Cauliflower Birthday Cake?

Quit it guys, I don't like most sweet things. Most my life I have been like that. I have a lot of taste buds that register the sweet in my tongue and sometime really sweet things feel like a 9 bolt battery on the tongue. I love the idea of savory options for my birthday. Of course if I'm having a get together to have both the sweet cake and something savory for me. Don't beat anyone who wants that. I personally love having steaks grilled for my birthday and than get my kids frozen custard afterword. That way everyone wins. That said since joining MFP my desire for sweets seemed to incress. Since i told myself my macros and put a said limit, I find myself craving it more. It's amazing the power of wanting what you can't have is. Had a piece of cake the other day and just dealt with it being too much sugar for my tastes. I couldn't imagine how it is for people that loved cake and ice cream before restricting. Must take will power to want the cauliflower cake. Hope your birthday is wonderful

She said in one of her comments she is looking for a fudgy chocolate recipe....it was in reply to the person who posted the cornbread like recipe

Well it shouldn't matter, maybe its good, maybe its horrible. I imagine if the boards hadn't heard of carrot cake before this would be the same type of witch hunt.
I'm looking for a nice carrot cake recipe for my birthday.
WHAT!!!!!! CARROTS in a CAKE...... Barf... Gross... Please die.... Shun HER. Shun the women who wants to add carrots to a cake.
Is carrot cake healthy? No. Does it add plant based fiber to the cake? Yes. Does plant based fiber help against sugar spikes? Yes. Could cauliflower also add plant based fiber to the cake? Yes. Could it be a balance of sweet and savory and be delisious? Maybe. Would it be a healthier but not completely healthy alternative? Yes. Is she going to force you to make one and eat it? No

I not mad just defending the OP

The OP actually posted this for satire. :huh:

Im not mad just defending the OP

The OP actually posted this for satire. :huh:

If it is satire than I didn't catch that, but regardless I like experimenting. As someone who likes cauliflower and loves carrot cake I might try some of these recipes. It could be pretty good, or it could be bad. I have had both good and bad carrot cake. I bet the same could be with cauliflower cake

Try this instead! Have a little sugar! It's your birthday.

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Bizarre thing is, my DS (nearly 6) would prefer this. I'm not sure he even bothered trying the chocolate cake I made for his birthday as he was so busy eating watermelon :laugh:

Try this instead! Have a little sugar! It's your birthday.

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Bizarre thing is, my DS (nearly 6) would prefer this. I'm not sure he even bothered trying the chocolate cake I made for his birthday as he was so busy eating watermelon :laugh:

THAT looks yummy!!! I LOVE watermelon!! tyfs

found some cauliflower ice cream to go with it

http://tannerlovescauliflower.blogspot.de/2013/04/cake-batter-ice-cream.html

enjoy!

Why would you do this to ice cream...WHY?!?!?!

Check out this site. She has great guilt free recipes: http://withpeanutbutterontop.blogspot.ca/. She might have an idea or something cake-like for you to make for your bday. :happy:


Good for you for trying different things and looking for a healthy alternative to birthday cake! That's awesome! You could also do a cake made just of fruit... Just another idea

:flowerforyou: Happy birthday! (Early). :flowerforyou:

In all seriousness, Google "Raw Food Birthday Cakes" ... You'll get some great recipies made with dates and figs, nuts, and what-not ... Use those recipies as a starting point, then you can get fancy and make greek yogurt and/or nut butter frostings and fruit fillings ... Be creative ... BTW, this isn't calorie conscious (birthday cake shouldn't be), just more natural ... I make stuff like this since I'm gluten intolerant ...

Try this instead! Have a little sugar! It's your birthday.

My birthday is in 3 weeks. I do actually love watermelon and whipped cream. But I can assure you, this will not be my birthday cake!

Try this instead! Have a little sugar! It's your birthday.

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This would be healthier if it was coated in plain greek yogurt. Whipped cream is just fat, too many calories.

It would also be much much grosser.

Fearing food will not engender a good and balance approach to eating.

That's funny!

Winner!! :drinker:

I submit to you that what you REALLY want is:

chickpea chocolate torte.

10 oz (300G) semi-sweet chocolate, chopped OR 1.5 cup (375ml) semi-sweet chocolate chips

1 19oz (540ml) can of chickpeas, rinsed and drained

4 eggs
3/4 cups (175ml) granulated sugar

preheat oven to 350F (180C)
1. melt chocolate in double boiler (microwave) until smooth
2. in a food processor, combine chickpeas, eggs and sugar; process until smooth. Add melted chocolate and blend until smooth, stopping occasionally to scrape sides.
4. spread batter in a greased 9-inch round cake pan. Bake in preheated oven for 40 minutes until a knife inserted in the centre comes out clean. Cool in pan on wire rack for 10 -15 minutes before transferring to serving plate.
Dust with gluten free icing sugar before serving.

EDIT: you don't NEED gluten free icing sugar, the original recipe is celiac friendly is all.

Best thing EVER!! I make cakes, and if someone asked for this, I would be so happy

Try this instead! Have a little sugar! It's your birthday.

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I LOVE THIS IDEA!!! Nobody wants heavy cake when they're drinking, but THIS, ice it up after you've been feeding it vodka for a couple of days? YES

<b>This is a true story:</b>

My boss adopts a vegan diet every year during the 40 days of Lent. He will eat nothing that comes from an animal. Unfortunately, his birthday falls in March so I would have to buy him a fruit bowl as there are no vegan bakeries near work while the rest of the employees indulged on birthday cake. He mentioned to me that he had not eaten a cake on his birthday in the 10 years that he started observing this fast.

I couldn't believe it, so I asked him why he just doesn't give up the fast for one day out of the 40 to observe his *birthday". He told me that fasting is a choice and is a test of your willpower. If he gave up the fast for one day he would give in to temptation (the devil) as it was the easy thing to do. We are tempted every day to make a choice and we are stronger than we think.

I am a part-time cake decorator so the following year I decided to find a recipe for vegan carrot cake (his favorite) and bake him a cake complete with frosting. I can't tell you how shocked he was when I placed the 9x13 frosted carrot cake in from of him along with the recipe for him to validate that it was truly vegan. He was thrilled that he could enjoy his favorite cake on his birthday and still follow the vegan diet that he committed to for Lent. I was only annoyed at the rest of the staff because they also wanted to try his birthday cake instead of the other cake and some were so inconsiderate that they were taking seconds. I had to pack away what was left of his cake so that he could take it home and share it with his family who were also fasting.

When I read the responses to the OPs posts my boss came to mind.

We joined this site with the common goal to lose or maintain weight. We are tempted everyday with food yet we make choices that are part of the healthy lifestyle that we chose to adopt. Yes, some of you will give up that one day for your birthday to eat a "real" birthday cake but it doesn't mean that all of us will. It is not our place to judge but be supportive in someone's choices.

I bet most of you who had expressed "opinions" of the cauliflower chocolate cake had never even tried one. I'm sure if you did you would modify your posts.