Kind of Wedding Related: Celiac Disease

Besides you and your mom, do any of your other guests have Celiac? If not then your caterer could probably just make two gluten free plates for you.

As far as cake, I'm not sure I would do a whole tier as GF if you admit it sucks, but I don't really have any suggestions for that either.

@Taylor, we don't, but it's not hard for my caterer to make things like roasted red potatoes and corn GF. I had a conversation with him about it before I was diagnosed, letting him know it was a possibility, and he said he has done multiple GF weddings. From what he told me, it is easier for their team to just make a few items 100% GF rather than make two separate meals. It will also taste a lot better done as a group (i.e. ham tastes better as a whole ham rather than two pieces of ham cooked separately). I'm thinking I don't even need to point out to people what is GF and what isn't.. as long as mom and I know, we should be okay

Have a gluten free cake made! My FMIL has celiacs as well as her 2 sisters and she's gotten really good at making gluten free cake to the point people can't taste the difference. A lot of gluten free items aren't as bad as you'd think... we always have to eat GF when we're around her and it's not bad at all. If they're a good caterer and baker... nobody will know there isn't any gluten in the food unless you tell them!

I don't have Celiac's so please correct me if I'm wrong about this, but I think someone posted a while back that it would be best to find a completely gluten-free bakery if possible to reduce the risk of cross-"contaminating" with non-GF products. They did say that they did completely GF cake/cupcakes and said there wasn't a crumb left so I wouldn't worry about people not eating it. In all honesty, if the food is good, I wouldn't care if the entire menu was GF and I doubt your guests would either.

In fact I loooove gluten free pasta!

Please dont use your caterer for gluten free. I have said this 1000 times on here, caterers and restaurants CAN NOT provide a safe atmosphere unless their entire kitchen is free of the allergen.

I have celiacs *awkward wave* first off, welcome to the club. Second, I am preparing my own food for myself and my cousin who is also gluten free. My venue and caterer are very willing to work with me after I explained all of the prep and care they would have to take if they were to cook my meal (too much work for it to be worth it to them). I will be making our food in my home, where I know it is safe and storing it in an unused fridge. At dinner I will go into the kitchen, dish it out, heat it (microwave) and bring it to the dining room. I will have almost 0 fear of cross contamination this way.

@Keri, that's a solid point.. There is a bakery here in my town that is known for having really good GF stuff, just more expensive than what I was planning.. I'm starting to see that may just be the way it has to be.

@Ashleigh, I haven't tried a ton of GF foods tbh, because as I said, my mom was diagnosed after I was not longer living at home. My mom also tends to stick to things she knows for sure are GF like fruits and veggies. She was only diagnosed a year ago so she's still leery about what is good and what is not good for her to eat.

There are gluten free bakeries out there. For example I live in Maine, there is a bakery called BamBam Bakery that sells nothing but gluten free everything.

@MrsToBe solid point. I trust my mom to know, so I pretty much go with whatever she thinks is safe. Her plan may be similar to yours, however, and just have something for us. Sucks to think about tbh haha.. I'm also concerned about my honeymoon. It's an all inclusive resort.. They do have GF food but as you said I'm not sure how clean everything can be.. Hope I can just stick to fruits and veggies.

@Spazzy thank you for the suggestions! Unfortunately I am also allergic to coconut (I'm a mess lol) so macarons are out.. I like @Fall Bride's suggestion of just a small cake for mom and I and a regular cake for everyone else but not sure if at that point the prices won't make a difference. May just go with a really good all GF cake!

Hi dear, I am Celiac myself and dining has been hard. For catering, I specifically requested GF meals to be available upon requests. For bakery, there are at least lots of gluten-free cupcakes if you go down the cupcake route. But I am doing a tiered cake that is not gluten-free so I myself won't eat it. Usually people who have Celiac try to avoid eating cakes/bread/pastas at social events.

@Spazzy I think the one I had was just bad lol.. My grandma made it when my mom was first diagnosed to try to help and it was just terrible. My grandma is an amazing cake chef and decorator but maybe GF just isn't for her. I will just have to try different things. As I said I was literally just diagnosed this morning. Today is my "last supper" and tomorrow I go 100% GF

Your caterer will probably be able to help! FH and I are serving beef roast, lemon herb chicken, red skin potatoes, and herb roasted veggies and didn't even realize it until the caterer pointed it out but our whole entree is gluten free! The majority of our apps are as well and will be labeled as such.

I just want to thank you all for your help.. Making me feel less alone!

@Lily, I'm wondering if I should go this route as well. I'm not a huge cake fan, but I feel like I don't want to miss out on the first anniversary eating the frozen cake.. for some reason I have always thought that would be so special.

@Spazzy, omg totally read that wrong! Whoops!

@Erin When searching for bakeries, I don't find many vendors that serve REAL gluten free cake. (I am in North Cal Bay area.) There's a bakery that I always go to and they make GF cupcakes only. To be honest, I would not trust a random bakery who claims they make GF cakes. If I eat "gluten free" things and get sick, which happened a couple of times, I blacklist the vendor and go to doctor. But I dont want to risk my guests health by telling them "they are all GF go for it". I'd rather say sorry dear they are not GF but I have some other sweets for you. Regarding not missing your first wedding cake, I also feel sad but unfortunately we will have to live with it for many more years.

Can you do a separate dessert? Ie- gluten free cheese cake is yummy and easy accommodate would you want that rather than gf cake?

It's hit of miss with many gf foods. I've had some amazing gf desserts and some not so great so it's best to try them first or ask your mom what she likes. I wouldn't go so far as a gf cake (it's also very expensive as) but maybe have some gf cookies or brownies on the side for her. Or something like macarons for everyone to enjoy. I would talk to your caterer about a separate gf meal or have it brought in from somewhere else.

Could you do a cake and a GF dessert that isn't cake? There must be something dessert like that's good and GF.

@Lily, there is a bakery in my hometown that is GF only.. I live in a small college town that is pretty diverse luckily so I feel like I have some options there. Maybe I can just get mom and I two cupcakes from there and still have my wedding cake. The bakery that is GF is expensive..most likely out of budget, but I will look into it. Mom has raved about everything she has tried from there being really great, so worth a shot. I've been checking labels like crazy, went through my whole kitchen today, and bought some new tupperware, utensils, etc just for myself, but wasn't sure what to do about the wedding process.