You know you're a Maximized Living kid when even you're BIRTHDAY CAKE is healthy ;) I wanted to make a special cake for one of the sweetest, healthiest little boys I know... chocolate was a little played out so decided to try strawberry, he approved... I think you might too :)
I made a huge batch to make a 4 layer cake for his party, (2 cakes with filled layers) so if you'd like to make a smaller cake, just split the recipe in half and you can do something like this!
CAKE:
3 cups almond flour
1 cup Jay Robb vanilla or strawberry whey protein
1 & 1/4 cup xylitol
12 TBS butter or coconut oil
1/4 tsp cream of tartar3 tsp strawberry extract10 eggs, separated
4 tsp baking powder
HOW TO:
Preheat oven to 325. Whip egg whites with cream of tartar until stiff. In separate bowl, using electric mixer, cream butter with egg yolks until yellow and fluffy. Add vanilla extract and sweetener. Beat until well mixed. Add about 1/3 of the whipped egg whites to the butter/egg yolk mixture and mix lightly. Fold the whole thing into the whipped egg whites and fold lightly. Add 1 cup of the almond flour and fold lightly. Add remaining almond flour, whey protein, and baking powder and fold thoroughly, being careful not to break down whites.
Bake 325 until lightly golden
FROSTING:
16 oz (2 packs) Organic Cream Cheese
1 stick Organic salted butter
1 tsp vanilla extract (no sugar or oils added, check label)
1 tsp strawberry extract (no sugar or bad oils added, check label)
6 tbsps coconut milk
3/4-1 cup of powdered xylitol depending on how sweet you'd like the frosting
1-2 packs of Organic Strawberries (depending on how you wish to decorate or layer)
HOW TO:
In a magic bullet or coffee grinder pulverize xylitol until it's a fine powder. Cream together butter and xylitol. Add the remaining ingredients and beat until smooth.
PUTTING IT TOGETHER:
Once cake(s) have cooled, slice in half. Spread down a layer of frosting and slice strawberries on top. Once covered, add the top of cake on either frost and decorate or continue layering and do the same
