This last week my husband Lawrence celebrated a birthday! (If you are curious, scroll to the bottom to see his AMAZING gift!) He is gluten-free and low-carb. This creates a situation when it comes to birthdays. I’ve gotten pretty good at making gluten-free biscuits, scone, and cornbread. Throw in the low carb thing and it really makes it hard! So I searched online for recipes and after looking through several I found this one on www.wholesomeyum.com. As usual, I took this recipe and adapted it a bit. I did not change much. Mainly I added coconut on top of the cream cheese frosting between the layers and on top. I also put the pecans on the side instead of on top.
Gluten-free, sugar-free, low carb, keto cake!
Cake:
1 cup erythritol
1 cup granulated erythritol (Swerve)
3/4 cup butter (softened)
8 large eggs
1/2 cup unsweetened almond milk
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
3 cups almond flour
1/2 cup coconut flour
1 1/2 Tablespoons of gluten-free baking powder
Cream Cheese Frosting:
32 oz. cream cheese (softened)
1/3 cup butter (softened)
2/3 powdered erythritol (Swerve)
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
*approximately 1 cup of pecan pieces
*1 small bag of unsweetened coconut (used about 4 oz.)
To make the cake: Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line the bottom of a 9″ round pan with parchment paper. (She recommended a springform pan) I used my regular cake pans with the parchment)
Beat together the erythritol and butter until fluffy and beat in one egg at a time. Then add the almond milk and vanilla extract. Beat in the almond flour, coconut flour, and powder. Divide the dough into three parts. Bake each layer for 18-22 minutes until it is lightly golden and springy. Repeat until all layers are cooked.
While your cake is baking make your frosting. Beat together the cream cheese, butter, powdered erythritol and vanilla until smooth.
Cool the layers before stacking. Spread the first layer with the frosting and sprinkle with coconut. Stack the second layer and repeat and then the third layer. Now frost the rest of the cake and press the pecans on the side of the cake.
We are going on a hot air balloon ride for his birthday! Thanks to our crazy children.
http://www.tnballoon.com/
