Cauliflower Birthday Cake?

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.

Mix 2 parts dirt with one part water. Stir with stick. Form into cake shape with hands. Set in sun to dry. Eat dirt. Happy birthday!

I don't think this is what she meant. LOL

The watermelon "cake" is pretty adorable. I'd serve it at a non-birthday party.

I l.o.v.e cauliflower , but if I really wanted a birthday cake ( which I haven't for most of my life ) I would make a real one with good unprocessed flour, eat a decent slice, enjoy it and give the rest away.
But since I believe that birthdays can be celebrated without cake it's not really an issue for me. You could have birthday ice cream, a birthday toast with one beverage of your choice and quite a few other options.
A cauliflower cake would not do it for me......cauliflower gratin with some cheese on top( and maybe even a candle ) yes, but cauliflower cake....no. I think that this is mostly for people who need sweet stuff at any cost and put up with anything as long as it tastes like a sweet treat.

Bump to read later:laugh: