Before starting my new lifestyle, my downfall was cake and icing. If the changes I have made weren’t so important to me I would have given in to this temptation on several occasions. To this date, it has been over three years since I have had a piece of cake. As my daughter’s first birthday approached I attempted a whole wheat carrot cake, which was an utter failure. So imagine how thrilled I was when I found a home made cake recipe in this month’s Friend which seemed oh so easy to convert. I think I have found this years birthday cake – and it won’t be served to the trash can like last year 🙂 The cake is a little more dense than I would like, but I have a few ideas to fix that… when I do I will repost with a new recipe! As for the ice cream, I have made ice cream in the past with an ice cream maker… it turned out good but this recipe which was originally found on pinterest is so easy that it can be made any time, without special tools, extra noise or extra mess. We now make it frequently and it has changed significantly from the original recipe.
So here are the recipes:
White Cake with Chocolate Cream Cheese Frosting
2 1/4 cups whole wheat pastry flour
3/4 Cup whole wheat baby cereal
1 Tbsp Cornstarch
3 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp salt
3/4 butter softened
1 cup honey
1/4 cup water
1 tsp vanilla extract
3/4 cup milk
6 egg whites
1. preheat oven to 350 degrees, prepare three 9 inch round cake pans
2. Sift the flour 2-3 times then sift with cornstarch, Baking powder and salt. Add cereal and mix well.
3. In a large bowl, cream honey and butter. Stir in water, milk and vanilla.
4. Gradually add flour into wet mixture, mixing well after each addition.
5. In a clean bowl, beat egg whites until soft peaks form. Gently fold egg whites into batter.
6. Divide the batter between the 3 prepared pans. (for a fun look, you may want to color each portion before pouring into pans)
7. Bake in preheated oven for 25 min, or until a toothpick, inserted into the center, comes out clean.
8. Remove from oven, allow to cool, in pans, on wire racks for 1 hour. remove from pan and allow layers to cool another 30 min on wire racks.
9. Spread frosting between each layer and over entire cake
Chocolate Cream Cheese Icing
1 pkg cream cheese
6 Tbsp Honey
2 Tbsp Cocoa Powder
1 tsp cinnamon
1 tsp water
Put all ingredients into a bowl. Mix well. spread over cake
Cherry Banana Ice Cream
1 Banana (peeled and frozen)
3 Tbsp heavy cream (use milk for a lighter version)
1 Tbsp honey (for less sugar leave this out or use 1/8 tsp stevia)
1 tsp vanilla
2 Tbsp chopped almonds
3-4 Frozen cherries
combine all ingredients in a food processor, blend well and serve. If mixture seems too thick add a small amount of milk or cream until it reaches desired consistency. (This can be refrozen but it takes some time to thaw enough to eat.)
Enjoy!
Wholly Healthy Momma 