Feeling guilty about serving sugar-laden, unhealthy Birthday cakes for your son and daughter?
Celebrating birthdays just isn’t the same if you don’t have a birthday cake.
But…. You know the boughten cakes are filled with all kinds of junk..
And you really don’t want to spend a week trying to get your children healthy again after they eat traditional birthday cake. 🤢
All that high-fructose corn syrup, sugars, salad oils, red dye, and whatever else that gets thrown into bakery goods to make it ‘cheaper’..
(Even tho we all know it’s not cheaper in the end.)🤨
Let me Help.
I’ve got just the recipe you’re looking for.
Bake our Favorite Deep Dark Chocolate Cake Recipe.
The cake recipe we pull out every time one of our family has a birthday.
We’ve tried others but we always come back to this one.😋
You’ll love this moist, delicious, & mouthwatering treat.
Healthy ingredients you can trust AND enjoy!
Bonus! It’s also very easy to make.
You’ll have lots of fun making memories with your children
Plus you can thoroughly enjoy eating CAKE with them knowing they’ll be fine.
You’ll be able to celebrate guilt-free!
Of course, you’ll want to be sure and grab some Borntrager Dairy Ice Cream to go with it! 🍨😋
The ultimate treat. 🤤
Our Birthday Traditions..
Thru the years we’ve had wonderful fun making unique cakes.
We often choose something the birthday person enjoys or has an interest in that particular year.
It’s so much fun to look back at the pictures and remember the fun times of surprising the birthday person with their own unique cake.
We often use legos, toy animals, toy tractors, flowers, etc. to make it unique.
Let your imagination run wild. 🥳
Are they perfect? No.
But watching my children look back at pictures with shining eyes as they remember all the fun times tells me ‘perfect’ is not what my children are looking for.
So pull up a step stool for your child, grab a mixing bowl, and your favorite apron and get excited..
Wonderful baking memories with your children is about to begin!
Happy Baking!
-Arlene💕
Deep Dark Chocolate Birthday Cake or Cupcakes 🎂
Ingredients:
2 1/2 cups white wheat flour
1 1/2 cups Borntrager Dairy honey
1 cup cocoa or cacao powder
1 1/2 tsp. salt
2 1/4 tsp. soda
2 1/4 tsp. baking powder
3 eggs
1 1/2 cup Borntrager Dairy milk
3/4 cup Borntrager Dairy butter; softened
3 tsp. Vanilla
1 1/2 cup boiling water
Steps:
Put everything in a mixer except water.
Beat well then add water. Mix again.
Grease 9x13 cake pan.
Pour batter into pan.
Bake at 325 for at least 40 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
For cupcakes:
Fill cupcake liners 3/4 full and bake at 325 for 20 minutes or until the inserted toothpick comes out clean. Makes 2 dozen cupcakes.
Note: When using honey it takes a bit longer to bake but it’s so moist and delicious!😋
For Frosting:
You don’t have to frost your cake but if you want to this is my recipe.
Tip: Be sure to wait to frost until cake has completely cooled.
Frosting Recipe:
I use 4 Tbsp softened butter, 1 Tbsp milk, 1 tsp. Arlene’s Vanilla, 2 cups organic powdered sugar. Mix well.
Add more powdered sugar or milk to get the desired consistency.
Note: I’d prefer to use whipped cream sweetened with maple syrup as my frosting but my children really want the “real” frosting for their bday cakes.🥰
For healthy colorings try these variations:
Pink: Concentrated beet juice, concentrated strawberry juice, strawberry powder, raspberry powder.
Red: Beet powder.
Orange: Concentrated carrot juice, carrot powder, sweet potato powder.
Yellow: Saffron, turmeric. (Simmer 8 ounces water with ⅛ teaspoon of either, then reduce to ¼ cup of concentrated liquid.)
Green: Matcha, spinach powder, spirulina
Blue or purple: Blueberry powder, concentrated blueberry juice.
Brown: Cocoa, tea, coffee.
Gray or black: Activated charcoal