“Cloud 9 actually started with gourmet handcrafted marshmallows, which we sold across Canada in duty-free shops, as well as at Costco,” says Ray Porcellato, who worked in his family’s bakery prior to starting his food brand. “When I put the gluten-free logo on my marshmallow boxes, more and more people started asking us if we carried other gluten-free products.”
Looking around the market at that time, he soon realized that the gluten-free products on offer tasted nothing like his mom Pixie’s home-baked goodies and so he set out to change that.
“We spent the better part of a year creating our baking mix to achieve a true substitute for wheat-based flour,” says Ray, who invented the baking mix in partnership with his mother back in 2008. Made from multiple gluten-free grains, Cloud9’s baking mix is blended and packaged in their own gluten-free certified facility and can be found across Canada at select retailers, including Costco and Save on Foods.
3 cups Cloud 9 All-Purpose Baking Mix 1 Tbs sugar 2 tsp salt 1 package instant yeast (2 1/4 tsp) 1 3/4 cup warm water 2 eggs 1/4 cup oil Preheat oven to 375ûF Lightly oil an 8x4 bread loaf pan
Gluten-Free Gravy
2 tbsp Cloud 9 All-Purpose Baking Mix 2 tbsp fat from roast 1 1/2 cups liquid (pan juices, soup stock, wine, water, consume, broth or a combination) Salt & Pepper Remove the roast from the roasting pan and pour the juices into a measuring cup. When the fat rises to the top, spoon off 2 tbsp and return it to the pan. Discard the remaining fat, but keep the juices.
2 cups Cloud 9 All-Purpose Baking Mix 1 package of 'traditional' active dry yeast 2 cups of milk 1/2 cup of butter (melted) 1 tsp salt 1 tsp sugar 2 eggs
Cream of Mushroom Soup
1 tbsp Cloud 9 All-Purpose Baking Mix 3 tbsp butter 1 tbsp chopped onion 1 cup finely chopped mushrooms 2 cups milk or chicken stock 1/2 cup whipping cream 1 pinch nutmeg Salt & pepper
Gltuen-Free Stuffing
2 cups of your favorite gluten-free bread dried and cubed (we recommend Cloud 9 :) 2 tbsp butter 1/2 cup chopped celery 1 cup chopped onion 1 cup chopped mushrooms 2 tbsp parsley 1/2 tsp salt 1 tsp sage 1 tsp poultry seasoning 1/4 tsp pepper 3/4 chicken or vegetable stock
Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe
1 3/4 cups Cloud 9 All-Purpose Baking Mix 1/2 tsp baking soda 7/8 cup butter 1/2 cup sugar 3/4 cup brown sugar 1 tsp salt 2 tsp vanilla 1 large egg 1 large egg yolk 250g bag chocolate chips Optional: 3/4 cup of chopped walnuts, pecans, almonds, peanuts, or any other nut of your choice.