Misty Man – round 2 – plus cake.
It’s Misty’s 2nd birthday today. This time 2 years ago, I would have been pacing around the house, ringing the hospital every half and hour, and wondering what the hell I had gotten myself into with the whole child birth thing. Bless.
Unfortunately, Misty’s special day has been ruined by the evil of the 2 year-molars – he’s teething and it’s not fun. We’ve had a fever, ridiculous amounts of drool, a lot of screaming and not much happy happy birthday time. Poor little man – teething is horrendous.
Not surprisingly, he didn’t want a bar of the cake I made – teething really kills ones’ appetite. We decided to forgo the party thing this year, and ended up having a nice quiet family affair – which has been a real blessing as Misty hasn’t been very happy. Anyway, I ended up making (and eating) his cake as a means of stress-relief…. at least this will be the last teething episode we have to endure as I don’t think my nerves (or Misty’s gums) could handle any more.
Cooking is always a great stress-reliever for me, so while the Misty crashed out and slept off the sore gums, I made a cake in true Fridge Scraping’s style – anything that was in the fridge got blended up and baked into a cake-like creation. This isn’t the BEST cake I’ve ever made – but it’s not bad…. it’s not sweet at all – Viper deemed it “not sweet enough,” but for my tastes it was fine. The texture is like a very dense mud cake – if you like the old “black bean brownie” and are used to healthy tasting fare, then you will probably like this. The “butter-cream” is definitely the best bit – more on that below.
A Fridge-Scraping Birthday Cake:
(Vegan, wheat/nut/refined sugar/corn free)
- 3/4C cooked pumpkin
- 1/2C date paste**
- 1/2C cooked (and drained) black beans
- 3T maple syrup
- 1/2t ground sea salt
- 1/4C ground flax seed
- 1C oat flour (whole roll oats ground into a flour in the food processor)
- 1/4C cacao powder (or cocoa/carob)
- 1/2C sunflower seed meal (ground sunflower seeds)
- 1/2t baking powder
- 1/4t baking soda
- Pulse all ingredients together in a food processor, adding baking powder & soda at the last minute.
- Bake in a lined baking tray, or silicone baking square so that the mix is about 2cm deep (cooks quicker this way)
- Bake at 180 degrees C for 22-25 minutes or until it has firmed up and is springy to the touch.
Once cooked, I used a large cookie cutter to make 2 layers of cake (this only used up half of the recipe, so you could add more layers or have 2 mini cakes which is fun). Maybe it’s just me, but I find it so satisfying to have my very own cake…. well it was actually Misty’s, but he didn’t want it, so I was just doing him a favour by claiming it, yes?
- 1/4C coconut butter
- 150g silken tofu – I find the shelf stable tofu is the least “soy” tasting – look for Moringa or Mori Nu brands.
- 2T cacao powder
- 1/2t vanilla extract
- 3T maple syrup
- 1/8t sea salt
- Combine all ingredients in the food processor and whizz until silky smooth.
- Spread on top of cake – or anything in that matter – it will firm up considerably once chilled due to the coconut butter.
- Store extra in the fridge.
Viper said I was mean as I didn’t put any lollies (candy) on the cake – just raisins. Actually, the raisins were the only bit Misty wanted to eat – Ha.
On a total self-promotional-spin…. here’s my winning tart from the Australian Macadamia Recipe competition – I used a very similar concept to the above “butter-cream” for the Creamy Lemon-Coconut filling for this macadamia tart. Voting is happening at the moment – the recipe that gets the most votes will be made the cover of the annual calendar. Vote for me HERE (I’m Louise D winner #8) – I would SO appreciate it!
I didn’t take this photo – part of the prize was to get your recipe professionally styled & photographed – pretty cool. I was just impressed that the judges actually considered a recipe that involved TOFU – hooray for vegan desserts!
And hooray for lovely little boys. Happy Birthday Misty – hope you feel better soon!
29 Responses to “Misty Man – round 2 – plus cake.”
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Vegan. Stay at home Mum of Misty. Yoga teacher in training. Passionate about REAL food - creating it, eating it, sharing it. I can never stick to a recipe.
Massive happy birthday to the little guy. Damn those pesky teeth. I was soooooo pleased when my poppet’s last ones popped through. See you guys in another couple weeks x
Oh they are horrible! I’m stoked these are the last ones – Misty and teeth are not on good terms right now. Hope you’re having fun xx
Happy Birthday Misty you little cutie! My big boy is 14 tomorrow! I am making him choccy cake too. PS voted for your yummy recipe too
Wow 14!! You look far too young and spunky to have a 14 year old
Yay, thanks for voting!
happy birthday! the coconut butter cream sounds divine!
It really is super YUMMO – I eat it by the spoonful
Woohooo! So you won the competition? I’m so sorry, I tried to vote last night but could not make it work from my phone! As for eating the cake, of course you should! Who did all the hard work to bring that gorgeous little man into the world? Who? You did! Eat all the cake. You deserve it.
Yeah, they picked 12 winners and the voting is for whose photo gets to be on the cover of the annual calendar (the rest of the winners get to be the months of the year!) Fun!
Yeah for all that pushing I deserve many cakes, yes!?
well I’ll have to side with you, I think this cake looks excellent! Poor little Misty, I hope he’s feeling better!
Yeah, he’s not very happy
Suppose we all have to go through it though – good thing we can’t remember!
Happy birthday to Misty Man, and congratulations to you for your tart! Both your tart and the cake look stunning. Off to vote!
Yay, thank you thank you thank you
awww poor Misty! Hope he is back to his old self soon! We did a small family gathering for Holden’s bday too… the 3 of us took a trip to the Donkey Sanctuary and then came home for pizza and cake with the grandparents. Much more my speed than a house full of screaming kids haha.
Oh yes, your celebration for Holden sounds just perfect – fun for EVERY one
Happy Birthday to the little man!! BOOO to the teeth pain, that’s never any fun! Reminds me of getting braces. I still forced cake into my body though, I’m a fighter when it comes to sweets.
This cake looks SO good. I would have eaten it too..duuhh!!
UGH I went to vote for you but alas I do not have a Facebook so they wouldn’t let me. BOO. You’re in the lead though! good luck!
Thank you my love
I’m a fighter when it comes to cake/sweets too
Poor Misty – at least he is likely to forget the teething challenges soon (and probably sooner than you!). Happy birthday to him and congratulations on what looks like an AMAZING cake
Thanks Kari – I think it is a VERY good thing we don’t remember going through teething – it doesn’t seem like much fun!
It could be me but the link to vote seems broken?
Yeah it’s weird – I had trouble with it too – just make sure you click right on the little button – hope it works!
i can’t believe he’s 2!! oh he is lucky to have such an amazing mama. You feed him so well and give such love.
Thank you, friend
It’s crazy, where have those first 2 years gone!?
i hope he had an AMAZING birthday!!! ps – i voted for ya! good luck!!!
Thank you my lovely lady
Happy Birthday Misty! I’m sorry it’s such a painful one. Hug the stuffing out of him and he’ll be right soon enough.
Congrats on the tart Lou- I voted for you
Thank you Claire! xx
Poor Misty! Hope he and his gums are better soon. Thankfully we don’t seem to carry the memory of teething with us! The tart looks gorgeous and of course I’m voting for you! Best of luck!
Thank you Annie
Not only did he get some teeth – but we have all gone down with gastro! Not the best 2nd birthday imaginable, but at least he won’t remember 