The goods at Sweet Cake Bake Shop.

• Author: Cutler, Sarah
• Position: UB Digital

Caramel apple with caramel cream cheese frosting and caramel sauce, pumpkin spice with brown sugar cream cheese frosting, dark chocolate with white chocolate peppermint buttercream, and chocolate hazelnut with hazelnut buttercream and Nutella drizzle--just a few of the cupcake flavors at Sweet Cake Bake Shop.

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The creative concoctions aren't the only reason to visit the bakery. What makes it unique is that every item is gluten free and, according to the bakery's Facebook fans, tastes "yummy." The bakery even has requests from places like Chicago, Florida, Alabama and New Jersey.

Providing gluten-free baked goods to consumers is more than a mission--for owner Allison Regan, it's personal. In 2002, she was diagnosed with celiac disease and was confronted with relearning what to eat. "Step by step, year by year, the more I tried the more I learned. And the more I learned, the more creative I became. I began feeling so liberated by all the new options I had rather than focusing on what I couldn't have. I finally felt like I was in control, and didn't feel so boxed in by my dietary restrictions," recalls Regan on her website.

After many experiments with gluten-free flours, Regan discovered what she calls the "Master Mix," which contains brown rice flour, white rice flour, potato starch, tapioca starch, almond meal, sweet rice...