Birthday celebration, "cake" recipe?
on 3/19/15 3:42 am, edited 3/19/15 3:46 am
Hello, all. I hesitate to even ask this, but here goes:
Can anyone recommend a WLS-appropriate "cake" recipe? Maybe a ricotta cheesecake? Fresh strawberries? I could adapt serving sizes to meet my plan (meaning, one strawberry for me!). It is my birthday, which we will celebrate on Sunday due to work and school commitments. My gourmet-cook husband wants to make a "cake" for me, and has asked me to find an appropriate recipe.
He and my 4 children are very supportive of my surgery and eating restrictions, at least they mean to be! At the same time, making a special cake for the birthday person has been a big part of our family birthday celebrations for always. Both my husband and I would like to find a way to approximate that tradition, in a more healthy way; the celebration is for the children too.
I have been looking at Eggface's site, and several paleo/low carb sites, and I finally threw up my hands in exasperation and said, "I will ask the OH folks; they know everything."
I am thinking maybe with ricotta and egg, maybe erythritol? I also have Fage plain greek yogurt, almond flour, and coconut milk in our pantry. With those ingredients, we should be able to make something dessert-like, but on plan, don't you think?
But I need a recipe? Anyone?
I just did a "cake" search on egg faces site and came up with a ton of options but her wasa yummy looking b-day cake, http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/2010/06/prote in-ice-cream-birthday-cake.html
The chocolate one looked good also! chocolate-cake-
Good Luck & happy birthday!
on 3/20/15 2:06 am
I like the idea of an ice cream cake like in the link. Eggface's protein ice cream sounds like a good idea. I had seen it, but I was looking for cake. So I really appreciated your link to molding the ice cream into a cake shape. Thanks!
on 3/19/15 4:38 am
Is pie an acceptable option? You can make an easy cream pie using SF pudding mix and SF cool whip. Put it in a graham cracker crust (which you don't have to eat), put some fruit on top, refrigerate overnight and it's amazing! I always made it with chocolate pudding and oreo crust for Thanksgiving before I had surgery, and the sugar-free version is just as good.
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on 3/20/15 2:07 am
Yes, I think anything dessert-like is an acceptable option. Thanks! This sounds very yummy.
on 3/20/15 2:08 am
I know! Does she have a yellow phone with a direct link to OH? Like Batman's Batphone, we could call it the Eggphone.