Description
A super healthy and light, gluten free, paleo, nut free dessert bursting with flavor.
Ingredients
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Strawberry Shortcake
- 1/4 cup melted coconut oil, grass fed butter or ghee
- 1/2 cup coconut flour
- 1/4 teaspoon Celtic sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 4 large organic eggs
- 1/2 cup honey or maple syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- coconut whipped cream
Marinated Strawberries
- 3/4 pound strawberries, hulled and sliced
- 1 tablespoon raw honey or organic maple syrup (more if desired)
- 1/2 teaspoon lemon
Instructions
Shortcake
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Mix coconut flour, salt and baking soda together in a bowl.
- Add melted coconut oil and mix well with a hand mixer.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together eggs, honey and vanilla.
- Add to the dry ingredients and beat with the hand mixer until well combined and thick.
- Scoop ¼ cup portions and place them about 2″ apart on baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Flatten the tops very gently with the palm of your hand. You’ll get about 6 cakes.
- Bake for 10-15 minutes until lightly golden around the edges.
- While the shortcakes are baking and cooling make the Marinated Strawberries.
- Cool cakes completely.
- Once cooled slice in half horizontally, so you have a bottom and a top.
- Put a scoop of marinated strawberries (or plain sliced strawberries) on the bottom half with some of the juices.
- Add dollop of coconut whipped cream. Put the top of the cake back on.
- Add another bit of coconut whipped cream and a few sliced strawberries.
- Serve immediately.
Marinated Strawberries
- Slice 1/2 pound of the strawberries and put into bowl.
- Add honey and lemon juice, stir.
- Allow to sit and marinate while cake is baking and cooling to release the juices, about 20 minutes.*
Notes
If you’re putting the cakes together at a later time, wait to marinate the strawberries. You don’t want them to sit more than 1 hour or they’ll get mushy.
- Prep Time: 20
- Cook Time: 15
- Category: Healthy, Paleo, Gluten Free, Dairy Free, Grain Free
- Cuisine: Farm to Table, American