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Birthday Cake – GAPS Approved

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IMAG3073One of the roughest things to find is a clean and healthy birthday cake. After years of searching this recipe satisfies every time. Now making an extra cake every time your child is invited to a party isn’t so bad since you can have a piece too!

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Cake Mix

3/4 block Kerrygold butter (3/4 of a cup)
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1/2-3/4 cup local honey
2 teaspoons almond extract
1/2 cup kefir (preferably kefir made from cream)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3 cups almond flour, preferably fine ground, blanched
4 eggs, preferably from pastured chickens

Combine butter, cocoa powder and honey in a stand up mixer, beat until frothy, about 10 minutes. Add almond extract and kefir. Combine baking soda, cinnamon and almond flour into a separate bowl. Alternate adding one egg and a little of the dry ingredients mixing until fully combined Pour batter into a greased round cake pans. Bake at 350 degrees 30 minutes or until tester comes out clean.

Better served cold.
* If you would like to use medjool dates as your sweetener it is an option. Note that the use of dates will cause the cake to fall in the middle. If this is not a concern to you this option is more healthful than honey.

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This cake was originally made with this frosting from nourishedandnurtured.blogspot.com. Thank you to Sarah at Nourished and Nurtured for allowing us to share her delicious frosting recipe here on Nourishing Plot. Since originally posting the recipe a more GAPS compliant one was developed by this author and edited below on the recipe card. The updated recipe does not used heated honey leaving the valuable enzymes in place.

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Frosting

2 eggs
2 teaspoons almond extract
pinch of salt
2 sticks real butter (made from pastured cream or use Kerrygold or cultured butter)
1/2 cup honey (less if preferred)
optional 1/4 cup cocoa powder

In stand up mixer add eggs, almond extract and salt and mix on low-medium until light and fluffy, a few minutes.
Pour egg mixture into a separate bowl and set aside.
Add butter, honey and cocoa to mixer and beat until fluffy, about 15-20 minutes.
Pour the egg mixture slowly into the butter mixture and beat a few more minutes until well combined. Frost cake as desired.

 

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*Nourishing Plot is written by Becky Plotner, ND, traditional naturopath, GAPS who sees clients in Rossville, Georgia. Since her son was delivered from the effects of autism (Asperger’s syndrome), ADHD, bipolar disorder/manic depression, hypoglycemia and dyslexia through food she continued her education specializing in Leaky Gut and parasitology through Duke University, finishing with distinction. This is not a news article published by a paper trying to make money. This blog is put out by a mom who sees first hand the effects of nourishing food vs food-ish items. No company pays her for writing these blogs, she considers this a form of missionary work. It is her desire to scream it from the rooftops so that others don’t suffer from the damaging effect of today’s “food”.

 

 

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    12 Comments

  1. Debra
    September 16, 2015
    Reply

    I don’t have kefir…. any suggestions on what else I could use?

    • Priscilla
      August 19, 2016
      Reply

      I used sour cream and it turned out great!

  2. Mishelle
    April 17, 2016
    Reply

    This cake is the Cat’s Meow!!! For Real!!!! Making it in 2 days for my little mans 1st birthday!!

    • Becky Plotner
      April 18, 2016
      Reply

      LOL. Seriously, right?! You know I came home and made another one for his birthday the next day! It’s so relieving to have a cake that we can actually have AND it tastes good! If you figure out a better easier frosting let me know!

  3. Naomi Holloway
    June 13, 2016
    Reply

    Do you know if I would have to make any adjustments to make mini cup cakes instead of a full size cake?

    • Becky Plotner
      June 16, 2016
      Reply

      No changes needed to the recipe. Good question.

  4. Priscilla
    June 26, 2016
    Reply

    Would sour cream be Ok? No kefir cream in the house 🙁

    • Becky Plotner
      July 5, 2016
      Reply

      Ummmmm – always! Num, num, num!

  5. Priscilla
    August 19, 2016
    Reply

    Last time i did the heated honey and nailed the recipe. This time i didnt heat it and it flopped. I beat it for 20 mins but didnt really get fluffy just sorta creamy. Should i have beat it longer?

  6. Meleisha
    April 12, 2017
    Reply

    Will a hand mixer work? Also, I don’t have a “whisk attachment” so will the other work or is it just not a good idea to attempt that?

    • Becky Plotner
      April 19, 2017
      Reply

      Yes

  7. Angela
    July 26, 2018
    Reply

    Thanks so much for this recipe! I made it today for son’s first birthday on GAPS and they loved it! I could only find unbleached almond flour but it was still great!

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