Birthday Cake "Substitute"

"Bailey's Girl" <.@.> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hi --

I just realized that we're having a birthday party Friday -- got hit right
between the eyes with it when I went by the bakery and realized I needed
to order a cake!

Does anyone have a good idea for a substitute for the traditional cake and
ice cream? I *love* cake and ice cream -- ugh.

My son will be 13, so I don't want him to feel "cheated" -- I'd like him
to think of it more as something special, but I am at a total loss for
ideas.

If I can't come up with something, I'll get the cake and just (quietly)
not eat it -- it would make me sick anyway. :-(

Any ideas would be appreciated though!

We ALL love cake and ice cream! LOL!!!

Can't help you with the ice cream, but you could probably make a kind of
"cake" from this....

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/cooking/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_27074,00.html

My daughter has asked for the Jello Brand buy it in the box cheese cake
mix, mix it up, pour it in a graham crust, let set, pour a can of
cherry pie filling on top. She doesnt want a cake this year.

Bailey's Girl said:

Hi --

I just realized that we're having a birthday party Friday -- got hit
right between the eyes with it when I went by the bakery and realized I
needed to order a cake!

Does anyone have a good idea for a substitute for the traditional cake
and ice cream? I *love* cake and ice cream -- ugh.

My son will be 13, so I don't want him to feel "cheated" -- I'd like him
to think of it more as something special, but I am at a total loss for
ideas.

If I can't come up with something, I'll get the cake and just (quietly)
not eat it -- it would make me sick anyway. :-(

Any ideas would be appreciated though!

"Bailey's Girl" <.@.> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hi --

I just realized that we're having a birthday party Friday -- got hit right
between the eyes with it when I went by the bakery and realized I needed
to order a cake!

Does anyone have a good idea for a substitute for the traditional cake and
ice cream? I *love* cake and ice cream -- ugh.

My son will be 13, so I don't want him to feel "cheated" -- I'd like him
to think of it more as something special, but I am at a total loss for
ideas.

If I can't come up with something, I'll get the cake and just (quietly)
not eat it -- it would make me sick anyway. :-(

Any ideas would be appreciated though!

Is your son LC? If he's not then just give him what he wants. Or go out to
dinner and have only a small slice of cake brough to your son.

Or just don't eat it - have a sweet drink like Diet Orange Soda or Diet
Black CHerry soda while they have cake - the sweet does the trick for me.

Jim Bard said:

"Bailey's Girl" <.@.> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

Hi --

I just realized that we're having a birthday party Friday -- got hit right
between the eyes with it when I went by the bakery and realized I needed
to order a cake!

Does anyone have a good idea for a substitute for the traditional cake and
ice cream? I *love* cake and ice cream -- ugh.

My son will be 13, so I don't want him to feel "cheated" -- I'd like him
to think of it more as something special, but I am at a total loss for
ideas.

If I can't come up with something, I'll get the cake and just (quietly)
not eat it -- it would make me sick anyway. :-(

Any ideas would be appreciated though!

We ALL love cake and ice cream! LOL!!!

lol -- you're right Jim -- that was a pretty silly thing to say, wasn't
it! lol

Quoted message said:

Can't help you with the ice cream, but you could probably make a kind of
"cake" from this....

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/cooking/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_27074,00.html

Thanks! I'll take a peek at that!

If it were your own birthday, I'd suggest a sugarfree cheesecake,
or one of the flourless cake recipes. But LC is a lifetime plan,
and you might as well get used to either refusing or having a small
token sliver of relatives' birthday cakes. You could get a small
container of sugarfree ice cream for your own serving. Try to get
your son a small enough cake that there won't be much left over.

Bailey's Girl .@. said:

I just realized that we're having a birthday party Friday -- got hit
right between the eyes with it when I went by the bakery and realized I
needed to order a cake!

Does anyone have a good idea for a substitute for the traditional cake
and ice cream? I *love* cake and ice cream -- ugh.

My son will be 13, so I don't want him to feel "cheated" -- I'd like him
to think of it more as something special, but I am at a total loss for
ideas.

If I can't come up with something, I'll get the cake and just (quietly)
not eat it -- it would make me sick anyway. :-(

Any ideas would be appreciated though!

--
jamie ([email hidden])

"There's a seeker born every minute."

Not really, I'm not real fond of most cakes, especially with too much
frosting as most have. I do like pound cake types though, my favorite is
poppyseed cake made from the recipe on the side of the Poppyseed Filling
Can. Haven't had one in several years. Ice cream is good but I am only
tempted by coffee ice cream which is hard to find, or the ice cream made
from coconut milk that a lot of Thai restaurants have. I have had this a
couple of times on low carb. I figure ia small serving is not bad, only the
sugar, no carbs in the coconut milk.

In news:%9%te.89278$yV4.60474@okepread03,
Jim Bard <[email hidden]> stated
|
| We ALL love cake and ice cream! LOL!!!
|
| Can't help you with the ice cream, but you could probably make a kind
| of "cake" from this....
|
| http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/cooking/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_27074,00.html

flicknut said:

Is your son on Atkins? I think it would be rude to substitute his cake
and ice cream just because of your diet. Buy the treats and let people
choose if they want to eat or not. If you really want to make a low
carb cake, try searching for recipes with cream cheese as the main
ingredient.

Hi, Flicknut --

Actually, he is, in his own way. We do low-carb at home. I think it's
a healthy lifestyle, especially since we do it the "real food" way, and
I'm fortunate that he isn't a picky eater or having to be
"reprogrammed". We've pretty much always eaten "real food" -- now we
just don't have the potatoes and pasta and rice -- and I don't go for
shakes, bars or the latest low-carb processed foods. I did try them
when I was on the road, but they tasted like chemicals, which to me was
a bad sign.

I think he gets enough "junk" out in the real world, so I pretty much
don't have it in my house. I have to admit I'm pleased and proud that
his after school snack of choice is a salad.

So our home meals aren't changing much for the family. I'm cooking
low-carb and watching my portions. He's a growing boy so I don't have
him on a "diet", per se, because he doesn't need one. He's healthy and
not over-weight -- I'm just helping him to make what I believe are
healthier choices. With all the salt, sugar and who-knows-what in
processed foods, I'm glad that he is learning to, and prefers to, avoid
them.

That said, I wasn't looking to substitute his birthday cake with Splenda
covered pork rinds -- lol

What I've pretty much decided to do is present all of these great
suggestions to him and ask him what he wants to do. He likes
cheesecake, so he may want to go that route, but if he wants a birthday
cake, he can certainly have one. And he likes to cook -- who knows? He
might want to bake his own "low-carb" cake! <g>

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Quoted message said:

flicknut said:

Is your son on Atkins? I think it would be rude to substitute his cake
and ice cream just because of your diet. Buy the treats and let people
choose if they want to eat or not. If you really want to make a low
carb cake, try searching for recipes with cream cheese as the main
ingredient.

Hi, Flicknut --

Actually, he is, in his own way. We do low-carb at home. I think it's
a healthy lifestyle, especially since we do it the "real food" way, and
I'm fortunate that he isn't a picky eater or having to be
"reprogrammed". We've pretty much always eaten "real food" -- now we
just don't have the potatoes and pasta and rice -- and I don't go for
shakes, bars or the latest low-carb processed foods. I did try them
when I was on the road, but they tasted like chemicals, which to me was
a bad sign.

I think he gets enough "junk" out in the real world, so I pretty much
don't have it in my house. I have to admit I'm pleased and proud that
his after school snack of choice is a salad.

So our home meals aren't changing much for the family. I'm cooking
low-carb and watching my portions. He's a growing boy so I don't have
him on a "diet", per se, because he doesn't need one. He's healthy and
not over-weight -- I'm just helping him to make what I believe are
healthier choices. With all the salt, sugar and who-knows-what in
processed foods, I'm glad that he is learning to, and prefers to, avoid
them.

That said, I wasn't looking to substitute his birthday cake with Splenda
covered pork rinds -- lol

What I've pretty much decided to do is present all of these great
suggestions to him and ask him what he wants to do. He likes
cheesecake, so he may want to go that route, but if he wants a birthday
cake, he can certainly have one. And he likes to cook -- who knows? He
might want to bake his own "low-carb" cake! <g>

Well, on any diet, you are allowed to have ONE slice of birthday cake on
YOUR OWN birthday.

Luna said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Bailey's Girl <.@.>

Quoted message said:

flicknut said:

Is your son on Atkins? I think it would be rude to substitute his cake
and ice cream just because of your diet. Buy the treats and let people
choose if they want to eat or not. If you really want to make a low
carb cake, try searching for recipes with cream cheese as the main
ingredient.

Hi, Flicknut --

Actually, he is, in his own way. We do low-carb at home. I think it's
a healthy lifestyle, especially since we do it the "real food" way, and
I'm fortunate that he isn't a picky eater or having to be
"reprogrammed". We've pretty much always eaten "real food" -- now we
just don't have the potatoes and pasta and rice -- and I don't go for
shakes, bars or the latest low-carb processed foods. I did try them
when I was on the road, but they tasted like chemicals, which to me was
a bad sign.

I think he gets enough "junk" out in the real world, so I pretty much
don't have it in my house. I have to admit I'm pleased and proud that
his after school snack of choice is a salad.

So our home meals aren't changing much for the family. I'm cooking
low-carb and watching my portions. He's a growing boy so I don't have
him on a "diet", per se, because he doesn't need one. He's healthy and
not over-weight -- I'm just helping him to make what I believe are
healthier choices. With all the salt, sugar and who-knows-what in
processed foods, I'm glad that he is learning to, and prefers to, avoid
them.

That said, I wasn't looking to substitute his birthday cake with Splenda
covered pork rinds -- lol

What I've pretty much decided to do is present all of these great
suggestions to him and ask him what he wants to do. He likes
cheesecake, so he may want to go that route, but if he wants a birthday
cake, he can certainly have one. And he likes to cook -- who knows? He
might want to bake his own "low-carb" cake! <g>

Well, on any diet, you are allowed to have ONE slice of birthday cake on
YOUR OWN birthday.

Um -- no --

*I* am doing Atkins -- therefore I am not allowed to have even one slice
of birthday cake on my birthday -- (at least if that allowance is in the
book, I sure can't find it) -- unless I want to make myself sick, which
I don't.

But I think I said if he wanted a birthday cake, he could certainly have
one and the choice is his?

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Luna said:

In article <[email hidden]>, Bailey's Girl <.@.>

Quoted message said:

flicknut wrote:

>Is your son on Atkins? I think it would be rude to substitute his cake
>and ice cream just because of your diet. Buy the treats and let people
>choose if they want to eat or not. If you really want to make a low
>carb cake, try searching for recipes with cream cheese as the main
>ingredient.

Hi, Flicknut --

Actually, he is, in his own way. We do low-carb at home. I think it's
a healthy lifestyle, especially since we do it the "real food" way, and
I'm fortunate that he isn't a picky eater or having to be
"reprogrammed". We've pretty much always eaten "real food" -- now we
just don't have the potatoes and pasta and rice -- and I don't go for
shakes, bars or the latest low-carb processed foods. I did try them
when I was on the road, but they tasted like chemicals, which to me was
a bad sign.

I think he gets enough "junk" out in the real world, so I pretty much
don't have it in my house. I have to admit I'm pleased and proud that
his after school snack of choice is a salad.

So our home meals aren't changing much for the family. I'm cooking
low-carb and watching my portions. He's a growing boy so I don't have
him on a "diet", per se, because he doesn't need one. He's healthy and
not over-weight -- I'm just helping him to make what I believe are
healthier choices. With all the salt, sugar and who-knows-what in
processed foods, I'm glad that he is learning to, and prefers to, avoid
them.

That said, I wasn't looking to substitute his birthday cake with Splenda
covered pork rinds -- lol

What I've pretty much decided to do is present all of these great
suggestions to him and ask him what he wants to do. He likes
cheesecake, so he may want to go that route, but if he wants a birthday
cake, he can certainly have one. And he likes to cook -- who knows? He
might want to bake his own "low-carb" cake! <g>

Well, on any diet, you are allowed to have ONE slice of birthday cake on
YOUR OWN birthday.

Um -- no --

*I* am doing Atkins -- therefore I am not allowed to have even one slice
of birthday cake on my birthday -- (at least if that allowance is in the
book, I sure can't find it) -- unless I want to make myself sick, which
I don't.

The allowance isn't in the book. It's just a truism of life. Of
course, if it makes you sick, and you don't want to do it, then don't of
course. You're still allowed though. Maybe not by Atkins, but you are
allowed according to the Universe.

Flourless Chocolate Cake is certainly an option for both of you. Atkins
has a pretty simple recipe in their cookbook that uses LC chocolate bars as
the base. If you really have to have ice cream on it, get something LC and
you and your son can enjoy yourselves in moderation. :-)

Bailey's Girl .@. said:

That said, I wasn't looking to substitute his birthday cake with Splenda
covered pork rinds -- lol

-----
Bev

"Bailey's Girl" <.@.> wrote in message
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Does anyone have a good idea for a substitute for the traditional cake and
ice cream? I *love* cake and ice cream -- ugh.

Low Carb Chocolate Torte

1 tbsp instant coffee/espresso grounds

4 oz unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped - I use Bakers

1.5 tsp vanilla

1/3 cup butter

1/2 cup erythritol

1/4 tsp liquid splenda

(Or ½ cup regular splenda in place of the erythritol and liquid spenda)

1/2 cup ground almonds

3 eggs

1. Dissolve espresso in 1 tbsp very hot water.

2. Grease an 8 inch springform pan. Line the bottom with a round of
parchment paper.

3. Nuke the chocolate, espresso, vanilla and butter until melted. Take your
time and be careful. I use partial power settings to avoid burning. Stir 1/4
cup erythritol, liquid spenda, and almonds flour, stirring until the
erythritol is dissolved.

4. With electric beaters, beat eggs with remaining erythritol for about 5
minutes or until lemon coloured and thick.

5. Fold one third into chocolate mixture to lighten in. Fold in remaining
egg mixture.

6. Pour into prepared pan. Bake in 325 degree F oven 40-45 minutes or until
top of cake is set and cracked and cake tester comes out still moist. Let
cool in pan. Unmold.

Rich

Bailey's Girl wrote:
|| Hi --
||
|| I just realized that we're having a birthday party Friday -- got hit
|| right between the eyes with it when I went by the bakery and
|| realized I needed to order a cake!
||
|| Does anyone have a good idea for a substitute for the traditional
|| cake and ice cream? I *love* cake and ice cream -- ugh.
||
|| My son will be 13, so I don't want him to feel "cheated" -- I'd like
|| him to think of it more as something special, but I am at a total
|| loss for ideas.
||
|| If I can't come up with something, I'll get the cake and just
|| (quietly) not eat it -- it would make me sick anyway. :-(
||
|| Any ideas would be appreciated though!

Is your son also on a low-carb diet? If not, I wouldn't deprive him of his
traditional cake and ice cream just so that you won't be tempted! is
birthday should be all about him, not you.

--
Peter
Website: http://users.thelink.net/marengo

Bailey's Girl said:

Hi --

I just realized that we're having a birthday party Friday -- got hit
right between the eyes with it when I went by the bakery and realized I
needed to order a cake!

I know everyone is holding their breath for the outcome of this drama.

He initially didn't want a cake at all ("But Mom! *You* can't have any
cake!"😉, and gave Rich's Low Carb Chocolate Torte a long, hard look (and
wants to make that one day soon ("It's too hot to bake right now."😉),
but eventually he decided on a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting
(as long as it doesn't have "little kid decorations" on it <lol> and
neopolitan ice cream. I had to practically talk him into it. He's a
very thoughtful kid and I'm darn proud of him.

Thanks for all the great suggestions.

Bailey's Girl .@. said:

Bailey's Girl said:

Hi --

I just realized that we're having a birthday party Friday -- got hit
right between the eyes with it when I went by the bakery and realized I
needed to order a cake!

I know everyone is holding their breath for the outcome of this drama.

He initially didn't want a cake at all ("But Mom! *You* can't have any
cake!"😉, and gave Rich's Low Carb Chocolate Torte a long, hard look (and
wants to make that one day soon ("It's too hot to bake right now."😉),
but eventually he decided on a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting
(as long as it doesn't have "little kid decorations" on it <lol> and
neopolitan ice cream. I had to practically talk him into it. He's a
very thoughtful kid and I'm darn proud of him.

Thanks for all the great suggestions.

If he would like for you to have a piece of cake you could make up a
serve of Three Minute Chocolate Cake for you to enjoy when he's eating
his. I love this one - it's super-easy and since it makes a single
serve you're not tempted to have 'just a weency piece more'.

The recipe arrived on one of my mailing lists, as fwd-fwd-fwd without
attribution, by way of a South Beach list (I'm not on SB but I know
people who are). I've posted the recipe as it came to me, but I
modify it a little - my modifications are below:
******
Three Minute Chocolate Cake
2 Tbls. butter or nontrans fat marg.
1/4 cup almond flour
1 Tbls. cocoa (heaping is best)
1/4 tsp baking powder
3 Tbls + 1 tsp measurable Splenda
(have also used 2-3 packets too)
1 Tbls water
1 egg

Melt butter in micro, add rest of ingredients and stir. Cover with
plastic wrap, slice a hole in the center and micro for 1 min, 20
secs; until center is set but still moist.
******
I either use butter or a cold-pressed oil such as Macadamia Oil, never
margarine. I've used several different 'nut flours' and they're all
good. My favourite is to use my Women's Nutrient Formula (which you
probably can't get outside Australia) which is a blend of almonds,
hazelnuts, sunflower seeds and sesame seeds as the texture and mix of
tastes to me really enhances it. I use 3 Splenda tablets (or the
equivalent of 1 tbs powdered Splenda or other sweetener) as I find
that the recipe is typically 'American-sweet' which is too much for my
Aussie palate. You could probably use DaVinci or other SF sweetner
instead to give it a different twist - I can see how it would be
heavenly with Raspberry, Hazelnut or Irish Cream syrup! Topped with a
touch of whipped cream it's truly decadent, yet doesn't upset my
sugars (I'm T2) nor does it set me up with cravings for more.

Aramanth

Aramanth Dawe said:

Bailey's Girl .@. said:

Bailey's Girl said:

Hi --

I just realized that we're having a birthday party Friday -- got hit
right between the eyes with it when I went by the bakery and realized I
needed to order a cake!

I know everyone is holding their breath for the outcome of this drama.

He initially didn't want a cake at all ("But Mom! *You* can't have any
cake!"😉, and gave Rich's Low Carb Chocolate Torte a long, hard look (and
wants to make that one day soon ("It's too hot to bake right now."😉),
but eventually he decided on a chocolate cake with chocolate frosting
(as long as it doesn't have "little kid decorations" on it <lol> and
neopolitan ice cream. I had to practically talk him into it. He's a
very thoughtful kid and I'm darn proud of him.

Thanks for all the great suggestions.

If he would like for you to have a piece of cake you could make up a
serve of Three Minute Chocolate Cake for you to enjoy when he's eating
his. I love this one - it's super-easy and since it makes a single
serve you're not tempted to have 'just a weency piece more'.

The recipe arrived on one of my mailing lists, as fwd-fwd-fwd without
attribution, by way of a South Beach list (I'm not on SB but I know
people who are). I've posted the recipe as it came to me, but I
modify it a little - my modifications are below:
******
Three Minute Chocolate Cake
2 Tbls. butter or nontrans fat marg.
1/4 cup almond flour
1 Tbls. cocoa (heaping is best)
1/4 tsp baking powder
3 Tbls + 1 tsp measurable Splenda
(have also used 2-3 packets too)
1 Tbls water
1 egg

Melt butter in micro, add rest of ingredients and stir. Cover with
plastic wrap, slice a hole in the center and micro for 1 min, 20
secs; until center is set but still moist.
******
I either use butter or a cold-pressed oil such as Macadamia Oil, never
margarine. I've used several different 'nut flours' and they're all
good. My favourite is to use my Women's Nutrient Formula (which you
probably can't get outside Australia) which is a blend of almonds,
hazelnuts, sunflower seeds and sesame seeds as the texture and mix of
tastes to me really enhances it. I use 3 Splenda tablets (or the
equivalent of 1 tbs powdered Splenda or other sweetener) as I find
that the recipe is typically 'American-sweet' which is too much for my
Aussie palate. You could probably use DaVinci or other SF sweetner
instead to give it a different twist - I can see how it would be
heavenly with Raspberry, Hazelnut or Irish Cream syrup! Topped with a
touch of whipped cream it's truly decadent, yet doesn't upset my
sugars (I'm T2) nor does it set me up with cravings for more.

Aramanth

Hi, Aramanth!

It sounds heavenly! And I know it would make him feel better! I can't
get almond flour here, but I can see if I can find something suitable.

Thanks for the great suggestion!

Bailey's Girl .@. said:

Hi, Aramanth!

It sounds heavenly! And I know it would make him feel better! I can't
get almond flour here, but I can see if I can find something suitable.

Thanks for the great suggestion!

If you can get almonds and have a food processor, you can make your
own. Just bung the nuts in and pulverise them until it's the texture
you want. You can make other nuts into flour, too!

Aramanth

Aramanth Dawe said:

Bailey's Girl .@. said:

Hi, Aramanth!

It sounds heavenly! And I know it would make him feel better! I can't
get almond flour here, but I can see if I can find something suitable.

Thanks for the great suggestion!

If you can get almonds and have a food processor, you can make your
own. Just bung the nuts in and pulverise them until it's the texture
you want. You can make other nuts into flour, too!

Thanks, Aramanth, but I don't have one of those either -- I'm beginning
to think I'm sounding terribly "backward". LOL!

However, that *is* something I can get! Whoop! 8^)

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Luna said:

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flicknut wrote:

>Is your son on Atkins? I think it would be rude to substitute his cake
>and ice cream just because of your diet. Buy the treats and let people
>choose if they want to eat or not. If you really want to make a low
>carb cake, try searching for recipes with cream cheese as the main
>ingredient.

Hi, Flicknut --

Actually, he is, in his own way. We do low-carb at home. I think it's a
healthy lifestyle, especially since we do it the "real food" way, and I'm
fortunate that he isn't a picky eater or having to be "reprogrammed".
We've pretty much always eaten "real food" -- now we just don't have the
potatoes and pasta and rice -- and I don't go for shakes, bars or the
latest low-carb processed foods. I did try them when I was on the road,
but they tasted like chemicals, which to me was a bad sign.

I think he gets enough "junk" out in the real world, so I pretty much
don't have it in my house. I have to admit I'm pleased and proud that
his after school snack of choice is a salad.

So our home meals aren't changing much for the family. I'm cooking
low-carb and watching my portions. He's a growing boy so I don't have
him on a "diet", per se, because he doesn't need one. He's healthy and
not over-weight -- I'm just helping him to make what I believe are
healthier choices. With all the salt, sugar and who-knows-what in
processed foods, I'm glad that he is learning to, and prefers to, avoid
them.

That said, I wasn't looking to substitute his birthday cake with Splenda
covered pork rinds -- lol

What I've pretty much decided to do is present all of these great
suggestions to him and ask him what he wants to do. He likes cheesecake,
so he may want to go that route, but if he wants a birthday cake, he can
certainly have one. And he likes to cook -- who knows? He might want to
bake his own "low-carb" cake! <g>

Well, on any diet, you are allowed to have ONE slice of birthday cake on
YOUR OWN birthday.

Um -- no --

*I* am doing Atkins -- therefore I am not allowed to have even one slice
of birthday cake on my birthday -- (at least if that allowance is in the
book, I sure can't find it) -- unless I want to make myself sick, which I
don't.

*UM* where is your sense of humor? I think we all know how the plan works.

Quoted message said:

But I think I said if he wanted a birthday cake, he could certainly have
one and the choice is his?