If there’s gonna be a gluten-free, vegan, organic bakery, Fremont seems a good place to put it. Now, if you’re like me (loving all things butter and flour), a place like The Flying Apron may not be first on your list (as it wasn’t for me). But, since the gluten-free craze seems to be expanding, it helps to know about good options in case you have to feed folks who are vegan or gluten-intolerant.
The cookies, doughnuts, cakes, etc seemed to go on and on, and each item was labeled with a full list of ingredients. I asked one of the workers to help me choose a few items, and together we came up with three: the peanut butter chocolate chunk cookie, a chocolate cupcake with peanut butter frosting, and a lemon poppyseed muffin.
I thought the cookie was easily the best of the three. Peanut butter is my second-favorite fat (after butter), and I didn’t notice the absence of regular flour. The texture was crunchy and crumbly, and worked for me. The other two items didn’t please me quite as much. The muffin tasted rubbery and chewy, and the cupcake lacked the proper texture (although the icing was fine). I think it’s just very difficult to make cake and muffin batter without using “real” flour. My friend, who is gluten-intolerant, told me these were some of the best desserts she had ever had since going gluten-free, and I believe her. If you have dietary restrictions, The Flying Apron is a great option for dessert. Otherwise, I suggest sticking to wheat, butter, and eggs.

http://sweettoothinseattle.com/2011/08/2…

First, keep in mind that the Flying Apron offers gluten-free (meaning no white, wheat, spelt, etc. flours) items that do not contain animal products (cheese, milk, etc). Plus, they use alternative sweeteners (maple syrup, honey, agave, etc). Second, if this is what you are looking for and not the refined stuff found at your normal run-of-the-mill bakery, then you will not be disappointed. Almost everything is delicious...to me, of course. Delicious is a subjective term, I am aware. However, I constantly scour the city looking for other gluten-free vegan treats and everything I have found thus far pales in comparison to the goodness found at the Flying Apron. Taste each treat with an open mind. If you're looking for white flour pastries, you are barking up the wrong tree.