Grain free birthday and solving Eczema
My 35th birthday was earlier this month. I could have justified some gluten-free grain
filled cake but I really wanted to use my own birthday as an opportunity to
experiment with grain-free cake recipes.
My family all LOVE this cake and I usually make it for birthdays—I’d
hate to make something sub-par for someone else’s birthday. I also love that cake but it doesn’t make me
feel very good. We celebrated my
birthday twice—the weekend before we got together with my in-laws and I made
this cake recipe. It was good flavor but
dry—I think the brand of coconut flour makes a big difference and if I had used
the same brand she did it might have been better—my batter looked nothing like
hers. Also I didn’t really make enough
frosting (used this recipe). Later I made
a little more to go on the leftovers and that helped with the dryness.
For my actual birthday I tried this recipe. The texture was good, it was very light and
airy, but there isn’t really enough chocolate in it. If I could figure out the chocolate intensity
of the first one with the texture of the second we might have ourselves a
contender for replacing my go to cake mix, but I don’t want to make 37 cakes in
a row to figure out the ratio—the ingredients are expensive and I don’t want to
eat that much cake!
Speaking of birthdays, baby Marshall is going to be one today! At two months old he developed
severe cradle cap and eczema. After lots
of elimination and experimentation I found that eliminating eggs got rid of 95%
of his rash, but all Summer long he had a little bit of rash that wouldn’t go
away. He was also in shorts so he would
constantly scratch at the back of his legs where the rash was which kept it
irritated. Finally really cleaning up my diet (Whole30), getting back into pants weather, and this cream got him pretty much clear. I have since tried reintroducing eggs and the eczema is starting to sneak back, so out they go again. *sigh*. For his birthday I am making him muffins that are dairy, gluten and egg free but not grain free-- so hard to eliminate everything and still have it be "cake".
More later on my Paleo thanksgiving menu....
