I love catering my own events but what I struggle a bit with is dietary requirements. I don’t think I’m too bad at gluten free now – there are so many options out there – but egg-free I struggle with when it comes to desserts. My poor egg-intolerant friend had to miss out on dessert at Bubba’s naming ceremony because my brain just wasn’t up to the challenge.

I wanted a special cake for the little guy but I didn’t want anything like a themed Birthday cake, but I did want to match the navy and lime colour theme – yay for blueberries and lime zest.

This cake was a bit of a throw-it-all-in-and-see-if-it-works and thankfully it did. I didn’t totally health-ify it but I did make some substitutions like replacing some of the butter with coconut oil. Quite a few people asked me for the recipe so I’ll take that as a win.

Mine collapsed a bit in the middle but I pretended it was meant to be that way and loaded it up with icing and blueberries and it actually looked quite pretty if I do say so myself. The lovely golden colour is from the raw sugar which I’ve started using in a lot of my baking in an attempt to cut down on refined sugar. Yes I know it’s still sugar… baby steps.

In case you are wondering, the cupcakes are mum’s carrot cake recipe and they are seriously good. I might even say they’re the best ever carrot cupcakes. But they’re not egg-free. If you have a good egg-free cake recipe, I’d love if you’d share it with me. Enjoy!

You might also like my gluten-free chocolate cupcakes.

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Lime and blueberry cake with coconut

Name: Lime and blueberry cake with coconut
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 100g coconut oil; 100g butter; 125g raw sugar; 125g coconut sugar; 4 free-range eggs; Grated zest of one lime; Juice of half a lime; 100g almond meal; 30g coconut flour; 20g desiccated coconut; 2tsp baking powder; 400g raw sugar; 150g butter; 1 tsp lime juice; 40g coconut milk; 100g blueberries; Extra lime zest and desiccated coconut to serve

Yield: 12

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Ingredients

Cake

100g coconut oil
100g butter
125g raw sugar
125g coconut sugar
4 free-range eggs
Grated zest of one lime
Juice of half a lime
100g almond meal
30g coconut flour
20g desiccated coconut
2tsp baking powder

Icing

400g raw sugar
150g butter
1 tsp lime juice
40g coconut milk
100g blueberries
Extra lime zest and desiccated coconut to serve

Instructions

Pre-heat the oven to 160C fan-forced and grease and line two 20cm round cake tins.
Place the coconut oil, butter, raw sugar and coconut sugar in the bowl of a food processor and process until smooth and creamy.
Scrape down the sides and mix again until combined.
Scrape the sides again and add the eggs, one-at-at time making sure one is incorporated before adding the next.
Add the lime juice, almond meal, coconut flour, coconut and baking powder and mix until combined.
Divide between the two cake tins and bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until a cake tester inserted in the middle comes out clean.
Leave the cakes to cool in the tins for 10 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
To make the icing, process the raw sugar in a high-powered blender until it is the consistency of icing sugar (alternatively use icing sugar).
Place the butter in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until soft then add the icing sugar and mix, slowly at first, until incorporated then add the lime juice and coconut milk and increase the speed and beat until light and fluffy.
To serve, place one cake on the serving plate and pile with half the icing and some blueberries.
Place the second cake on top and top with the rest of the icing and blueberries and sprinkle with lime zest and coconut.

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14 Comments

My Kitchen Stories on November 13, 2014 at 5.10 pm
I have a niece who cant eat eggs too. This looks so bright and lovely
- Claire on November 14, 2014 at 11.21 am
  It would be so hard!
Hotly Spiced on November 12, 2014 at 1.34 pm
I think your cake looks gorgeous. I love the sound of limes and blueberries. I don’t have any friends who have an issue with eggs so I haven’t had to go down that road. What a difficult allergy to have! xx
- Claire on November 12, 2014 at 4.45 pm
  It would be awful wouldn’t it?!
The Life of Clare on November 12, 2014 at 5.23 am
Looks beautiful! I’m glad you’ve not cut out sugar completely! There’s enough of that going around. What we need is real honest good cakes, and this looks like one of them!
- Claire on November 12, 2014 at 4.44 pm
  You said it perfectly Clare!
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef on November 11, 2014 at 6.03 pm
Lime and blueberry and then coconut sounds incredibly good, Claire. Very pretty to look at too!
- Claire on November 11, 2014 at 7.53 pm
  Thanks Maureen!
Kristin on November 11, 2014 at 4.13 pm
I have a great egg free and butter free chocolate cake! I’ll email it to you… x
- Claire on November 11, 2014 at 4.21 pm
  Oh yes please!
Kirsty @ The Natural Foodie on November 11, 2014 at 3.36 pm
I baked this one on the weekend and it worked a treat: http://beyondthescullery.com/?p=120
She has also made it with GF flour and it works, but is a little precious to cut.
Some people use egg replacers like flax or mashed banana. Honestly though, I just take the eggs out of a lot of recipes and it seems to work. Just give it a try x
- Claire on November 11, 2014 at 4.23 pm
  Thanks Kirsty that looks delicious! I must try just ditching the egg and see what happens.
Diane on November 11, 2014 at 3.19 pm
Egg-free is always a hard one and I keep searching for good egg substitutes to help cook for my vegan son (yes, vegan SON)……
- Claire on November 11, 2014 at 4.23 pm
  Hmm that’s a challenge Diane!

Gluten free lime and blueberry cake with coconut