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Let them Eat Healthy Cake, When I was a child I rarely ate cake as my family considered it too, however I remember that family gatherings were an excuse for the best baking to be on show. I have in my time had an off on relationship with baking. At one stage in my life I use to make cakes to sell, every Tuesday morning In Sutton Market, I would arrive on foot at 6.30 am  with two supermarket trolleys loaded with baked goods , and by 10.30 am I was always sold out. I mainly made Apple pies, Quiches, Barmbrack, Bake well tarts , Victoria sponges, scones and flapjacks.( UK NOT USA British Flapjacks photo above are an oat basted cookie opposed to a pancake.) I am more a cook than a baker, not being mathematical all the precise measurements needed for good baking skills   are not my forte, but recently I have converted some unhealthy   recipes into healthier gluten free or low gluten varieties invested in some silicone cake pans, and with my trusty measuring cup producing some deli