Need Paleo Cake Ideas

Lukyanenko

So, I've been asked to make a cake for the wedding, only problem the bride and groom are Paleo. They suggested a recipe, but after tasting it, I'm...not impressed.

So, do anyone have any good cakes, that does not contain chestnut flour (because that tasted foul)?

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Lukyanenko

UltimateRBF wrote: »

Assuming they aren't Paleo due to food allergies or whatever, just bake a normal cake but tell them it's Paleo.

That would be a dickish move to do to people I like.

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alfiedn

Here's a website. I just googled "paleo cake" and there were tons of recipe options!

swift13b

Maybe suggest they have a regular cake and then some other paleo desserts like brownies or cookies?

kpodaru

check out the websites: paleo grubs, paleomg. i use coconut flour for all my baked goods; a lot of others use almond flour.

miriamtob

Whatever you do, don't make the icing with avocados!! It tastes horrible after sitting out for more than like 30 minutes. You can make a really great tasting icing with coconut cream. There are incredible flourless chocolate cake recipes out there, if that is something they'd be into. Almond flour is great to bake with. coconut flour is good too, but better mixed with other flours, as some find the texture to be too course. You can find some paleo cookbooks at your public library. 'Practical Paleo' is a really good one. For blogs: Elena's Pantry is full of dessert recipes.

annekka

Did the bride and groom suggest the recipe because they like it? If so, I'd ignore how hideous it tastes and just make the cake. Let them deal with the guests thinking it's disgusting. If they suggested the recipe as an example of a recipe invite them in to try the recipe as you baked it. Let them decide if it's what they want once they taste it

Better yet, call them in in general and have them try the cake as you baked it just as a confirmation that it's what they want. Once they okay it, it's on them if it tastes disgusting. You just need to bake it.

gmallan

Could you suggest a tiered cake with a paleo layer and a non-paleo layer. Then you can just make the not particularly nice tasting one as a smaller layer. I know which one will get eaten up first

Need2Exerc1se

annekka wrote: »

Did the bride and groom suggest the recipe because they like it? If so, I'd ignore how hideous it tastes and just make the cake. Let them deal with the guests thinking it's disgusting. If they suggested the recipe as an example of a recipe invite them in to try the recipe as you baked it. Let them decide if it's what they want once they taste it

Better yet, call them in in general and have them try the cake as you baked it just as a confirmation that it's what they want. Once they okay it, it's on them if it tastes disgusting. You just need to bake it.

I agree with this. Make whatever cake they want, or politely decline to make it and let them find someone else to do it. It's their wedding.

SillyBus

I made a cake for my brothers wedding and it went over very well and I got a lot of compliments on it.

It was a tiered cake where one cake was just sitting on top of the other. The cake had coconut four in it so it tasted slightly of coconut, strawberry filling (you could use a different fruit for the filling), and the icing was mostly coconut oil. Problem was that coconut oil likes to melt so I had unsweetened coconut to sprinkle/pack on the top and sides it to cover up the icing so the cake wouldn't show through. I made a trial and didn't have an issue of the cake showing through the icing but the day of it did so the coconut was my back up plan.

Fitness4ev

Coconut Oil and Coconut Flour are great for baking, but I've often found the blends of a couple different flours come out great, too. If you look at any all-purpose Gluten Free Flour, it's a combination of a couple types. Tho, this recipe from Silly Bus looks awesome!!!!

Also, check out my friend's Blog. She's a PALEO CHEF!
http://www.wortheverychew.com/?cat=175

MsHulkMN

you are going to think i'm nuts, but I use box cake mix and diet pop. it's still moist therefore it lasts longer and just as sweet but minus a LOT of calories I use dark pop for dark cakes and light pop for yellow/white cake mixes.

homesweeths

UltimateRBF wrote: »

Assuming they aren't Paleo due to food allergies or whatever, just bake a normal cake but tell them it's Paleo.

This is a really dangerous thing to do. It reminds me of the guy who was head cook for a time at the historic site where we volunteer. He didn't believe in food allergies. He would put nuts in things, without telling anyone, because he liked the flavor/texture the nuts added to his recipes, and nuts were "historically accurate" ingredients.

He could have killed someone. When they found out, he wasn't allowed to cook for them anymore.

Yeah, a lot of paleo recipes are almond-based, but to present something with a specific label, and lie about it, well... it's irresponsible at the least. (Especially if someone were to see the label and eat the cake, someone with a life-threatening gluten allergy, who was able to eat almonds, just not wheat. Some unsuspecting wedding guest... collateral damage. I know people whose gluten sensitivity is life-threatening. They trust their friends, when we label something as safe for them to eat. Well, let's say they trust *some* of their friends, the ones who take their allergies seriously, and haven't made them ill when they've shared a meal.)

homesweeths

SillyBus wrote: »

I made a cake for my brothers wedding and it went over very well and I got a lot of compliments on it.

It was a tiered cake where one cake was just sitting on top of the other. The cake had coconut four in it so it tasted slightly of coconut, strawberry filling (you could use a different fruit for the filling), and the icing was mostly coconut oil. Problem was that coconut oil likes to melt so I had unsweetened coconut to sprinkle/pack on the top and sides it to cover up the icing so the cake wouldn't show through. I made a trial and didn't have an issue of the cake showing through the icing but the day of it did so the coconut was my back up plan.

SilliBus, that recipe sounds delicious. It could be made safe for nut-free people by substituting coconut milk for the almond milk, BTW.

(I have a friend who's allergic to coconut, so she can't eat a lot of the allergy-friendly baked goods, imagine it! I feel very sorry for her, though she says she's having some success making baked goods where plantains provide the starchy ingredient.)

Lukyanenko

SillyBus wrote: »

I made a cake for my brothers wedding and it went over very well and I got a lot of compliments on it.

It was a tiered cake where one cake was just sitting on top of the other. The cake had coconut four in it so it tasted slightly of coconut, strawberry filling (you could use a different fruit for the filling), and the icing was mostly coconut oil. Problem was that coconut oil likes to melt so I had unsweetened coconut to sprinkle/pack on the top and sides it to cover up the icing so the cake wouldn't show through. I made a trial and didn't have an issue of the cake showing through the icing but the day of it did so the coconut was my back up plan.

Thank you so much!

Lukyanenko

homesweeths wrote: »

SillyBus wrote: »

I made a cake for my brothers wedding and it went over very well and I got a lot of compliments on it.

It was a tiered cake where one cake was just sitting on top of the other. The cake had coconut four in it so it tasted slightly of coconut, strawberry filling (you could use a different fruit for the filling), and the icing was mostly coconut oil. Problem was that coconut oil likes to melt so I had unsweetened coconut to sprinkle/pack on the top and sides it to cover up the icing so the cake wouldn't show through. I made a trial and didn't have an issue of the cake showing through the icing but the day of it did so the coconut was my back up plan.

SilliBus, that recipe sounds delicious. It could be made safe for nut-free people by substituting coconut milk for the almond milk, BTW.

(I have a friend who's allergic to coconut, so she can't eat a lot of the allergy-friendly baked goods, imagine it! I feel very sorry for her, though she says she's having some success making baked goods where plantains provide the starchy ingredient.)

That's a great idea!

Lukyanenko

Fitness4ev wrote: »

Coconut Oil and Coconut Flour are great for baking, but I've often found the blends of a couple different flours come out great, too. If you look at any all-purpose Gluten Free Flour, it's a combination of a couple types. Tho, this recipe from Silly Bus looks awesome!!!!

Also, check out my friend's Blog. She's a PALEO CHEF!
http://www.wortheverychew.com/?cat=175

Thank You! Will check out the blog.

Lukyanenko

alfiedn wrote: »

Here's a website. I just googled "paleo cake" and there were tons of recipe options!

Yeah, I tried google and was overwhelmed by all the different flours and wanted to see if there was anyone who had some go to recipes.

Lukyanenko

miriamtob wrote: »

Whatever you do, don't make the icing with avocados!! It tastes horrible after sitting out for more than like 30 minutes. You can make a really great tasting icing with coconut cream. There are incredible flourless chocolate cake recipes out there, if that is something they'd be into. Almond flour is great to bake with. coconut flour is good too, but better mixed with other flours, as some find the texture to be too course. You can find some paleo cookbooks at your public library. 'Practical Paleo' is a really good one. For blogs: Elena's Pantry is full of dessert recipes.

Thank you for the advice!

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homesweeths

UltimateRBF wrote: »

homesweeths wrote: »

UltimateRBF wrote: »

Assuming they aren't Paleo due to food allergies or whatever, just bake a normal cake but tell them it's Paleo.

This is a really dangerous thing to do. It reminds me of the guy who was head cook for a time at the historic site where we volunteer. He didn't believe in food allergies. He would put nuts in things, without telling anyone, because he liked the flavor/texture the nuts added to his recipes, and nuts were "historically accurate" ingredients.

He could have killed someone. When they found out, he wasn't allowed to cook for them anymore.

Yeah, a lot of paleo recipes are almond-based, but to present something with a specific label, and lie about it, well... it's irresponsible at the least. (Especially if someone were to see the label and eat the cake, someone with a life-threatening gluten allergy, who was able to eat almonds, just not wheat. Some unsuspecting wedding guest... collateral damage. I know people whose gluten sensitivity is life-threatening. They trust their friends, when we label something as safe for them to eat. Well, let's say they trust *some* of their friends, the ones who take their allergies seriously, and haven't made them ill when they've shared a meal.)

Uh, that's why I said "assuming they aren't Paleo because of food allergies or whatever" (the whatever part obviously being other food sensitivities). Did you actually read what I posted?

I did actually read what you posted. Isn't wedding cake usually shared with guests? Would the couple necessarily know about every guest's food allergy? If a regular cake were labeled "paleo" and wasn't, well, think of the consequences.

Also, people who are used to eating paleo style can get sick from what you'd call "normal" food, even if they didn't manifest allergies before. It's like the body is a fine-tuned machine that gets used to functioning on high octane fuel. It might have run on sludgy fuel before, and didn't know what feeling really healthy and energetic felt like, because running on bad fuel was "normal." (I didn't know how bad I was feeling until I started to feel good, for a personal testimony. I didn't know bad was bad -- it was my "normal"! I never want to go back.)

How awful to be miserable on your wedding night because a "friend" didn't have the integrity to honor your wishes, or at the very least turn down your request.

I am not a paleo nazi. I am not saying it is the only healthy way to eat, or even that it's healthy for everyone. I'm only saying that if *you* were *my* friend, and I had made such a request, and you gave me a wheat-based cake and called it paleo... well, as the old saying goes, with friends like these, who needs enemies?

So lighten up. The whole deal, how I understand it, is that a *friend* asked a *friend* to bake a special kind of cake (and hopefully make it tasty), and that *friend* is enough of a friend to want to do a good job, and not merely pretend to be a friend.

Sheesh.

jgnatca

This should work. It is very tasty. It uses ground sunflower seeds and walnuts.

talesofakitchen.com/desserts/chocolate-banana-cake-with-caramel-layer-and-cacao-nibs/

softblondechick

How about a meatloaf cake? With meatballs in a kale cup, like small cupcakes?

Or you could go with a dense fruitcake, made with honey.

Why not think outside the box on what cake is, and do something Paleo that also fits occasion
It probably won't be a traditional wedding cake.

homesweeths

katrinkaMN wrote: »

you are going to think i'm nuts, but I use box cake mix and diet pop. it's still moist therefore it lasts longer and just as sweet but minus a LOT of calories I use dark pop for dark cakes and light pop for yellow/white cake mixes.

I imagine the carbonation in the pop makes it nice and light, too. It's not something I can have anymore (diet pop and I parted ways a long time ago due to migraines) but I used to bake a lot and can just imagine how this recipe would turn out.

One of our teens' favorite things to do with cake mix is to make marbled chocolate gooey butter cake. Yum. She's slim and has trouble keeping weight on, so she can eat practically a whole cake with no trouble.

homesweeths

Lukyanenko wrote: »

alfiedn wrote: »

Here's a website. I just googled "paleo cake" and there were tons of recipe options!

Yeah, I tried google and was overwhelmed by all the different flours and wanted to see if there was anyone who had some go to recipes.

I have seen a lot of paleo baking recipes lately that mix almond/coconut, or coconut/arrowroot or tapioca. I don't bake much anymore, so I can't offer an opinion on the best combination for what you're aiming at. Just know that baking with coconut flour can be very tricky. There's lots of advice to be found on the web. (I have only had good results with the few recipes I've tried, but I have read some sorry stories.)

homesweeths

Oh, and check out the new book "Paleo Patisserie". A pastry chef took on the epic task of creating incredible baked goods using "paleo" ingredients. Some of my paleo friends would cringe, hard-core as they are, but I'm just in awe at some people's creativity.

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homesweeths

Putting on my best toddler face. "He started it!"

LOL.

LoraF83

katrinkaMN wrote: »

you are going to think i'm nuts, but I use box cake mix and diet pop. it's still moist therefore it lasts longer and just as sweet but minus a LOT of calories I use dark pop for dark cakes and light pop for yellow/white cake mixes.

Is soda paleo now?



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