Brent Hardinge

I have never been a big fan of cake for my birthday. As a child, my mom always let me choose what I wanted and usually it was some kind of pie. Or crepes. But I have finally found a cake I can savor and look forward to: Gingerbread cake with hot Lemon Sauce! This has become my requested desert of choice!

This version of the cake is gluten-free, a must for any sweets in our house! While it's good when the cake is hot or cold, it's best when the cake is still warm and the sauce is nice and hot!

Last Christmas we were given an Excalibur food dehydrator  and have used it on and off this spring. This summer, however, we began putting it to use in earnest.

Back in April, I wrote about my new fitness training program. It was a purely selfish reason that I did it: I didn't want to get showed up by my "addicted to running" friend. However the side effect was that by the time I ran Bloomsday, I had lost almost 20lbs!