My baby is 6 today and I feel guilty!!

[mum4jenn]

Jennifer turns 6 years old today and my dh(DaddyDon)has a bd tomorrow(43). We did not get a cake this year for our dd!! I feel bad about it though. She took cupcakes to school yesterday for a celebration a day early but I know she should have and would love to have a cake. BUT.......I know I can't handle having a cake in the house.

 

[nativetxn]

Take a package of low carb banana nut muffin (or lemon poppy or whatever) mix and bake the batter in a loaf pan or 8x8 pan. Whip some heavy cream and add food color and "frost" the cake. Put candles on top and sing happy birthday to you. You could even use those "candy" letters to write her name on top. Those things are nasty, surely they wouldn't tempt you.

What do you think? Your daughter needs to be healthy too. It's the celebration that is important, not the food. It's a good habit for her to learn too, controlling refind carbohydrates.

 

[dizneegirl]

Make an Atkins-legal cake!

This one is simple, VERY good, and could easily be topped with whipped cream or sweetened cream cheese frosting...

ALMOND FLOUR POUND CAKE
Posted by momof4

1 cup butter, softened (or 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup cream cheese, but this raises the carb count)
1 cup Splenda
5 eggs
2 cups almond flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon lemon extract
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Cream butter and splenda well.
Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each.
Mix flour with baking powder and add to egg mixture a little at a time while beating.
Add lemon & vanilla extracts.
Pour into greased 9" cake pan and bake at 350 for 50-55 minutes.

Per Recipe: 3064 Calories; 302g Fat (86.0% calories from fat); 69g Protein; 68g Carbohydrate; 19g Dietary Fiber; 1574mg Cholesterol; 2695mg Sodium.

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Here are a few more ideas for you:

Home Cookin 4.6 Chapter: Low Carbohydrate Recipes - Desserts

Angelfood Cake by Dottie
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1 Cup protein powder vanilla, sifted
2 Teaspoons baking powder sifted
1/8 Teaspoon salt -- sifted
1/2 Teaspoon cream of tartar
5 Large eggs -- separated
2 Teaspoons vanilla extract
1 Tablespoon lemon peel finely grated
1 Teaspoon lemon extract
1/2 cup heavy cream
1/4 Cup water
10 Packages artificial sweetener

(glaze

2 Ounces heavy cream
2 Tablespoons butter
1 Teaspoon vanilla extract
or lemon extract
3 Ounces cream cheese
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Posted by Dottie CarbsPerServing: 28g carbs total Effort: Easy

How to Prepare: Preheat oven to 300'. Spray a bundt pan with cooking spray very well. Sift protein powder, baking powder and salt and set aside. In a large bowl, beat egg whites with cream of tartar until stiff. In another bowl, beat egg yolks, artificial sweetener, extracts and lemon peel. Beat in water and cream, then beat in dry ingredients. Fold into whites very carefully, then spoon into prepared bundt pan. Bake for 45 minutes, then let
cool 10 minutes before inverting and removing(this is the tricky part -just do your best).

For the frosting: Beat the cream, butter, cream cheese and ectracts well. If this is too thick, add more cream, 1 T at a time. Drizzle over cooled cake. I found this to make 12-15 servings in a standard bundt pan

Feel free to use any extract flavors you like

Servings: 12

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Home Cookin 4.6 Chapter: Low Carbohydrate Recipes - Desserts

Cinnamon Spice Pork Rind Cake By Peter Newman
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Ingredients:

7 egg whites, room temp
2 Cups of pork rind flour
1-1/4 Cups Splenda
1/2 Cup cinnamon.....yes it really is 1/2 cup
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 Cup soured, scalded, heavy whipping cream
1 Cup vanilla Davinci syrup (HOT)
4 egg yolks
1 (5 ounce bag ) of pork rinds makes two cups of pork rind flour. Use food processor, grind pork rinds to a brown sugar-like substance.

To sour the cream, add 2 tablespoons vinegar to the heavy whipping cream. To scald cream, bring to a slow boil and remove from heat.

Directions: Preheat oven to 350 . Lightly grease one rectangular cake pan. In a large bowl, add all dried ingredients and mix it up a little. Now heat your scalded cream and Davinci syrup (Important, don't add it yet just heat it only otherwise it makes the dry mix turn into concrete while you are beating your egg whites), Now beat your egg whites, once they are beaten put
it together in this order:

Add the scalded soured cream, hot Davinci syrup to dry mix, then the egg yolks. Beat on low speed with an electric mixer, until well blended.

NOW Gently fold in 1/4 of the egg whites into the cinnamon batter. Fold in the remaining egg whites, working quickly yet gently to preserve the volume of the egg whites. pour in bake pan and bake for 35 minutes.

For a more real-tasting carrot cake you can add 1/2 cup shredded carrots, 1/2 cup chopped walnuts and a tiny bit of raisins. (If you do decide to add these, add them to the mix BEFORE you add the egg whites)

Cream cheese frosting

8 ounces cream cheese 1/4 cup butter 1 tbsp vanilla 1/2 cup Splenda or more depending on how sweet you want it

Blend cream cheese and butter with vanilla until very smooth. Add Splenda and mix until blended. Spread on cooled cake.

Servings: 8

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Home Cookin 4.6 Chapter: Low Carbohydrate Recipes - Desserts

Flourless Chocolate Cake by Galatea
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1/2 Cup water
1/4 Teaspoon salt
1 Cup Splenda
8 Ounces unsweetened chocolate
1 Cup unsalted butter
6 eggs
boiling water
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Preheat oven to 300°F. Grease one 10 inch round cake pan and set aside.

In a small saucepan over medium heat, combine the water, salt and Splenda. Stir until completely dissolved and set aside.

Either in the top half of a double boiler or in microwave, melt the
chocolate. Pour the chocolate into the bowl of an electric mixer.

Cut the butter into pieces and beat the butter into the chocolate –– one piece at a time. Beat in the sweetened water. Slowly beat in the eggs –– one at a time. Pour the batter into the prepared pan. Have a pan larger than the cake pan ready, put the cake pan in the larger pan and fill the pan with boiling water halfway up the sides of the cake pan.

Bake cake in the water bath at 300°F for 45 minutes. The center will still look wet. Chill cake overnight in the pan. To unmold, dip the bottom of the cake pan in hot water for 10 seconds and invert onto a serving plate.

Serves 10 - 4 grams per serving, after fiber reduction

Servings: 10

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Home Cookin 4.6 Chapter: Low Carbohydrate Recipes - Desserts

Molten Chocolate Cakes
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Don't over bake these decadent little desserts—they should be gooey in the centers.

6 Tablespoons butter
2 Ounces unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped
1 Tablespoon Atkins Bake Mix
2 Large eggs, at room temperature
2 Large egg yolks, at room temperature
8 packets sugar substitute
1 Teaspoon vanilla extract
.
1. Heat oven to 375º F. Generously grease four 6 ounce custard cups with shortening and dust with bake mix. Place cups on a baking sheet.
2. Melt butter and chocolate in a double boiler. Remove from heat; cool. Stir in bake mix. Transfer to a large bowl.
3. With an electric mixer on high, beat eggs, egg yolks, sugar substitute and vanilla until almost firm peaks form, about 4 minutes.
4. In three additions, fold egg mixture into chocolate
mixture. Divide batter in cups. 5. Bake 8-9 minutes until toothpick inserted near edge comes out clean and inserted in center comes out with batter. Cool 3 minutes. Run knife around edge, turn upside down to release onto serving plates. Serve

Servings: 4

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Home Cookin 4.6 Chapter: Low Carbohydrate Recipes - Desserts

Blender Coconut Pudding Cake
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This works best if all ingredients are room temperature

1 1-1/2 Cups desiccated unsweetened dried coconut (I use 1.5 Cup If using shredded coconut, blend first until "meal" like)
4 eggs
1/4 Cup butter, softened
1 Cup sugar equivalent - either 1/4 tsp liquid stevia concentrate (see recipe)
or liquid Splenda or 1 Cup granular Splenda (adds 24 carbs)
1/2 Cup bake mix, any low carb brand or homemade works (see recipe)
2 Cups heavy cream
1/2 Teaspoon vanilla
1/4 Teaspoon salt
1/2 Teaspoon baking powder
.

Preheat oven to 350 and butter a 9 x 9 baking pan or a 10 inch pie plate

Place all ingredients in the blender in the order given and blend well. Pour into prepared pan. Bake approximately 70 minutes. The top will be very brown. Allow to cool completely on a rack before slicing and serving.

Servings:

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Home Cookin 4.6 Chapter: Low Carbohydrate Recipes - Desserts

Raspberry-Almond Crumb Cake
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1 Cup ground almonds
1/3 Cup splenda
1/8 Teaspoon salt
1/4 Cup butter
cut into small chilled pieces
1/2 Teaspoon baking powder
1/4 Teaspoon baking soda
1/3 Cup sour cream
2 Tablespoons heavy cream
1 Teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 Teaspoon almond extract
1 Large egg
Cooking spray
3 Ounces cream cheese -- 90gr softened
2 Tablespoons splenda
1 Large egg white
1/3 Cup fresh raspberries-I used sugar free jam..apricot or whatever
2 Tablespoons sliced almonds
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Preheat oven to 350°F-180°C. Combine nuts, 1/3 cup splenda, and salt in a bowl; cut in butter with a pastry blender or 2 knives until mixture resembles coarse meal. Reserve 1/2 cup nut mixture for topping; set aside. Combine remaining nut mixture, baking powder, and baking soda, and add sour cream, heavy cream, extracts, and egg. Beat at medium speed of a mixer until
blended. Spoon the batter into an 8" 230mm round cake pan coated with cooking spray. Combine cream cheese, 2 tablespoons splenda, and egg white; beat at medium speed until blended. Spread evenly over batter. Top with raspberries. Combine the reserved 1/2 cup nut mixture and almonds. Sprinkle
crumb mixture over raspberries. Bake at 350°F-180°C for 30 minutes or until cake springs back when touched lightly in center. Cool on a wire rack.

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Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 245 Calories; 23g Fat (80.1% calories
from fat); 7g Protein; 5g Carbohydrate; 2g Dietary Fiber; 60mg Cholesterol;
215mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 1 Lean Meat; 0 Fruit; 0 Non-Fat
Milk; 4 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.

Servings: 4

 

[LisaTx]

I like Kath's idea. As an alternative, maybe you could get her one of those single serving special desserts at the grocers and add candles to that. She could have her cake but you wouldn't have to have any.

 

[mum4jenn]

WOW!!!! Thanks guys. These are some great ideas!! Thanks so much.

I think I will make one of these.

Right after I posted this a neighbor that we used to live by called and is going to bring Jennifer one of those tiny little cakes. Hopefully Jennifer will eat that all by herself. I think she is getting one of those 4 inch cakes so it will be gone in two servings.She is like a Grandmother to Jennifer and she watched her while I was at work for the first 3 years of her life.

BUT....those recipes sound wonderful so I will make one for Don's B'Day!!!

For the most part Jennifer is eating what we do most of the time. She never has been a big fan of potatoes or rice but I do fix that for her one or twice a month.She does eat some candy but she loves the Beachgirl cheesecake!!