Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Low Carb cake from the Banting Blondes

CREAMY (but light) LOW CARB CAKE WITH CINNAMON CREAM CHEESE FROSTING - to die for!

Cake:
•6 eggs
•1/2 cup butter
•1/2 teaspoon salt
•1 teaspoon baking powder
•3/4 cup coconut flour
•1/2 can coconut milk
•2/3 cup xylitol

Frosting:
•200g cream cheese
•2 Tbs Xylitol (or more if you prefer a sweeter icing)
•2 tsp cinnamon

1. Set the oven to 180° and butter a baking pan.
2. Melt the butter, and mix in the xylitol until it dissolves. Let it cool slightly.
3. Separate the eggs, adding the yolks to the melted cooled butter.
4. Sieve the coconut flour, salt, and baking powder togther in a large bowl.
5. Add the yolk and butter mixture to the dry ingredients. Mixture will be dough-like. 

6. Add in the coconut milk, and stir till smooth - now mixture will be lighter and creamy.
7. Whip the egg whites until it forms stiff peaks in a seperate large bowl.
8. Mix a little of the whipped egg whites into the yolk mixture to lighten it.
9. Gently fold the yolk mixture into the egg whites, being careful not to deflate the whites too much - this is more important than having the mixture fully mixed with the egg whites.
10. Spread the batter into the baking tray gently, and bake for 35 minutes. Let it cool.

For the frosting:
11. Mix the cream cheese, xylitol and cinnamon together until smooth.
12. Ice the cake.
13. Top with fresh berries of your choice (make sure not to over do your daily carb allowance).
14. Slice a piece and eat it all up!

Enjoy!!

♡ The Banting Blondes

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