And “happy half-birthday” Nora!
I made two cakes. Nora wanted a chocolate butterfly cake. I wasn’t in the mood to do something like last years cake, see….
. So I made her a chocolate cake using coconut flour. I really don’t think anyone could tell it was coconut flour. But I did tell them. We were surprised how good it was and the cake quickly dissappeared. Coconut flour is great because it doesn’t have to be soaked or sprouted. It makes a perfect cake-like consistency. It’s got lots of fiber and requires lots of eggs. This recipe had 10 eggs for one cake. So it’s got lots of protein. You have to taste it to believe how good it is, despite how aweful I’m probably making it sound. Nora wanted vanilla frosting so I just did regular buttercream icing and put mini chocolate chips in the cake, between the layers and around the sides.
Isaac’s cake was a blueberry tea cake. The cake was a coconut flour coffee cake recipe with fresh blueberries added. Then I used the crumb topping recipe from “Nourishing Traditions.” I’m addicted to these crumbs. They’re made with ground crispy almonds, arrowroot powder, 1/4 rapadura sugar, vanilla, and butter. So yummy.
Yeah, planning a birthday party of this size with 2 little ones is hard work. I didn’t take many pictures. But did manage to get these two cute ones:
Isaac! Doh! I didn’t get any of him. Crap! Oh well. He was mostly in the carrier attached to my chest so maybe that’s why. No, not really. I just didn’t get any. Oops! Sorry.
So I asked everyone to bring a new or gently used wrapped book for a book swap, in lieu of a gift. I think It worked well. All of the kids were happy with their books, including Nora. And I was happy that our little house isn’t cluttered with more toys. And I think the earth is happy about that too. Nora didn’t miss the gifts. She was too excited about cakes and lollipops and handing out our “goodie bags.” Which were bandanas wrapped around an organic lollipop, sticker, and homemade playdough. We also made a beaded name pin for each kid.
We did get Nora a couple of gifts. She hasn’t seen them yet. She said something hurtfull to one of her friends and made her cry. This is the first time she’s done something like this. She did admit to it and apologized, but the gifts will have to wait. We still have some talking to do about this kind of behavior.
