Birthday suggestions?
37lbs_to_go
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Both my husband and I have birthdays next week. We have been back on Keto since the beginning of this month. We're doing great so far but I'm not prepared to splurge on carbs yet.
Anyone have a good keto birthday cake recipe? If not my plan B is to play around with some pancakes as layers with a cream cheese frosting. Or make a keto friendly cheesecake. Or both since we have 2 birthdays
Anyone have a good keto birthday cake recipe? If not my plan B is to play around with some pancakes as layers with a cream cheese frosting. Or make a keto friendly cheesecake. Or both since we have 2 birthdays
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I don't mean this to sound snarky but why do you need anything resembling cake? I had my neighbor over a few years ago for her birthday and put a candle or 3 in a piece of fried zucchini for her. She was quite happy with it since deep fried zucchini was her birthday request!
If cake is the option you want, there are many one minute mug cakes on line that would be a good option. I've seen several one minute brownies that look very tasty! Minute or Mug cakes are a good option since they're just 1 or 2 servings.
Search Keto Mug Cakes.1 -
I honestly wouldn’t waste your effort on a mug cake. I hadn’t ever found one that wasn’t gross and felt like eating a dish sponge.
I don’t do birthday cake anymore either because I’ve gotten past my “need” for sweet because I really felt it was driving cravings and hunger. But... I made a cheesecake for my first keto birthday and I make it for my daughter on her birthday and also for a couple holidays.
I just use a traditional oven baked cheesecake recipe but use almond flour with enough butter to press it into a crust and substitute sugar with liquid stevia to taste.
I will even simmer fresh blueberries with water to make a sauce that people can drizzle on it. That can be sweetened to taste with stevia as well.
I actually made different berry sauces and added gelatin to thicken so I could make this cake my daughter wanted on her 23rd birthday.
I used too much gelatin so it was lumpy...
Apparently it doesn’t take much
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I don't mean this to sound snarky but why do you need anything resembling cake? I had my neighbor over a few years ago for her birthday and put a candle or 3 in a piece of fried zucchini for her. She was quite happy with it since deep fried zucchini was her birthday request!
If cake is the option you want, there are many one minute mug cakes on line that would be a good option. I've seen several one minute brownies that look very tasty! Minute or Mug cakes are a good option since they're just 1 or 2 servings.
Search Keto Mug Cakes.
Thank you for your reply!
I don't think anyone ever needs birthday0 -
What happened to the rest of my post?! Oh well I'll have to retype it here in a second.0
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Basically it said this is an extra special time of year because our birthdays are so close. I'd like to continue the tradition.
I'll check out mug cakes but would need to adapt them since we don't have a microwave. I think they are the microwave recipes, correct?0 -
Sunny_Bunny_ wrote: »I honestly wouldn’t waste your effort on a mug cake. I hadn’t ever found one that wasn’t gross and felt like eating a dish sponge.
I don’t do birthday cake anymore either because I’ve gotten past my “need” for sweet because I really felt it was driving cravings and hunger. But... I made a cheesecake for my first keto birthday and I make it for my daughter on her birthday and also for a couple holidays.
I just use a traditional oven baked cheesecake recipe but use almond flour with enough butter to press it into a crust and substitute sugar with liquid stevia to taste.
I will even simmer fresh blueberries with water to make a sauce that people can drizzle on it. That can be sweetened to taste with stevia as well.
I actually made different berry sauces and added gelatin to thicken so I could make this cake my daughter wanted on her 23rd birthday.
I used too much gelatin so it was lumpy...
Apparently it doesn’t take much
That cake is most excellent! Love the tongue in cheek song reference. You must be a hoot as a parent2 -
Shoot that reply shortened too. Guess I need a primer on MFP forum posting.0
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The next paragraph said the cheese cake sounds perfect! I don't normally add anything on top of cheesecake so it didn't even occur to me. It would give it that sense of occasion that I'm looking for. Think I'll go with fresh blueberries.
Thanks!1 -
My husband got a protein bar and put a candle in it as my birthday cake. Plenty to choose from.
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Also you could do the flax seed bread with cinnamon and a mix cream cheese and whipped cream on top. Another nice one to do as a cake1
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The one I made was in made in the microwave. I'm sure others who are better able to moderate keto sweets will have some good suggestions for you.
If you type "keto desserts" in a google search you're get thousands of recipes to peruse until someone posts their "tried and true". I'd make a Panna Cotta if I were inclined but it's not "cakelike".
Try this link:
https://www.ruled.me/keto-recipes/dessert/
I've read that this Protein Angel Food Cake is pretty awesome though puffiness seems to depend on the type of protein powder used (from what I've read):
http://www.themacroexperiment.com/blog/enjoying-food-angel-food-protein-cake
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If you like raw fish, how about a sashimi cake?
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cheesecake is an easy option to make keto...almond flour instead of graham cracker crumbs for the crust, and splenda instead of the sugar, and pretty much any regular cheesecake recipe will become keto...because it's all cheese and eggs anyway...1
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lilysillycat wrote: »If you like raw fish, how about a sashimi cake?
Did you make that!? I would be all over that!0 -
37lbs_to_go wrote: »Shoot that reply shortened too. Guess I need a primer on MFP forum posting.
Did you use emojis? That's usually the main culprit for that sort of thing.
If you are using the app, if you use any phone emojis in your post it will hack part of it off.
The emojis under the smiley provided by the app are the only ones that don't make it hungry and eat your post.
Alternately, you can type a colon and a letter it will bring up app emojis that start with that letter:
But if that wasn't your problem, then now you've had MFP Emojis 101.
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On topic though, I second the keto cheesecake, except I've added cocoa powder and made it chocolate. NOMMMM!3
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Happy almost birthday to the two of you! There are lots of great recipes out there...just start searching and reading reviews! I do have a really good Blueberry Mug Muffin that I love, but I don't think it's special enough for a birthday...but darn good with melted butter on it.
- 4 tbsps almond flour
- 1/4 tsp baking powder
- dash of salt
- 1.5 tablespoons butter melted
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp swerve (or your preferred sweetener)
- about a heaping tbsp of wild blueberries (the little ones) I have a bag of frozen and it works just fine
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baconslave wrote: »37lbs_to_go wrote: »Shoot that reply shortened too. Guess I need a primer on MFP forum posting.
Did you use emojis?
I almost certainly did! Thank you so much taking the time to explain what happened. I'm much wiser now
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If you come up with a cake, share! I wouldn't mind a cake recipe that didn't break the carb bank.1
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tcunbeliever wrote: »cheesecake is an easy option to make keto...almond flour instead of graham cracker crumbs for the crust, and splenda instead of the sugar, and pretty much any regular cheesecake recipe will become keto...because it's all cheese and eggs anyway...
Cheesecake is my favorite too. I make it crustless with a bit of extra egg and it stays really low carb.
... Now I want cheese cake.
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tcunbeliever wrote: »cheesecake is an easy option to make keto...almond flour instead of graham cracker crumbs for the crust, and splenda instead of the sugar, and pretty much any regular cheesecake recipe will become keto...because it's all cheese and eggs anyway...
Cheesecake is my favorite too. I make it crustless with a bit of extra egg and it stays really low carb.
... Now I want cheese cake.
I know, me too!
I made some cheesecake muffins once that were good for brekkie... I need to make those again. Maybe if I take a maintenance break soon.1 -
37lbs_to_go wrote: »baconslave wrote: »37lbs_to_go wrote: »Shoot that reply shortened too. Guess I need a primer on MFP forum posting.
Did you use emojis?
I almost certainly did! Thank you so much taking the time to explain what happened. I'm much wiser now
There are a lot more emojis available than they show in that grid. One day I will go through and type all the letters and catalogue them and put it as a sticky or something.2 -
I think we're going to go with this one. Looks incredibly self indulgent. Perfect for a once a year birthday treat! I'll post pics of the final product.
https://alldayidreamaboutfood.com/brownie-cheesecake-low-carb-and-gluten-free/0 -
37lbs_to_go wrote: »I think we're going to go with this one. Looks incredibly self indulgent. Perfect for a once a year birthday treat! I'll post pics of the final product.
https://alldayidreamaboutfood.com/brownie-cheesecake-low-carb-and-gluten-free/
Looks pretty fancy...
Here's another not so fancy cheesecake you might like to try in future. It's really delish. I've taken it to potlucks and people love it. It doesn't even need a crust, but if you do make an almond flour crust, be sure to blind bake it before adding the filling.
Bawdy's Cheesecake
http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=224312
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MistressPi wrote: »37lbs_to_go wrote: »I think we're going to go with this one. Looks incredibly self indulgent. Perfect for a once a year birthday treat! I'll post pics of the final product.
https://alldayidreamaboutfood.com/brownie-cheesecake-low-carb-and-gluten-free/
Looks pretty fancy...
Here's another not so fancy cheesecake you might like to try in future. It's really delish. I've taken it to potlucks and people love it. It doesn't even need a crust, but if you do make an almond flour crust, be sure to blind bake it before adding the filling.
Bawdy's Cheesecake
http://forum.lowcarber.org/showthread.php?t=224312
Thank you! I'll definitely give it a go one of these days. I like the idea of using a blender for mixing. Sounds like quick prep with a delicious return.
I've got the brownie cheesecake cooling right now! I have high hopes for it. Even if I did spend 20 minutes trying to catch a loose dog instead of pulling it out of the oven on time. Daily cardio check! Even with the low carb adjustments it's going to require some serious portion control. That thing is a beast. I'll post some pics and a review once we've dug in. 0 -
baconslave wrote: »tcunbeliever wrote: »cheesecake is an easy option to make keto...almond flour instead of graham cracker crumbs for the crust, and splenda instead of the sugar, and pretty much any regular cheesecake recipe will become keto...because it's all cheese and eggs anyway...
Cheesecake is my favorite too. I make it crustless with a bit of extra egg and it stays really low carb.
... Now I want cheese cake.
I know, me too!
I made some cheesecake muffins once that were good for brekkie... I need to make those again. Maybe if I take a maintenance break soon.
Ooooh, cheesecake muffins sound like a good idea. I need to go recipe googling.0 -
I'm sure you've already had your birthdays by now, but another idea that we did for my daughter was dark chocolate covered strawberries.....They were a really good treat!3
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This is what the brownie cheesecake turned out like. It was hard to get a picture since it went so quickly!
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baconslave wrote: »tcunbeliever wrote: »cheesecake is an easy option to make keto...almond flour instead of graham cracker crumbs for the crust, and splenda instead of the sugar, and pretty much any regular cheesecake recipe will become keto...because it's all cheese and eggs anyway...
Cheesecake is my favorite too. I make it crustless with a bit of extra egg and it stays really low carb.
... Now I want cheese cake.
I know, me too!
I made some cheesecake muffins once that were good for brekkie... I need to make those again. Maybe if I take a maintenance break soon.
Ooooh, cheesecake muffins sound like a good idea. I need to go recipe googling.
I use this one called Cream Cheese Muffins from Lowcarbfriends.com
You can add other flavors/extracts. I do chocolate by adding cocoa powder sometimes, but need to add a tad bit of almond milk or something to keep them from being too dry.
2 8oz. pks. philadelphia cream cheese
1/2 cup equivalent sweetener (I've used Pyure and liquid sucralose)
2 eggs
1/2 tsp. vanilla
Soften cream cheese about 40 seconds in microwave. Add other ingredients. Beat with mixer till smooth. Pour into muffin tins lined with the papers. Bake at 350 for 20 min.1
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