Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Grain Free Coconut Strawberry Cake

May is national strawberry month.  

The perfect month to make  a strawberry cake for a May birthday baby like Ping.


Grain Free Coconut Strawberry Cake

2 1/4 cups coconut flour
2 tsp baking powder
1/4 cup unsweetened flaked coconut
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 tbsp honey
1 1/4 cup milk 
1 egg
1 cup diced strawberries, plus more for top
1 cup low fat plain yogurt

Preheat oven to 350.  Whisk together the flour, baking powder, and coconut in a medium bowl.  In a separate bowl or large measuring cup whisk together the oil, honey, milk, and egg.  Mix the wet ingredients into the dry and fold in the strawberries.   Bake 30 minutes until cooked through (cake may be crumbly as that  is what I tend to get with coconut flour, but the dogs wont mind).  To frost the cake I drained the yogurt in a cheese cloth lined sieve for a few hours to make a thicker and then spooned it over the cake and topped with a few strawberries.

We had a little tea party for mother's day and Ping's birthday and I made some human friendly recipes too, they are on my new blog The Old Fashioned Way which is going to be about vintage things.

23 comments:

  1. Awww, Happy Birthday that cake looks delish!!!

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  2. Looks like you had a swell time and the cake .... well I am drooling allover the keyboard. Have a terrific Tuesday.
    Best wishes Molly

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  3. Ping you look'z luvley in you little pink dress. You sure had a good Birthday xx00xx

    Mollie and Alfie

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  4. Wait, is this for me or for the doggies - it looks pretty darn good! Happy Birthday.

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  5. That cake looks so good! Hope you had a fantastic Mother's DaY!

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  6. OMPUG mom is starving at work and now after seeing that cake she is really starving!
    love the dress!
    stella rose

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  7. Ooooh, we will have to keep that recipe to make for Dad, he is crazy about coconut!
    Dip Bridge and Elliot x

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  8. Happy Barkday Ping! This recipe sounds delish! Maybe use greek yogurt to skip the draining part cos its thicker?

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  9. Ping looks very pleased with her birthday cake!

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  10. That looks really good. Happy Birthday Ping.

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  11. You are such a good Mom to always bake for your kids
    hugs
    Bailey, Hazel & Greta

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  12. Ping looks soooo cute!!! Love the dress!

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  13. Happy birthday, Ping. No more fights with Norby, okay?

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  14. What a lovely birthday girl! I look forward to checking out the new blog too :-)

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  15. Aww, Happy Birthday Ping! That cake looks so delicious.

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  16. Oh what an adorable girl! Cake looks tasty too :)

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  17. There is so many awesome things going on here, I is overwhelmed. One - Ping's dress! So pretty. 2. Cake! Yum. and 3. coconut flour? neato; my mama puts coconut sugar in her coffees, she will look into coconut flour also!

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  18. D&D said I better get on this stat!
    Love,
    Christy

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