Like a kid in a candy shop

I absolutely love food.  Of course I loved it much more when I could eat whatever I wanted before I found out I was dairy intolerant and before being pregnant.  I have always had a massive sweet tooth and cakes have always been my absolutely favourite.  

Firstly let me start by clearing things up.  How could I not know I was dairy intolerant? Well to put it out there, I only had gas and bloating.  It sounds weird but I didn't realise I was bloated as my weight yoyos a lot and the whole gas thing I thought was down to my predominantly sweet and not so balanced diet.  The first week I went without dairy I was shocked at how much better I felt, I downed pints of milk when I was pregnant to relieve indigestion so I wouldn't have to buy bottles of Gaviscon so it's a wonder I wasn't much worse off.  I do wonder if I would have carried much smaller had I have downed pints of Alpro hazelnut milk instead. 

Anyway I digress.  I love cakes/desserts, a lot.  My favourites have to be black forest gateau and lemon meringue pie (I would also settle for key lime pie if that isn't available).  My birthday cake was a bespoke black forest gateau my husband had managed to acquire through many many phone calls and I will never forget how amazing it was.  I will also not understand how it lasted so long when it tasted so good and I would have a massive slice before/after each meal (ok now I'm seeing why I carried so big when I was pregnant...).  Sweet treats have also been a big weakness of mine and they still are now that I have discovered bars of Cadbury's Bourneville - the creamiest tasting non-dairy chocolate I have had so far! 

I would love to share with you some of my favourite dairy and non-dairy treats:

http://englishcheesecake.com/choose-a-cake - my son bought my husband a minis pack for Father's Day which went down a treat (especially as I got to have some)
http://www.hotelchocolat.com/uk/ 
http://www.lolascupcakes.co.uk/SubMenu1/1/cupcakes.htm 
http://www.chinchinlabs.com/ - for the warmer seasons, or if you just wrap up like I would because it's so worth it
http://www.themarshmallowist.com/collections/all
http://www.tastethedream.com/products/adfrozen_category.php - I have only seen Salted Caramel, Mint Choc and Praline Crunch in the UK but I can vouch for them all and my fave is the mint.  They taste amazing!
http://www.coconutco.co.uk/things-we-make/category/frozen/
 

There are many many more but some have no websites so I will just leave it with these for now.  They are all amazing and although I miss dairy and shouldn't indulge, if I'm not going anywhere for a few days and it's a particularly bad day... it's totally worth the bloating.  

~AB~