A fun way to celebrate any occasion! This colorful Gluten-Free Funfetti Waffle Cake is vegan, top 8 allergy-free, requires minimal ingredients, while still being a dessert (or breakfast) recipe to remember! Whether it’s a birthday or fun milestone, kids and adults this fun and easy creation!
Hip, Hip, Hooray! Do you know what day tomorrow is? It will be Strength and Sunshine’s 5th Birthday! I usually post a Funfetti creation on my own birthday, which was June 6th, but decided to take that day off and just post a fun and colorful recipe that could celebrate both these “birthdays”. So apparently I’m 22 now, but Strength and Sunshine will be 5 years old on June 26th. That’s crazy! I started Strength and Sunshine when I had just turned 17 and ending my junior year of high school, not knowing that I’d still be here, on this platform 5 years later.
Usually I don’t make the “blog anniversaries” too big of a deal, but I think 5 years is a milestone not to be forgotten. Throughout this entire journey in the virtual space, I have been first and foremost a student. Blogging has always had to come second (obviously), but 5 years down the line and now it pains me to see and realize all the mistakes I’ve made, things I’ve pushed aside, and aspects, of what is now a business, neglected. When I started Strength and Sunshine, I had zero intentions of it being a profitable business, nor even being solely a recipe blog. I was posting random “fun” posts, engaging with the community I had grown-up reading as a teenager, and pushing my way into the “healthy living blog” space.
The first 2 years, 1 and a half of which were on the wordpress.com platform (before going self-hosted), had no game plan, no thought about things like SEO, Instagram (which I regret so much…back when you could still grow on the platform. Not to mention my username dilemma!), defining a place for myself in a specific niche, having a target audience, etc. Basically, I regret NOT beginning with the business mindset, but how could I have ever known? That was never my goal as a newly 17 year old girl in finishing high school. I never struggled with “growing a following” as a new blogger as so many new bloggers do now in this saturated industry. It grew and I realized my best content was my gluten-free, plant-based, allergy-friendly recipes. So after cutting off the training wheels and establishing a real self-hosted blog, I started focusing on recipe creation and cutting back on the yoga, fitness, random fluff I would post (also, in the beginning I was posting FIVE days a week!? Holy crap, no!)
Honestly, I don’t think I really put my mind into driving Strength and Sunshine forward as a business until 2 years ago. Now I know what I want from the brand I’ve built and refined as a gluten-free and friendly recipe blog. I also know what I “should” and “must” do to keep growing, however, all the previous years wasted with fluff, garbage (how I see it), and poorly constructed content and development…it’s hard to get out of that, fix it all, while still being a student. I’m not a married woman with an established house, apartment, LIFE. I’m close, but still a wee bit more time to go before Strength and Sunshine can be (or not be) my #1 focus. There’s a doubting reality of the amount of money that I would have to invest and spend to get help with fixing all the kinks, blunders, and “boo-boos” I’ve made with Strength and Sunshine. I’ve done all this myself but I know that hiring a team would be the next step. Drowning in managing my own brand and business won’t lead to more growth. You can only grow and expand for so long by yourself.
For example, this post is going to have like zero SEO value, as I haven’t even said “waffle” once (until now). But not to be a debbie-downer on what should be a wonderful milestone to celebrate, I really am taking this summer to dive deep and think about the future here. I have one more semester of college before I’ll be graduating with a bachelor’s degree in Public Health. From there…where do we go? Graduate school? Full freelance and blogging? Quit it all and get a 9 to 5? That’s one thing I know for certain now. There is NO WAY I will ever work a 9 to 5 when I’ve tasted the sweet freedom of making money as a self-employed individual. By this time next year hopefully I’ll have a lot more answers and insight, but until then, can we just enjoy a slice of this Gluten-free Funfetti Waffle Cake?
I may not know what I’m doing with my life, but I do know how to make some damn good Funfetti FUN! We’re whipping out the good ‘ole Dash mini waffle maker again but this time we’re adding all the colorful sprinkles, stacking the waffles in tower formation, and toping them with some vegan vanilla buttercream frosting (and more sprinkles), because that, my friends, is the only way to celebrate! I was super stoked to find some allergy-free (actually bright colored) rainbow sprinkles at a random dollar store that produced this legit Funfetti visual appeal (they were not “all natural” like usual, but we’re celebrating!)
Gluten-Free Funfetti Waffle Cake
- 1 Cup Gluten-Free Baking Flour
- 1 Prepared Bob's Red Mill "Egg" Replacement
- ¼ Cup Erythritol (or preferred granulated sweetener)
- 1 Tsp Baking Powder
- ½ Tsp Pure Madagascar Bourbon Vanilla Extract
- ¾ Cup Unsweetened Non-Dairy Milk
- 2 TB Allergy-Free Rainbow Sprinkles (plus more for topping)
- 1 Batch of Vegan Vanilla Buttercream Frosting
- Grease and allow the mini waffle maker to heat as you prepare your waffle batter.
- In a bowl, whisk together the dry ingredients, then add the vanilla and milk and mix together to make a smooth and thick waffle better.
- Fold in the rainbow sprinkles to the combined batter.
- Now make 4 mini waffles in the waffle maker with the batter and allow them to cook until the waffle maker tells you they're done!
- To finish the waffle cake, stack the waffles on top of each other, use a fill a pastry bag with the prepared frosting, and frost the top waffle. Add extra rainbow sprinkles to the top of the frosting before enjoying!
There is so much left unsaid here, but I never want to bore my readers with blogging and business talk. I don’t blog for other bloggers or entrepreneurs in this space. So many bloggers end up falling into that, or choosing to go down that path, with age (or right from the gate, which is a whole other story), but that’s not and will not be Strength and Sunshine. My celiac and food allergy folk don’t care about algorithms, taxes, or Pinterest strategies. Many “lifestyle” bloggers you see think that by blogging about blogging is the only way to profit. Maybe it is for a “lifestyle” blogger, but not here, not on a recipe blog with a mission to help those with celiac disease and food allergies! Tell me if I’m wrong, but I’m happy just giving you the yummy food and allergic living tips to help you thrive. This Funfetti Waffle Cake is just the sweet treat I think we all can use though, no matter who you are, where you are, or what you do for a living. Cheers to another 5 years? (I hope so!)
So tell me:
+ No questions today, just make sure you enjoy some Funfetti tomorrow and let me know you did!
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Not only does this look delicious but it would just be such fun to eat.
Anytime you need a cake for a celebration!
Wow this looks so festive, colorful and yummy!
For any celebration!
This looks so delicious! Happy blogiversary!! I started following you before I became gluten free, but your recipes have really helped over the last year. My funfetti for my birthday last week came with a delicious GF sponge filled with cream, fresh raspberries & strawberries baked by my mum x
I’m so glad, and thank you! Funfetti is the only way to celebrate, eh? More sprinkles!
Great post! This recipe looks delicious AND it’s gluten-free, vegan + allergy-free! Congrats to you and Happy 5 years!!
Thank you so much!
These look so good! Going to repin for later!!
Thank you! I hope you make it for your next celebration 😉
This looks so good! I’m going to need to try this!
Yes you will!
Happy blogaversary!
My birthday is June 5!
And I’m a walking allergy! Gluten, dairy, some preservatives!
Love your post and your recipe.
Keep up the great work.
You mean “was” June 5th? Haha, well mine was June 6th!
These look so fun and vegan! I love a good plant based recipe.
All about the fun here!
Happy birthday and happy blogaversary! This looks like such a fun and delicious way to celebrate! 🙂
Hope you’ve been having a good week and have a nice weekend ahead of you!
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Aw, thanks! You too!
Although I don’t have any allergies to gluten, I will definitely be making this for a breakfast treat someday soon. Happy blog anniversary and thanks for sharing!
Thanks.
This looks so delicious! Can’t wait to try the recipe!
Thanks! Enjoy when you do!
This is the prettiest recipe ever x
O, thank you!
Happy 5th anniversary to your blog. I’ve discovered some fab ideas from your blog to try. Love this pretty waffle style cake another one to try
I’m glad to hear that! Thanks!
This looks so delicious.
Love your work.
O, thank you!
I know what I’m making next time I am craving something sweet!!!
Next time you have something to celebrate!
Happy 5th blogiversary Rebecca. Long may the delicious recipes like this funfetti waffle cake and all others continue. And good luck for the future. As a blogger I know how hard it can be, but how much fun and value it brings to other peoples lives too! Keep it up! 🙂
Thank you so much Neil 🙂
Happy blog-aversary! This cake looks so good and it’s the perfect way to celebrate!
Thank you so much!
YUM!! That looks so amazing, especially for it being vegan!! I have to try this!
Great! I hope you do!
GIRL! I am so glad I came across this recipe..
I am literally going to the store and buying ingredients to make this tonight!!
yummmyyyy!!!
Haha, funfetti cake time!
This looks so yummy! My kids would love this!
Everyone loves funfetti!
That looks so good, I can’t wait to try this recipe!
Thanks!
This looks absolutely perfect and delicious! Saving this for later! Happy Summer! <3
I hope you have a celebration for it soon!
AWWW HAPPY BLOGIVERSARY! That’s so exciting! Congrats on 5 years! Also, on an unrelated note, I NEED THESE IN MY LIFE BUT YOU KNOW HOW BAD I AM AT GETTING MYSELF TO COOK. But these look so delicious wahhhh!!
Thank you!!! Ah! But wait! All you need is this mini waffle iron! Just mix the batter and let the iron do the cooking for you!
Happy blogiversary! This cake looks like the perfect way to celebrate — waffles and cake in the same thing?! Amazing!
O yea! Thank you, Kate!
I’m passing this along so my hubs can make this for me for my birthday! Love this!
And he better make it for you 😉
5 years is DEFINITELY a significant milestone, so happy blogiversary! Now, in regards to this recipe, it looks and sounds delicious! I love coming across interesting recipes like this one.
Funfetti is the way to celebrate anything and each year it’s got to get bigger and better 😉
This is the perfect celebratory breakfast! Cannot wait to try it!
Dessert, but I won’t shame you!
Oh my goodness! Happy Blogiversary! This looks and sounds amazing!! YUM!
Thank you!
My love language is right here!! I used to live on funfetti cake in college. This looks absolutely delicious!
Haha, yessss! Nothing is better than sprinkles 😉
This looks so yummy! Happy Blogiversary!
Thank you!
I’ve been gluten-free for years and actually feel my best on a vegan diet, but can never seem to maintain it. This, though, makes me rethink it! I love it when people come up with things that not only look good but TASTE GOOD! Super great post — thanks for sharing the recipe! It’s almost too pretty to eat haha!
It is super pretty, but anything with sprinkles and colors always is!
OF COURSE I WOULD READ THIS POST ON AN EMPTY STOMACH!!! This looks SO SO SO delicious and easy to make!!! Did you absolutely love it?? I love baking, so this has easily been bookmarked on my end! thank you SO MUCH for sharing, I’m definitely intrigued and try my hand at recreating tnis!! xoxo
Haha, well there’s no baking with this cake 😉
Looking at these pictures has my mouth watering!!! This waffle cake looks delicious!!
Best new way to make a cake!
Happy blogaversary
Lol, thanks.
These look so fun! I hear you on the blog stuff, and I’ve been doing it 11 years! If I only knew then what I know now 🙂 Happy milestone 🙂
Haha, right? I think we al have those thoughts as the years progress!
This looks so so good definitely need to give this a try!
For your next celebration!
How cute is that! Well this will definitely put a smile on your face in the morning! Pinned.
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Definitely a dessert over a breakfast!
That waffle cake looks super cute! And it was super interesting to read your story and where you’re at right now. I am also at a crossroads at the moment, so I can relate to some of those thoughts. Wishing you all the best!
Ah, well thank you and you too!
This looks so yummy to try!
All fun and yum!
Congratulations on your 5 year blogging anniversary. Your Gluten-free Funfetti Waffle Cake looks delicious and colourful. All the best for the future.
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Thank you!