Ginger cream cake with caramelized honey almond crust

Ginger cream cake with caramelized honey almond crust

by Marie MannNo Comments
  This cake was the birthday cake for my friend who is totally addicted to ginger honey yoghurt. I know I normally bake without Honey or Sugar but in this case Honey is essential to get the nice almond crust. I have tried making caramelised crusts with Stevia-granuels before which worked fine but since I am trying to replicate the Honey-Ginger Yoghurt idea - honey it was. Makes: small 15cm diameter cake Prep time: 25 min Cooking: 28min + 15-20min for crust Cooling time: 60-120min   Cake base: Ingredients: 6 medium separated eggs 50g melted Butter 80g Almond flour 1tsp (flat) ground Ginger sprinkle of ground Vanilla 1/4tsp Baking powder 1-2  knife-tips Stevia-sweet 90% powder dissolved in 1 table spoons hot water Note: getting the sweetness to the desired level is a matter of trial and error, the best thing is to start with a smaller amount of whatever Stevia you have on hand, it can be ready-use, liquid or tabs (need to be dissolved too), adding more is easier than diluting – you could end up with a huge amount of...
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Kalte Schnauze or Groom’s cake, make it Paleo style – No sugar! use Stevia

Kalte Schnauze or Groom’s cake, make it Paleo style – No sugar! use Stevia

by Marie Mann1 Comment
This very rich chocolate coconut fat cake used to be my sisters favourite when we were little, I used to think it's super dangerous on the waist line. Not anymore! My birthday was up, the big 30, me being Paleo required some birthday cake planning. I remembered that the Kalte Schnautze cake  was a fat laden concoction mainly made with coconut fat, brilliant that works with Paleo I thought and dug out the recipe exchanged ingredients and got to work.  No need to break good paleo habits on a birthday! The cake has no gluten or sugar, I don't see why I would make myself ill on my birthday when I am celebrating a long and happy life. A little bit of background on this very strange cake. The cake seems to be popular in many cultures, probably because it is so easy. You can find it under the name of: Lukullus, Kalte Pracht, Kekstorte, Kalte Torte, Kalte Schnauze, Schwarzer Peter, Kalter Igel, Wandsbeker Speck oder Kellerkuchen. In Italy, they have a  similar...
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