definition of what walking with God looks like. He said it means to do everything according to God and with God.  And, of course, he uses taking a walk  to illustrate this. He points out that it’s not easy to walk with someone, because only one of the persons gets to decide the pace and destination.  

        When I walk with my husband, I am forced to walk faster to keep up with him.  And I don’t always find it easy going where he wants to go. Most of the time I’m the one who gives in.  And Witness Lee shares in this chapter that in our walk with the Lord this is also important. Instead of arguing with the Lord on where He’s taking us, I need to learn to give in to Him more.  I liked the connection he gave here when he said that calling on the Lord revealed in Genesis 4:26 issues in walking with the Lord in Genesis 5:22.  I for sure can't walk with the Lord unless I first receivegrace from calling on His name.

       But probably my favorite part of this chapter was on page 358 when he talks about what Enoch's generation was like, and how Methuselah motivated him to walk with God:

Walking with my daughter

Enoch begot Methuselah at the age of sixty-five.  Therefore, Enoch’s prophecy regarding the flood was uttered when he was sixty-five years of age.  Thereafter, day and night Enoch was expecting the fulfillment of that prophecy, and that expectation caused him to walk with God. Although the whole generation and everything in it was ungodly, he himself did not dare to be ungodly. He was holy and walked with God, hoping to be saved from God’s judgment.  Enoch held on to that expectation for three hundred years (Lee, Witness. Life-Study of Genesis. Anaheim: Living Stream Ministry, 1974, Print).

The Bible tells us that Methuselah died when he was 969 years old, but God raptured Enoch when he was only 365. It touched me when I read that this happened because every year Enoch walked a little closer to God.  

   Knowing something is going to happen is a huge motivator to take serious action.  Finding out that I had some medical concerns forced me to take my diet and exercise more seriously.  In the same way, we all need to be continually motivated in our spiritual walk.  

You can  also listen to live excerpts from these messages on  Genesis on Life-Study of the Bible with Witness Lee.  

Other Posts on the Life-Study of Genesis:

From the Life-Study of Genesis - What is the Focus of the Bible?
What Happened Between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2?
Why Did God Create Man in Genesis 1:26?
Why Did God Create Man With 3 Parts in Genesis 2:7?
Why Did God Put Man in Front of the Two Trees in Genesis 2?
Seeing God's Purpose of Life & Building in the Book of Genesis
What is the Story Behind the Story of Cain & Abel?
What Did Enosh Learn to Do in Genesis 4:26?
How Did Enoch Escape Death in Genesis 5:24?
Why Did Noah Need to Find Grace in Genesis 6:8?
What Does the Rainbow Symbolize in Genesis 9:13?
How Did God Call Abraham in Genesis 12:1?
How Did God Fulfill the Birth of Isaac in Genesis 12:7?
What Does the Marriage of Isaac & Rebekah Show in Genesis 24?
How Does the Story of Jacob Show God's Selection in Genesis 25?
Why Did Jacob Dream About a Ladder in Genesis 28:12?
Seeing Our Spiritual Journey in the Lives of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, & Joseph
Why Did Jacob Call theTwo Altars in Genesis 33 & 35 By Different Names?
How Do the Stories of Jacob & Joseph Mirror God's Purpose in Genesis 1:26?
How Did Joseph's Dreams Really Get Fulfilled in Genesis 41?