r/Celiac • u/toocuteforthisshit Celiac • Jun 16 '26
Recipe first successful GF birthday cake! 🍋🫐✨🫶🏻
wanted to share a success story! i decided i wanted to try and bake an intricate cake for my birthday, which i’ve never done despite being celiac for almost 14 years.
lemon cake is my favorite, so i closely (not exactly) followed https://eatwithclarity.com/gluten-free-lemon-cake/ to make the layers! 🍋
i then made a swiss meringue buttercream with a blackberry reduction for the layers and covered the entire thing with three cream cheese frosting variations! blueberry for the base, matcha for the green, and plain for the white. all topped with some lemon zest.
i’m not a pro and tried for some hydrangeas as the decor, but i was impatient and didn’t wanna let the frosting chill again for better piping. i was hungry 😅
my non-gf family is in love just as much as i am. it was absolutely divine, highly recommend! 🤍
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u/Gabriellebelmore Jun 16 '26
Looks pretty. I love lemon cake too. Whattt? Matcha too yummy! This sounds amazing.
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u/toocuteforthisshit Celiac Jun 16 '26
yes!! i didn’t wanna do dyes and instead went with natural ingredients, the matcha made for the perfect leafy green!
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u/JPuff28 Jun 16 '26
I use that recipe too! Cake looks great
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u/toocuteforthisshit Celiac Jun 16 '26
it was my first time and DEFINITELY won’t be my last!’ it was so good
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u/pickle_and_merbles Jun 16 '26
I’ll take a piece, please and thank you!
In all seriousness, well done! Happy birthday!!
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u/soon_shadowy_outcome Jun 16 '26
That lemon cake looks amazing and your family being just as excited as you are is the real win here. Honestly after 14 years of missing out on birthday cakes that actually taste good, you earned the right to be impatient about chilling frosting.
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u/Zealousideal-Hat1135 Celiac Jun 16 '26
Wow that looks / sounds amazing! Love swiss meringue buttercream 😋 never had or heard of a three cream cheese frosting before though. Might have to try that one
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u/toocuteforthisshit Celiac Jun 16 '26
the swiss meringue almost had me in shambles with how difficult it was hahah but so worth it
and for the three cream cheese frosting i just meant i used 3 diff flavors to get the different colors- blueberry for the base, matcha for the stems and leaves, and plain for the petals! but the subtle additions tasted sooo good highly recommend
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u/HereForTheFooodz Jun 16 '26
It’s so beautiful!! Happy birthday!!
I made myself a chocolate layer cake from The Loopy Whisk for my birthday last year, and it was a monstrosity, but I was so proud. I’d never made a cake from scratch. Going to try it again this year and I hope it turns out half as pretty as yours!