We had a fabulous birthday party - the first one of two - for Rain's 2nd birthday tonight. My mother and I took over the kitchen and sent my dad packing. We had some decent girl-time cooking and baking together, which we don't usually get. Rain's deal was "Rain no pants! No underwear!" So, she was the pantsless baby. Friends of the family I haven't seen in years came. They enjoy exciting new foods, so they were really into the grass-fed buffalo and veggies on rice pasta. (Whew.)
I baked a totally miraculous cake that was gluten-, corn-, soy- and dairy-free. Unlike us, my parents have a great oven, and it actually ROSE. We made a custard from coconut milk, egg yolks and sugar and had tons of fruit with it.
Note: My dad ran out to the store to get vanilla extract. In suburban Phila, there's next to no options for whole foods, so there was one kind of vanilla - McCormacks. I noticed after I let a few bits into the cake that it has CORN SYRUP in it. What the heck, right? Okay. So, not entirely happy with that, but I'm not the elephant man yet, and my child seems to be okay. Anyway, if you don't do corn, don't get McCormacks. I'm sure the recipe would be fine with extra banana and no vanilla, if necessary. Even better. Use a vanilla bean!
This cake was basically the Ricebread recipe from the Allergy Survival Guide with a few twists.
- 1 1/2 c rice flour1/2 c flour mix (1 part rice flour to 1 part tapioca starch)1 tb baking powder
- 1/2 c coconut oil, melted
- almost 1/2 c maple syrup
- about 1/4 of a soft banana, mashed
- 1 whole egg + one yolk, beaten
- about 1/2 ts vanilla extract. (Stopped short when I realized it had corn syrup in it! I'm sure it would be tasty with 1 whole ts, or even a vanilla bean...)
- 9" round pan. Ours was Pyrex glass and worked fantastically.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Blend dry ingredients well. Blend wet ingredients: Put mashed banana into a cup measure and fill up the rest of the way with maple syrup to 1/2 cup line. Blend with oil, egg, vanilla. Add wet ingredients minus the water to dry. Add water at the end. Mix well
Pour into a greased pan (we used coconut oil) and bake for about 45 minutes.
See next entry for tasty coconut milk custard recipe...
4 comments:
I have to tell you that you are an amazing mother! I have a daughter turning 2 this month, she's had a lot of medical problems, that are now down to a long list of allergies, 5 of the top 8, *milk, wheat, soy, peanut, egg* some minor eczema, and gastrointestinal discomfort. We have to feed her carefully, which is so hard to do with the time i have to prepare something edible for her. I give you a lot of credit, because you sound like a very busy person, who doesn't always have the finances to eat healthy or to feed a family with allergies and such, and yet you have put in such an effort to give yourself and your family a wide variety of meals. the time, effort, and headaches you must produce to do these things, and share your findings on the internet must be immense. I want to thank you for this birthday cake recipe. her 2nd birthday cannot be without cake! and so i will be attempting this for her, minus the eggs *replacement is called for :)* and i hope it at least turns out edible. as she will be the only one eating it i'm sure it will at least be tastier than the things she is used to. So thank you thank you thank you! i can't tell you how much respect i have for you and your cooking! i wish you the best of luck in everything your doing.
shelly
Hi Shelly,
I apologize...it's only been in the last year or so that I've figured out how to get notified about comments. I've just now, finally, read yours, and have to say...thanks so much. I hope your daughter, who is now 4 like mine, I think, had a great birthday! How are her allergies now?
Jen
Water? what water? how much of it? Just found your site which is great - son with chronic fatigue has problems with grains except rice, soy, dairy, nuts, stone fruit, cinnamon and nutmeg, and about twenty other things - including sushi wrappers. Controlling the allergies and lots of supplements allows him to get to college part time - he's spent fifteen years mostly in bed - but cake is something he dreams of
Sorry!
After two years...thanks for the correction.
There is 1 cup of water. Plain old, preferably filtered water. If mixed into the wet ingredients it separates from the fat but it's all good once it's blended in.
Sounds like your son is doing great! Congratulations!
If he can tolerate dates, you can whip some of those up with some coconut butter or oil to make icing. :)
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