Kings Cake, Caveman Style

Happy Mardi Gras!

 

Being that today is Mardi Gras, I tried "googling" and looking on Pinterest for a Kings Cake that was Paleo friendly.  Well, much to my dismay, I didn't find one.  So, I thought I would experiment a little in the kitchen with some Paleo baking and hopefully come up with a recipe.

 

I found a recipe for coconut bread but I made some modifications from there.  I was planning on baking the bread in a bundt pan but with the move (okay---yes, that was over 6 months...hehehe), I couldn't find it, so I opted for the muffin pan. 

Now the tricky part was the icing and the colors on top of the cake.  Well, in Paleo cooking, you don't use sugar or artificial food coloring.  I decided that the easiest thing was to make just a make a fruit glaze to achieve the color and get some of that sweetness.

Paleo Kings Cake (sort of) Recipe

Bread Ingredients:

• 6 eggs
• 1 tsp of vanilla
• 4 tbsp of raw honey
• 1/2 c of coconut flour
• 1 tsp of baking powder, gluten-free
• 1 tsp of coconut oil

Directions:
Preheat oven at 285 degrees F. Oil pan with coconut oil.
Beat the eggs, vanilla and honey together with a electric mixer or by hand until well incorporated.  Sift flour and baking powder and slowly incorporate into wet ingredients until there are no lumps. 
Pour into pan.  Bake for 30 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.

Fruit Glaze Ingredients:

• 1 c of strawberries
• 1 c of blackberries
• 1 c of water (divided into two half-cups)
• 2 tbsp raw honey
• handful of unsweetened coconut flakes

Directions:
Slowly heat up strawberries with 1/2 c of water and 1 tbsp of honey.  Once heated, mash the berries with a potato masher.  Set aside and let cool.  Repeat the process with the blackberries.

Assembly
Once the bread and glaze are cooled, pour the glaze, alternating the colors all around the bread.  Sprinkle some unsweetened coconut flakes around the cake for decoration.