#Cuppa cuppa cuppa free

He was relieved to find it intact, as he was a little concerned he may have eaten part of it accidentally. Oh, and the baby turned up in the Bean’s slice. I wouldn’t trust any pan with nooks and crannies to release it well. The cake is fabulous as is, but we frosted ours with this delicious paleo icing, just to gild the lily. Removing it from the simple pan I used was a bit iffy. I wouldn’t recommend using a traditional fancy-shaped bundt pan for this recipe.

#Cuppa cuppa cuppa free

You can feel free to substitute any dried fruit that you prefer or that you have on hand, just try to keep the quantities the same. If a refined-sugar-free cake is important to you, be sure to seek out dried fruit that is unsweetened or sweetened with fruit-juice (I buy mine in the bulk section of my natural grocers). And ended up with the best dang Epiphany cake I’ve ever made.ĭon’t be turned off by the long ingredient list. I started with a recipe that had already been tested (thanks, Google!) and smooshed it together with the flavors in my traditional Epiphany cake (lots of molasses and ginger). I wasn’t sure a grain-free bundt cake would even hold together. I needed a grain-free, refined-sugar free bundt cake. I have a trusty cake recipe that I’ve made for several years, but that cake was made with wheat flour and, of course, I wanted to be included in the celebration. In some cultures, the person who finds the baby (or bean, or coin, or what-have-you) gets special privileges or obligations, but in our house it’s just a tasty game of hide and seek. We make it in the shape of a crown (since the magi are sometimes referred to as “kings”) we include lots and lots and LOTS of dried fruit (to be the jewels in the crown) we include lots and lots and LOTS of spices (because the magi brought spices with them from the East) and I hide a plastic baby in the cake after it’s cooked (because the magi were looking for a baby). The Sweetie Pie tends to roll his eyes when I use food to teach the kiddos, but Epiphany cakes have always been used to teach children, so I use them too. Traditionally, we make an Epiphany cake part of our celebration. Our kiddos look forward to celebrating Epiphany every January.

Does that make it a Cuppa-Cuppa- Cuppa Fruitcake?

I call it the Cuppa-Cuppa Fruitcake, because it has a cuppa this fruit and a cuppa that fruit and a cuppa a few other fruits. Even the gluten- and refined-sugar-eaters at the table could find nothing to complain about. But–Oh, Lordy!–don’t judge this cake by it’s photographic appeal! I think I can say it’s the best Paleo recipe I’ve made yet. This cake is a photography nightmare it falls apart, it’s impossible to light well, and it’s not pretty.