Birthday Cake

[Indieflickers 298]

@@Bandora I haven't had much success either. I've made on batch of cupcakes with Swerve and it had a really weird aftertaste. The second batch I used Xylitol which had a different weird aftertaste. I think I may just look at some of the paleo recipes that call for honey or another natural sugar and just have a very small piece.

@@Oregondaisy that recipe looks great but unfortunately I can't really tolerate Splenda. The most I can manage is the tiny amount in my daily Quest bar.

@@BigViffer that's really good to know! I love Vitamin Shoppe!

[Amylou 206]

Have you seen that adorable 'cake' on Pinterest made out of watermelon? That would be cute...

[Indieflickers 298]

@@Amylou I have! That's definitely an option!

[lizcan 77]

I have just made a ricotta cheesecake using 500 grams of ricotta, 2 beaten eggs and half a cup of stevia. I also added some passion fruit. I didn't bother with a base. Not sure if you get stevia in the states but it is a natural sugar alternative.

[Indieflickers 298]

@@lizcan thanks! I use stevia in my tea but every time I've tried to bake with it, the result hasn't been very good! Maybe I'm doing it wrong!

[lizcan 77]

It could be the type. I use one that is granulated like sugar. Good luck

[mykdzmom 387]

I am glad you posted this. My birthday will be 14 days after my surgery. I will just be getting off shakes around that time, and I am sure I will not be ready for even a bite of cake. I am not sure if I would even want it or not. I have all the support in the world at home, but I am worried about the birthday cake party at the office... of course I will not eat it, but the pressure..

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

When It came time with my birthday, I thought about getting myself a cupcake but was on the fence because I was afraid that 1) I would love it, 2) I would love it and it would make me sick, or 3) I would hate it. I wound up not getting one.

A week later I was sitting within inches of my nephew's birthday cake and it didn't appeal to me AT ALL. Not even enough to want a "taste".

Your tastes do change substantially post op.

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

By the way, I did treat myself to some really pretty art glass for my birthday. It costs considerably more than a cupcake but will last much, much longer.

[Indieflickers 298]

Cake Update

So here’s how everything turned out. I spent the two weeks before my birthday making as many cake recipes as I could with increasingly weirder and weirder recipes. I found a couple of good desert options that I’ll try in the future, but dammit I wanted birthday cake! And then I had a realization. I wanted a piece of yellow cake with chocolate frosting. And, despite my hours of searching, I could not find a low calorie, low fat, low sugar recipe that would allow me to take more than a few bites. I could have just made a real cake and taken a few bites of that but I decided that on my birthday, in honor of a new year of a new me, I would go with the healthier option. I had a birthday cake Protein shake after my morning work out and later, after my birthday dinner, I had a whole cup of Halo Top vanilla ice cream topped with blueberries which came out to 120 calories and 12 grams of Protein. And it was delicious.

Edited September 17, 2015 by Indieflickers

[Inner Surfer Girl 12,015]

Happy Birthday! I am so glad you found something that worked for you. I am a big believer in simpler is better.

Now, if you find a good alternative to almond wedding cake with butter cream frosting (like my sister's wedding cake that I still remember after 20 years) I'm all ears!

[Indieflickers 298]

@InnerSurferGirl ha well actually it's the frosting that's the hardest part to replicate almost every kind of frosting is made of fat and sugar!

[mykdzmom 387]

@@Indieflickers What a great idea. Where did you find the Birthday Cake shake?

[Indieflickers 298]

@@mykdzmom well there a bunch of recipes online but none of the versions I've tried were very good. The. I tried Dymatize ISO-100 Birthday Cake Protein Powder. I do one scoop of that, one frozen banana, and 3/4 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk. I love it.

[mykdzmom 387]

@@Indieflickers - Thanks! Time to google it

@@Indieflickers - Where did you find the Dymatize ISO-100 Birthday Cake Protein powder?