Happy Thursday dear friends! Despite the forecast of rain on my birthday, Jesus brought me sunshine! A beautiful, vibrant blue sky greeted me Wednesday morning and I couldn't have been more surprised. What a perfect and lovely birthday present to welcome in my golden birthday.
I love to bake. Rarely ever pass up an opportunity to bake a cake, I just had to bake my favorite for my special day. I truly dislike creating cakes without a reason, even though I could use the practice. I like to have friends and family to savor my victory or eat the failure. Cake needs company. I chose one of my favorites, a delicious Carrot Cake, and whipped up a heavenly Coconut Honey Frosting to complete this scrumptious dessert. I just finished off a slice tonight and oh dear is it good. Nothing like the moist and almost chewy texture of a good carrot cake on your birthday or the day after!
I used a delightful recipe that came out quite nicely in my new spring-form cake pans (thank you mom!). The cake and frosting recipes came from other baking geniuses, but I added a few twists of my own to both and loved the results! I'm starting to get the hang of frosting. It's had me in tears multiple times, so I was pleasantly surprised when it developed smoothly and tasted divine! A pet peeve I have with frosting has made the process more difficult than it normally should be. I just can't help this one.
I hate powdered sugar and shortening in frosting. It gives me a major sugar rush (the bad kind) and a headache within minutes of eating.
If you are familiar with frosting ingredients, this eliminates just about every good thick, creamy frosting recipe known to man kind, well practically. Fortunately, I found one that uses agave/honey and coconut oil. Most I've tried melt after being pulled out of the fridge and create a gooey, oily frosting that looks and tastes terrible. Not this one, it's actually thick and frosts nicely!
Thanks for celebrate a bit with me! I hope you enjoyed the yummy photos of my golden birthday cake!
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12 comments:
Happy belated birthday!
The cake looks splendidly yummy!!! Please pass the recipe for both cake and frosting on mishkata@gmail.com
Thanks
Yana
This looks beyond amazing! I'm definitely craving a piece now :) I've added this recipe to My Fav Recipes from Last Week post.
Thanks! ~Aubree Cherie
Beautiful cake! I am a huge fan of carrot cake, and dessert for any occasion :)
{Yana} I emailed you! :)
{Aubree} As always, it is an honor! Thank you!
{Stephanie} It is my favorite for any party too! The texture is just so perfect :).
Could you email me the recipe? This looks awesome!
sworkman11@gmail.com
Thanks,
Sara :)
Hi! I'm new to gluten, dairy, sugar, etc. - free eating, due to finding out my body doesn't like them. :(
I stumbled upon your blog, and I have to say, this cake looks so great! Could you please email the recipes?
bringingladyback at gmail dot com
Thank you so much!
Also, thank you for your blog. I have no idea how people did the allergy-free eating before the internet. It makes it much less stressful when people share their stories and recipes!
-Bethany
Could you e-mail the recipe to me :)
gwenl27@verizon.net
Thanks Gwen!!
I would love a copy of this recipe, too.
steve.millam@cox.net
Thanks!
Margaret
Jessi! My hubby and I made your vegan black bean burgers the other night and LOVED THEM! They are going in the permanent collection. :) Could I have this recipe, too? It looks scrumptious :)
malerie.hartwig@gmail.com
Thanks girl :)
You all are so kind! I emailed each of you, so check for it when you get a chance! Feel free to email me anytime. Just go to the Sweet & Salty Tale page and send me your "thoughts" :).
Happy baking all!
Would you be so kind to share this recipe. It looks amazing and would like to use it for an upcoming birthday.
Thanks so much
jayme_ogden@yahoo.com
Jayme! I just emailed you the recipe as well as two fun frostings to pair with it :). Please let me know if you don't receive it and I'll resend. I hope the party is a success. Enjoy!
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