Paleo Birthday Cake

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• Enjoy this indulgent pastry—while sticking 100% to your paleo ways! So you decided to go paleo, then the calendar reminded you it’s time to turn another year older. Which has you wondering—how do you celebrate your birthday as a paleo person? It’s easier than you think to make a paleo-approved, grain-free, gluten-free, paleo-perfect birthday cake. This super simple mix of really easy-to-find ingredients yields one golden cake, peppered with vanilla bean caviar and topped with the most blissful buttercream ever made in modern times. Here’s how to celebrate your big day, cavestyle! The best paleo baking recipes are simple and call for basic ingredients. Sure, you can whip up a batch of cake with tapioca flour, arrowroot, and five kinds of exotic nut flours. But, seriously? When are you ever going to make that sort of complex concoction ever again? No. A true paleo birthday cake must be vanilla. It must be delicious. And it must be crazy basic. These are the factors that led to me to this glorious line-up of truly simple ingredients together. Coconut flour, eggs, vanilla, honey and a sprinkling of other baking basics like salt and baking soda. That’s it. No tapiocarrowroot. No weird stuff. Just good stuff, plain and simple. Of course, every proper birthday cake needs a batch of buttercream schmeared up top. So, here's how to make the ultimate paleo chocolate frosting. It starts with coconut cream. To make coconut cream, place a can of full-fat coconut milk into the fridge overnight. Open the can and scoop out the thick, creamy part—that's the coconut cream! Save the other stuff for mixing into your morning smoothies. Or drinking by the light of the blue moon. You pick. Whip it all together with some melted chocolate chips, honey, and cocoa powder, and you’ll get this sweet, fluffy buttercream.
• Then, decorate away! If you’re not a fan of sugary sprinkles, tint a little dried coconut with natural food dyes and make your own paleo rainbow sprinkles. Or just push a few cherries or berries up top for a totally stunning pastry. You are now invited to call your clan and tell them to eat cake. Slice giant pieces of this sweet little treat and share abundantly! Without gluten, grains or a smidgen of white flour, all of your cavefolk will be delighted to dive in. And how does it taste, you wonder? Just like vanilla cake. Perfectly moist & vanilla-y cake. Happy Birthday, Caveyou!