Disaster Waiting to Happen
I am sorry that I have not posted in a while. I recently had a major change in that I changed companies and I have been adapting to my new position and company and getting everything figured out as far as my exercise schedule and all that jazz.
That above is what I was SUPPOSED to eat on Sunday. That is the wedding cake we froze for a year to celebrate our one year anniversary. It is a white cake with bavarian cream filling and fondit frosting. So pretty much it is sugar, filled with sugar and coated with sugar. Yuck. Anyways we just couldn’t eat it.
So in the trash it went and I whipped up this to substitute…
Much Better
It is my Gorilla Cake with a home made strawberry cream cheese frosting. It turned out delicious with no guilt, no sugar coma and no hospital visits!
All in all an excellent trade I would say.
The Whole Cake
June 29th, 2009 - 9:09 pm
First off – Happy Anniversary.
Regarding work – that gets to the best of us. I’m in the same boat regarding some fire-drills at work. Just do the best you can trying to settle into your new schedule.
June 29th, 2009 - 10:54 pm
Second that Happy Anniversary! That cake looks amazing!
June 30th, 2009 - 5:24 am
SOG,
Happy aniversary my man!!
Good luck with the new job.
Marc
June 30th, 2009 - 5:59 am
SoG -
Best wishes on the anniversary, and best of luck on the job!
Between this (re)post of your cake, and the raw-fruit pie that Mark linked to on the weekend, it’s like someone should open up a paleo bakery!
June 30th, 2009 - 12:22 pm
Hey Happy Anniversary. I was at a wedding on Sunday, they had “Pit Turkey” and “Pit Beef” which was awesome alongside my salad. Dessert was very tempting, I was drooling over the Coconut (sweetened I’m sure) topped cupcakes but I resisted the urge and stuck to the nuts I had stashed in my car!
July 1st, 2009 - 3:52 am
Congrats on the anniversary SoG. I’m sure your wife was even more proud of you for whipping up that Gorilla Cake…
July 4th, 2009 - 2:40 pm
Happy Anniversary! Any advice on the icing or is it as simple as it sounds? This might be our son’s birthday cake in August!!
July 6th, 2009 - 7:40 am
Can almond flour be used to make a passable roux?
July 6th, 2009 - 1:33 pm
@Wealthy and Healthy -
No, almond flour can’t be used for a roux – it doesn’t form the structures required to thicken. However, arrowroot starch can, and is considered by many to be appropriate to the paleo diet.
July 7th, 2009 - 8:16 pm
Happy Anniversary! I just had mine a couple of weeks ago. In September I’m coming up on my one year anniversary of going paleo. Just want to say, that you’re doing it right, and helping set the standard for adherents to this lifestyle.
Best Regards,
Zach
July 9th, 2009 - 7:40 am
Ah yes. We have our cake waiting in the fridge. Kinda grosses me out anyway, the thought of year old cake.
July 13th, 2009 - 10:45 am
Happy Anniversary!
We never got to keep our wedding cake b/c it was a Junior’s Cheesecake!
Your cake looks great–how did you make the frosting?
July 18th, 2009 - 7:12 pm
Can I say O M G?? and I may have missed this but where is the recipe for the cheesecake frosting?
Just discovered this site and love it. Thakn you SoG!!