You are in for a treat. The following is a guest post by one of my favorite new food bloggers, Rose from Suessholz. Rose takes stunning photographs of exquisite foods. She eats clean, real, wholesome food and excels at creating fabulously nourishing yet decadent recipes — recipes like this Coconut Lemon Cream Cake which is also grain-free, dairy-free, and refined-sugar free, is the same ingredients you use to make Gluten Free Bread. Thanks, Rose!
In my mind, this was going to be a “blond” cake. I somehow thought all the coconut would make it lighter in color but obviously, even large amounts of coconut paired with almond flour still turns nutty-brown once it’s baked. However, I am happy to report that it doesn’t take away from the flavor or the looks of this cake!
You should know one thing, though: This cake is not sugary-sweet. If you have a serious sweet tooth, you might want to increase the amount of honey in this recipe; however, if you, like myself, enjoy a sweet treat that allows other flavors to shine (in this case lemon and coconut), than I suggest you stick with the recipe!
I am really excited to share my Coconut Lemon Cream Cake with you; a recipe I specially created for Food Renegade. It is easy to make, extremely healthy (fresh lemon, lots of protein, no processed sugar or grains) – it’s suitable for Paleo dieters and it tastes phenomenal!
Enjoy!
Coconut Lemon Cream Cake
From Suessholz by Rose
What you need:
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8 ½” (or larger) spring form (I use this one.)
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hand mixer
- parchment paper
The Players
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¼ cup coconut oil (where to buy coconut oil)
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3-5 drops of fresh lemon juice
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2 cups almond flour (where to buy almond flour)
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½ cup coconut flour (where to buy coconut flour)
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¾ teaspoon baking soda
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½ cup shredded, unsweetened coconut (where to buy unsweetened coconut)
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½ cup honey (where to buy honey)
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1 teaspoon vanilla extract (where to buy real vanilla)
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3 tablespoon nut milk or water
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2 cans full-fat coconut milk, refrigerated for at least 6h (where to buy BPA-free, guar gum-free coconut milk)
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1 tablespoon honey (where to buy honey)
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2 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
The How-To
- Preheat oven to 325F.
- Line the bottom of your spring form with parchment paper.
- In a small sauce pan, slowly melt coconut oil. Make sure it is not too hot, just warm enough to liquefy.
- Separate egg whites and yolks, set yolks aside.
- Add lemon juice to egg whites and beat with a hand mixer until stiff, set aside.
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In a bowl, combine all dry ingredients; almond flour, coconut flour, baking soda, shredded coconut.
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In a different bowl, combine wet ingredients; yolks, coconut oil, honey, vanilla extract and nut milk / water, and mix well.
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Combine wet and dry ingredients until well incorporated.
- Fold in egg whites. It is going to be slightly thicker than batter; if it is too thick, add a little bit more water, one tablespoon at a time.
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Pour batter into spring form and bake for 25-30 minutes. (It really depends on your oven. It took 30-35 minutes in my oven; I suggest to do the tooth pick test after 25 minutes – stick a tooth pick into the middle of the cake. If it comes out with batter crumbs, the cake needs to bake longer.)
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Let cake cool down completely before you add the frosting.
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Open cans of coconut milk – careful not shake them! Scoop out the cream that has accumulated at the top of the can and set the coconut milk aside (you won’t need it).
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Beat coconut cream with a hand mixer until it has the texture of regular cream (for about 3-5 minutes until it is thick and fluffy).
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Add honey and lemon juice and mix again.
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Using a spoon, cover cake with coconut cream and place in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes to let the cream set.
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Enjoy!
For recipes and practical instructions for eating this way (dairy-free and grain-free), I highly recommend the Paleo Eats Cookbook.
It’s the simplest way to get started, and at the moment, the hardback version of this cookbook is 100% free to Food Renegade readers.
(Click here to get your FREE copy of the Paleo Eats Cookbook.)
AS ALWAYS, ENJOY!
For delicious dessert recipes created by an award-winning pastry chef similar to this one (dairy-free and grain-free), I highly recommend the Paleo Sweets Cookbook.
It’s got 73 mouthwatering recipes for healthy desserts, including:
- Grain-Free Oreos,
- Key Lime Pie,
- Grain-Free Snickerdoodles,
- Double Chocolate Hazelnut Cake, and more!
At the moment, the printed version of this cookbook is 100% free to Food Renegade readers. You just cover shipping & handling.
Interested in the environmental impact of coconut products?
You may want to read about coconut sugar production.
Meet Rose
Hi – My name is Rose! I am a German citizen, real food advocate, military wife and since February 2013, author of the recipe blog Suessholz. We currently live in North Florida – but home is where the Army sends us!
I enjoy developing recipes and just started getting into food photography. All of my recipes are grain free, processed sugar free and some are vegan. If I’m not busy in the kitchen, I like to go on long walks with my feisty little Eskimo dog Biscuit. I try to stay active as I believe physical fitness is the key to a balanced life style – I love trail running, rock climb, snorkeling and cross country skiing – if I ever get the chance.
I dream about traveling the world to write about food and artisan wine but for now, I am perfectly happy with a simple life of home cooked meals, dinner with friends and weekend trips to the beach. Come on over and visit me at Suessholz to check out my latest creations!
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Yummy, I really want to try this recipe. The 3-5 drops of lemon juice is kind of throwing me off though. Its such a tiny amount. So the cake itself is not very lemony?
Hi Holly!
The lemon drops help make the egg whites stiff.
The cake itself has more of a nutty flavor whereas the frosting will taste like lemon for sure! (2 table spoon of lemon juice).
You could add a teaspoon of organic lemon extract to the cake if you wanted a more intense lemon flavor.
I hope this answers your question! 🙂
I do not have coconut butter. What can I substitue to make your coconut almond macaroons? I do have coconut oil.
Thanks!
Hi Renee!
Thanks for stopping by The Clean Dish 🙂
The coconut butter binds the macaroons so I would not substitute the butter. (If it is a matter of spending money on a full jar (which can be costly), you could buy single sachets of coconut butter – I saw them at my local health food store).
In more traditional recipes of coconut almond macaroons, you would use egg whites to hold them together but I haven’t tried that yet as my intention was to make these vegan 🙂
You could try to use one or two egg whites instead of coconut butter but as I said, I have not tried it out myself yet – no guarantee it will work!
I hope this helps! 🙂
My son is allergic to peanuts and tree nuts, therefore, I cannot use almond flour. Can I just use all coconut flour? I’m not opposed to whole wheat flour if that would work. Or is there another flour you would recommend that is nut-free? Thanks!
Hi Michael!
I would not recommend using all coconut flour – it soaks up more liquids and the batter will be too dry and crumbly. Since you are not opposed to regular flour, I would suggest to give it a try! The cake will taste less nutty, obviously, and you may need a little bit more flour to get the right consistency.
Good luck! 🙂
Sounds delicious. Cant wait to try it. +1 on the earlier comment about the lemon juice. Did you mean lemon extract or lemon oil instead?
Hi Debbie!
Thanks for your comment!
A little bit of acid helps to keep the egg whites stiff; so I didn’t add drops of lemon juice for flavor, just to stabilize. I hope that clears it up! 🙂
Hi Rose, Is there a way to veganize the cake batter since it’s necessary to separate the eggs & beat the whites? This sounds so yummy.
Hi Donna,
I have no first hand experience with substituting eggs. Most vegans seem to like ground chia better than “flax egg” so if I had to replace eggs, I would do it like this;
http://www.veganbaking.net/component/content/article/57-recipes/eggless-binders/208-chia-seed-binder.html#.Uaftu5y8-So
Good luck – let me know how it turns out! I’ve been meaning to try it out myself for a new recipe 🙂
Do you have any experience replacing the egg with silken tofu? Also is there a reason to not use coconut cream instead of coconut milk since you’re using the cream anyway? I’m excited to try this!!
I’m thinking of making this for my sons first birthday cake, do you think the frosting could be piped using a piping bag?
I want to make this cake for a friend who’s allergic to almonds but loves coconut. Could I substitute brown rice flour for the almond flour?
Is there a reason you used a spring form pan instead of a regular cake pan? Would a regular pan lined with parchment work?
Tried this cake with a different icing. The cake was delicious. Much like a pound cake. I used a 9 inch cake pan, greased it with butter, and lined the bottom with parchment, and it came right out the pan. Can’t wait to make it again using the icing here.
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Yummy!
Oh yes, will be making this one!,,
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I followed this recipe, measured ingredients correctly but still the cake mix was VERY thick, I keep adding little bit more water, one tablespoon at a time, as recommenced but it took many so much water before batter made any sense. Any thoughts ?
I made this cake today and because I wanted a lot more lemon flavor, I added lemon zest as well as lemon extract. The batter was way too thick and I ended up having to add at least a cup of additional nut milk to make it pourable into the spring form pan. It ended up being a super thin cake and looks nothing like the cake in the picture. I probably should have increased the baking soda to allow for all the additional liquid I added. The taste of everything was decent but even with all the addition of the lemon zest/extract, I didn’t find it to be that lemony, at least for my taste.