We love to celebrate life around my house. We don’t celebrate Christmas or any of the other big things many folks do except Thanksgiving, we do that one up big. We think celebrations should truly be a celebration of what you are celebrating, not an “In name only” thing. In other words on Thanksgiving Day we have a feast and Thank the Lord! And most of the other Holidays really have nothing to do with what folks think or say they are doing. Anyway, we do Birthdays big. And with such a wonderful big crowd we do them often. And it is fun, lots of fun. And we make cakes, creative, party cakes. And folks always ask how we can get away with eating such goodness. Well here goes, I am going to share.
First of all, even if you are on a strict eating plan, or a special this or that, remember that every day has it’s priorities. If sticking to your plan every day is high priority then be stricter about the way you bake. If making somebody’s favorite is important then work in the healthy stuff as best as you can. Remember a celebration is a celebration, but there is always tomorrow too. Either enjoy 
with no guilt or follow the rules, only you know how the Lord is prompting for you. Pray about it. Did I just say pray about cake? I sure did! Ask the Lord to set your boundaries, do not condemn yourself, nor glutton yourself.
Second, most cakes can be made much more healthy by substituting some ingredients. You may lose a little texture or color or it may be even better. Experiment! Creating is half of the fun, or we think so anyway. Whole wheat can be ground fine enough for cake, it will even make it a bit more filling actually and I think gives it a nice texture. Other flours can be used, and even beans! Check out some gluten free recipes for ideas even if you are not sticking to a gluten free diet. Anything other than white processed flour is a good start. Then there are the oils and sweeteners. Throw out the margarine and shortening, use real butter or coconut oil. There are many many sweeteners besides white sugar. We most often will use raw demerara sugar. You can even grind it finer and use in place of powdered sugar for frostings. You can also use something like the new Trim Healthy Mama sweet blend for baking. I just got some in but must admit I have not tried it yet. Use fresh or at least organic eggs and milk. Avoid canned anything or processed anything.
Thirdly watch those toppings and extras. We like to put candies on top of cakes, we also make ice cream cakes. You can easily substitute homemade candy and homemade ice cream. It isn’t hard to make either. Fresh fruit is another wonderful naturally sweet and colorful topping, as is organic shredded coconut like the kind we get from Tropical Traditions.
Are you getting the point? You can choose what goes in your cake, you can make it as healthy as you want it to be. It isn’t hard, experiment, have fun! Create!
I would love to hear about the ways you create cakes!
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and .. your thoughts?