Gluten-free Raspberry Crumb Bars | infinebalance (2024)

These Raspberry Crumb Bars are a pretty and petit dessert. Perfect for the sweet table at fancy gatherings - think Mother's Day Brunch and Baby Showers. Gluten-Free and Vegan.

Not saying there will or won't be future children, it's just that you never know what life will bring you.And life very well can bring boys. And I am certainly not saying that there is anything wrong with boys. I love every grubby inch of my guy. But early motherhood is anything but frilly. Even with girl babies. Still, in the event that a boy is in the future, there will be no need for pastries. Parties for boys are decidedly not frilly. Boy parties involve action figures and bulldozers. Dinosaurs and legos. Boy parties would not have raspberry crumb bars. Mud pies maybe. But pretty little pastries filled with raspberry preserves, not likely.

(Despite saying this, you will be hard pressed to find a boy who will not try to sneak one of these when no one is looking. With dusty, dirty little fingers too. Likely right out of the freezer.)

So without further ado, here isthe recipe for these pretty, frilly baby-shower treats.

If you were to look in my pantry you might be surprised to know that gluten-free baking is really not my thing. I don't usually worry about gluten and have no real reason to be worried about it. But in my pantry, I have all the weird and unusual ingredients that usually go with gluten-free things - coconut flour, sorghum flour, xantham gum, brown rice flour. I just love the feeling that I can make anything on a whim. I like being well stocked. So I tend to grab things when I'm out shopping that I might have seen in a recipe once, somewhere because of you-never-know-when-you-might-need-it.

Like, you never know when you might need to whip up a batch of gluten-free raspberry crumb bars.

Creating a perfect and effortless dessert table:

The ideal dessert table as a large variety of items. So there is something for everyone. Lemon, fruit-based and of course chocolate. Here a few tips to make sure your dessert table makes all your guests happy without killing yourself in the kitchen:

Planning your dessert table

• Plan your dessert table in advance so that you have time to bake all the goodies and to ensure you have covered everyone's favourites
• Ask for help - but don't be afraid to ask for specifics. Ask someone to bring their favourite bundt cake, and some else to bring a lemon dessert, and yet a third person to bring brownies. You don't want to end up with too many of the same thing.
• Cover the basics in flavours - lemon, chocolate, fruit-filled...
• Consider dietary restrictions of your guests: for this party, we knew ahead of time we had some gluten-free folks attending. So we made sure they would have plenty of options. Which is where this recipe came in.

Setting up a dessert table

• Choose desserts you can freeze and make them ahead of time. And start early.
• Supplement your homemade baked goods with bakery items - fancy cupcakes or decorated cookies. Things that take time to make. And then plate them right alongside the homemade goodies.
• Cut desserts into small serving sizes. The smaller the better. You want things to be just a bite or two. Your guests will appreciate this so that they can sample as many things as possible. Cut squares small, half or even a quarter of a normal serving, slice cakes and bundt cakes in thin slices and arrange on a pretty platter.
• Mix and match your plates and platters. The easiest thing you can do to dress up your dessert table is to be intentional about the plating! Don' just leave stuff in the Tupperware and cardboard boxes it came in. Plates and platters don't need to be expensive or fancy. I like to use tiers and flat platters in different shapes and sizes. To make this easy - things don't need to match. But I like to stick with all white or glass in different shapes and sizes. Pastel colours for a girly themed party are nice too. Let the desserts shine and make the table look pretty.
• Fresh fruit always dresses up the dessert table. Use strawberries, raspberries and grapes to add colour to platters of cakes and cookies.

Some recipes to try that work nicely in a dessert table:

• Lemon poppy seed bundt cake
• Chocolate Fudge Oat Bars - gluten-free
• Easy lemon cheesecake squares
• Rhubarb Coffeecake

This recipe comes from Gluten-Free Goddess, with few modifications, you can find her original recipe here. For those of you who are concerned with gluten-free and are looking for more recipes, I whole heartily recommend her site. It is full. FULL. of amazing recipes - many of which are vegan too.

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