For the last night of the year I wanted to prepare a cake that makes you feel both grateful and hopeful at the same time. For those are the two essential emotions one should feel when one year ends and another one begins.
To achieve that goal I chose champagne and orange to be the star actors of this party delicacy. The layers of my rustic naked cake are filled with orange chia jam and orange coconut whipped cream. The final result truly tastes like the New Year´s eve – glamorous and joyful!
And even though the alcohol evaporates when you bake the cake in the oven, this cake totally get´s one into party mood. Even kids!
My soon-to-be-3-year-old daughter tasted it, ran to hug me and said that the cake tastes so good that it makes her stomach dance!
Dancing and hugging, that´s what the best parties are made of. And champagne, of course.
Magnificent New Year to all of you!
V
NAKED CHAMPAGNE CAKE
- 1 dl coconut flour
- 2 dl almond flour
- 1 tablespoon psyllium husk
- 3 tsp baking powder
- 1 dl coconut palm sugar
- 0,5 dl of organic honey
- 6 eggs (whites and yolks separated)
- 4 dl champagne
- juices of 1 orange
Preheat the oven to 175 degrees. Grease a baking tin with butter or coconut oil.
Mix the dry ingredients (except sugar) together in a bowl. Separate the egg yolks and egg whites in separate bowls. Whisk the egg whites until peak arises. Add honey and coconut sugar with egg yolk and beat for couple of minutes, until the mixture is light and fluffy. Mix the dry ingredients and egg yolks together. Stir in the champagne and orange juice. Add the egg white foam gently, so that the mixture remains fluffy.
Pour the batter into the greased tin and bake for about 35 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean when inserted into the center. Take the cake out of the oven and let it cool. In the meantime prepare the orange chia jam and orange coconut whipped cream (see the instructions below).
When the cake has cooled, remove it from the pan (with a help of a knife, if necessary), and divide the cake into three or four parts. Frost the the layers with orange chia jam and orange coconut whipped cream. Sprinkle some coconut flour on top and decorate with flowers.
ORANGE CHIA JAM – See the recipe HERE.
ORANGE COCONUT WHIPPED CREAM
- 2 cans of full fat coconut milk (refrigerated overnight)
- ½ teaspoon vanilla powder
- 1 teaspoon honey or for example stevia
- 1 tbsp orange zest
Take coconut milk cans out of the fridge. Open cans and remove all the solid coconut cream / white stuff and scoop it into a bowl. Mix in a bowl with beaters until fluffy. Mix in honey or stevia and other flavoring. Use right away. If the mixture is too runny, place it in the refrigerator for a while. Store the leftover in the fridge and use within 3 days.
Convert DL to CUPS for example HERE!
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What a relief. What happiness and love and bliss! My cook book baby has finally born. When I first got the book in my arms a week ago I bursted into tears – and in laughter at the same time!
It is surprisingly strong experience to see the whole journey you´ve made, all the work, joices, experiences that happened while making the book, all condensated to one piece.
Yes, the most pure and strong happiness you get is through you´re own passion and from the result of your hard work. And when you get to share it with good people. Like I did last week in my book launch party at my home.
That could have been one of my most memorable nights ever!
Only a small bunch of people were invited so that the atmosphere stayed intimate. There were lots of cakes, candies, candles, laughter – and flowers! So much flowers. As lovely Hennamari Asunta teached us about flower binding & flower arrangements. The night truly contained the best ingredients in life. I didn´t concentrate that much on taking photos, but you can catch a glimpse in Eeva´s blog to see some pictures of that evening. (the text is in Finnish).
I so much wish that I can get my book out also in english some day for all you non-finnish-speakers out there! I bet the world needs my book of healthy treats outside of Finland too!
In the meantime you can follow this site for more recipes – or learn some finnish and order my book from HERE! I won´t promise it will be easy – but I promise it will be worth it.
V
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I just stopped by to wish all you guys a beautiful weekend! Relax, enjoy, eat well and buy flowers. Flowers make a weekend, if you ask me.
And if there´s no flower market near, you can always watch our flower video.
Love!
V
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Hei, upean näkönen kakku ja ajattelin tekeväni nyt vappulounaalle tätä. Mutta, mistä tuon appelsiinikukkahillon ohjeen löytää? Sillä tuo nykyinen linkki ei johda mihinkään.
Linkki on nyt korjattu, vaikka ei nyt vapuksi ehtinytkään!
Onpa tosi upea kakku! Tuollaiset hieman rustiikkiset "naked cakes" onkin paljon kauniimpia kuin viimeisen päälle koristellut perinteiset täytekakut :)rnrnMinäkin tein tässä vasta kakkua, jossa yhdistin appelsiinin ja mantelin (http://maikinmokomin.blogspot.fi/2014/12/fenkolin-tuoksuinen-appelsiinimantelika.html), mutta epäilemättä myös shamppanja on niille oiva pari :)
hei kiitti! itekki tykkään maultaan ja ulkonäöltään sellasista rososemmista teoksista ku sokerilla sileäksi sliipatuista.rnja hei tosi maukkaan näkönen tuo sunkin kakkusi. herkullista ja kakkuistaa alkanutta vuotta!
Jos en olisi tänään töissä niin juoksisin tuotapikaa kauppaan (ja sitten taas kotiin) ja leipoisin tämän ihanaakin ihanamman kakun! Ilontäyteistä Uutta Vuotta 2015! [Kai sitä sieltäkin löytyy päivä, joka on tämän kakun arvoinen]
ihanaa vuodenvaihdetta sinnekin! ja tosiaan, tätä kakkua ehtii ja kantsii nautiskella muinakin juhlapäivinä - tai sellaisina arkisina ankeuspäivinä, kun kaipaa kunnon tunnelman nostatusta! :)rnrn
This is so so so so so beautiful!!! Lovely styling, and so delicious looking!!!
thank you Betty! such a lovely comment. <3rnyour blog is very beautiful too!
Meidän kakusta meinasi tulla kakkustrofi kun ei täytekakkuja tekemättömänä tullut mieleen että kookoskerma saattaa sulaa vaikka pohja olisi ainoastaan JO MELKEIN VIILEÄ. Ladoin pikaisesti levinneet täytteet takaisin pohjan päälle ja pohjat jäähylle ja kylmänä uudelleen koottuna kakun makuarvio on kymppi vaikka ulkonäkö kärsikin traagisen onnettomuuden! Vuosikin lähti siis kivasti käyntiin tehokkaalla fiaskonhallinnalla ja hyvänmakuisella kakkua muistuttavalla jälkkärillä. :D
:D mahtava selviytymistarina! tuo kookoskermavaahto on kyllä sellaista kamaa, että sen täytyy olla kunnolla kylmää ja jähmettynyttä, muuten lässähtää koko kakku ja täyte juoksee norona pois kakun väleistä. rnrnmutta tosi mukava lukea että maku kuitenkin oli kohdillaan! ensi kerralla saat varmasti ulkonäöstäkin upean. <3
This is completely gorgeous! How did I miss this earlier? Cannot wait to try it out :)
yes, you should try it! and report me how it came out! hope it will taste as good as mine did. :)