We are hard core foodies and you would have guessed it if you have gone through the blog. I always look forward for an occasion to bake because I love baking. It is therapeutic and I bake when I am depressed. Many of you can relate to it. But with all the baking, the end result is that I have put on so much weight and I had to do something to change it. Before two years, I completely changed our living style and shifted to low carb dishes in our daily diet. When I was new to the diet, I didn’t know what to bake and so I stopped baking. There was this desire to bake and as I couldn’t, I felt really bad. And one day I found about coconut flour. First it was MW cakes and when I made them good, I started trying the baked versions. I wouldn’t say that I got them right, but with practice, it got better. And now I bake daily for myself and I am so in love with all the dishes. Coconut flour is a boon to all those who follow a low carb diet and make sure you learn about it.
CHECK OUT MY HOME MADE COCONUT FLOUR RECIPE
Though I bake daily, special occasions need special dishes, right? It was hubby’s birthday and I wanted to do special for him. He is not a cake person, but there are two of us who love cakes. So hubby’s birthday was an excuse for me to bake a cake. This happened during September and I reserved this cake photo for some special theme. What more do I need when I have Bake-a-thon? This cake is made with coconut flour and for sweetening, I have used banana. The recipe is really easy. Just chuck everything in the bowl and blend it. If you have a food processor, then use it. As I didn’t frost the cake, I wanted to give some festive look to the cake. So my favourite rose petals and pistachios. When I shared the photo in social media, everyone was asking for the recipe. I am sorry I made you wait so long, but it is worth it. The taste of the cake is so divine and a slice is enough to satisfy your sweet craving without fussing with the diet. And it is also very good to feed kids. My daughter loved it so much and I made it again for my birthday in October.
Ingredients:
Egg – 6
Banana – 2 medium sized
Salt – a pinch
Ghee – 4 tbs
Coconut Flour – 4 tbs
Baking Powder – 1 tsp
Cardamom Powder – 1/4 tsp
Cocoa Powder – 1 tbs
Instant Coffee Powder – 1/2 tsp
Pistachios and Rose Petals For Garnish
Procedure:
Preheat oven to 180°C.
Take banana, eggs, ghee and salt in a bowl and blend them thoroughly using a hand blender.
Add in coconut flour and baking powder and blend until smooth batter forms.
Divide batter into two.
To one portion add cardamom powder and mix well.
To the other portion, add the cocoa powder, coffee powder and mix well.
Grease and line a 6″ cake pan.
Pour the batters alternatively until all the batters are used up.
With the knife create swirls in the batter.
Bake the cake for 25 – 30 minutes.
Top with rose petals and slice pistachios.
Cool and serve.
Low Carb Banana Marble Cake Recipe
Ingredients
- Egg - 6
- Banana - 2 medium sized
- Salt - a pinch
- Ghee - 4 tbs
- Coconut Flour - 4 tbs
- Baking Powder - 1 tsp
- Cardamom Powder - 1/4 tsp
- Cocoa Powder - 1 tbs
- Instant Coffee Powder - 1/2 tsp
- Pistachios and Rose Petals For Garnish
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180°C.
- Take banana, eggs, ghee and salt in a bowl and blend them thoroughly using a hand blender.
- Add in coconut flour and baking powder and blend until smooth batter forms.
- Divide batter into two.
- To one portion add cardamom powder and mix well.
- To the other portion, add the cocoa powder, coffee powder and mix well.
- Grease and line a 6" cake pan.
- Pour the batters alternatively until all the batters are used up.
- With the knife create swirls in the batter.
- Bake the cake for 25 - 30 minutes.
- Top with rose petals and slice pistachios.
- Cool and serve.
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The way you have adapted to a new food habit and have come about creating a new line of dishes is simply fantastic Gayathri. Kudos to your creativity. This cake looks a stunner!..Thanks for sharing your special occasion with us all.
They look so yum and if it’s low carb then it’s double dhamaka 🙂
Lovely cake for a celebration, that too low carb. Wonderful cake for dieting people. Beautiful baked marble cake there Gayathri, simply love the way you play with your ingredients. Hats off to you.
I am sorry but I feel like crying… because I have baked all for the Bakeathon and now have no energy to bake, but your low carb recipes are so tempting that I am constantly fighting the urge to not try them! This marble cake is such a winner and especially with banana in it… I feel like baking it and dividing it into 3 to cover my macros… hehe… yes, that means I won’t share… 😉
Kudos on the stupendous efforts you are putting in to change your life style and glad that even after that you are able to fulfill your baking passion . Keep rocking , it surely makes us happy .
The cake looks festive and perfect for the occasion , Birthday wishes to your hubby .
Wow, that is a show stopper Gayathri. Kudos to your creativity to come up with these amazing bakes that fit your diet and life style. You are tempting me to make this cake with coconut flour very soon.
Love how beautifully you have adapted all the recipes based on you diet preference.. Such a good effort and can be seen clearly in the cake..
Your low carb bakes are awesome,the cake looks fabulous.
the cake truly looks festive, Gayathri ! and an apt one for the celebrations too ! love the topping of the rose petals and pistachio. bet it was a delicious cake too 🙂
All your coconut flour recipes are so tempting to try!! This looks yum. When we use the coconut flour after extracting the oil, will it have all the health benefits??
Coconut flour has so many benefits even after removing the fat and is such a great low carb substitute for flour.
Such a lovely bake gayathri! The cake with all that rose petal garnish looks stunning!!
Kudos to all your effort in maintaining the healthy eating even after losing weight!!!
Really Gayathri, I too love baking and eating cakes but can’t due to increasing weight. If coconut flour helps , that is another reason for me to start using this flour in baking. The cake looks so moist and yum, no one can think it’s made using coconut flour.
The texture of the cake looks really good. From the pictures I would never have guessed it was coconut flour. The pistachios and rose petals lend a very festive look.
Gayathri, that is one fabulous cake that fits the occasion. It looks beautiful even without any icing.
what a gorgeous cake – and I am sure it is as delicious as it is to look at!
The cake looks beautiful Gayathri. I am amazed at how you create recipes
Cake looks so moist and delicious with lots of nuts on the top. Bookmarked it Gayathri .
The cake looks so good and moist with a beautiful crumb. the final cake with pistachios looks so tempting. I really appreciate how you come up with low carb baking ideas for daily baking!!
I remember seeing this cake on fb n think it is yummy. Must admire you for your dedication to the diet.