frosting for peanut butter cake for b-day party tomorrow?

[Guest guest]

Hi all,

Even though we've been on the SCD since last June, I've never made an SCD cake

before. My 8 year old son's birthday party is tomorrow. I was thinking of

making him a peanut butter cake, as he loves peanut butter.

I read somewhere that a good frosting could be made with nut butter and honey,

stirred until creamy, so I tried that this morning using peanut butter and

honey. Maybe I used too much honey, but the flavor was so strong, I could hardly

eat it. (This was straight though. I didn't have it on a cake.) My son happens

to like strong flavors, but I'm not so sure his friends will!! Also I wonder if

peanut butter frosting on top of peanut butter cake would be too much peanut

butter flavor anyway!

Any ideas?

He can't have ANY dairy, including butter, due to severe allergies. We do have

some thick SCD almond yogurt on hand... I wonder if that would that be good

mixed with some peanut butter and honey? (He doesn't like the yogurt well enough

to eat it without mixing it with something yummy.)

He also loves strawberries, but I'm not sure how that would be on a peanut

butter cake either. Is there something I could due with apples or bananas?

Mashed bananas, a little yogurt, and honey, creamed well? But would the bananas

turn yucky looking before the party? And would the frosting slip right off the

cake?

I'd appreciate ANY ideas anyone has!!

Thanks!

Janiece

[Guest guest]

I just made the peanut butter birthday cake as a 3 layer cake for my

daughter's birthday party & frosted it between layers and all over with the

honey

frosting from BTVC. It tastes very much like a marshmallow frosting and is

really

good.

Incidentally, though I don't know that your son would appreciate a pink cake,

I was able to sucessfully tint the white frosting a fabulous pink color using

a combo of beet and pineapple juice (the pineapple was to mask any beet taste

that might happen to come through). Stuck a pink bow on the top and it looked

fabulous.

And yes, Jody, I took some pictures that I'll email to you!

A

Max 4.7 (pddnos--scd 7+months)

Mia 3.0 (nt)

[Guest guest]

You can make the frosting that is found with the cake recipe on

pecanbread.com.

I know it calls for butter, but you can use coconut oil instead.

Use about 1/2 of the called for amount. The peanut butter really

masks the flavor of the oil so you can't taste it at all and it gives it

that spreadable texture that butter gives.

In case you have never purchased coconut oil, it is a semi-solid

at room temp that looks very similar to a coarse textured

shortening. It is white and it comes in a jar similar to a small jar

of mayonnaise. Just be sure to ask for food grade (some places

sell it for skin use).

I have made it with the coconut oil several times and everyone

likes it (even people not on SCD).

Jody

mom to -5 and -7

SCD 16 months