Vanilla Pudding Cake

Are you hosting a dinner party or having friends over for lunch?  Make-ahead this traditional and easy Vanilla Pudding Cake and save time and stress on the day.

Ingredients:

  • 60cl Almond vanilla milk + 10cl
  • 3 Eggs
  • 30g Coconut sugar
  • 1 Tbsp vanilla extract
  • 100g plain Greek yogurt
  • 160g arrowroot

Instructions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350F.
  2. In a medium saucepan over medium heat, heat milk until bubbles form at edges.
  3. In a bowl, combine sugar, eggs, cornstarch, Greek yogurt, 10cl milk and the vanilla extract.
  4. Pour into hot milk, a little at a time, stirring to dissolve.
  5. Continue to cook and stir until mixture thickens (~5min). Do not boil.
  6. Remove from heat and transfer into muffins this or individual serving bowls.
  7. Bake in oven for about 45-50min.
  8. Remove from the oven and allow to cool.
  9. Place in the refrigerator and chill completely.
  10. Enjoy your delicious vanilla pudding cake!!

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How To Throw A Sugar Free Kids Birthday Party

Sugar Free Kids Birthday Party

What do you get when you mix a group of children with too much cake, junk food, candy and party games? A recipe for overtired, cranky, and overstimulated children.

The excitement of a birthday party can be enough to trigger emotional behaviour in children. The tradition of eating pizza and cake, followed by presents and games just doesn’t make sense anymore.

Children are sensitive to what they eat, and because they don’t have the same emotion regulation that adults have developed, hosting a birthday party for your child could be more than you had bargained for.

Below are some tips to host a kid-friendly party, that considers their health. Trust me, other parents are going to thank you!

The Cake

Food colouring and dyes that are used in cake icing have been linked to hyperactivity and allergic reactions. Ultimately, cake icing is a mixture of sugar, unhealthy fats, and chemicals. The cake itself is not much healthier being high in sugar, gluten and is likely high in fat as well. Opt for a homemade cake that is lower in sugar and fat and free of harmful food dyes. To avoid the traditional cake altogether, there are plenty of ideas on the internet to make a beautiful cake out of fruit. The base is a large watermelon and other fruits are used to decorate the “cake.” 

The Drinks

Avoid high-sugar drinks like pop and juice that can cause children to be on a sugar-high. Create a buffet of chopped strawberries, raspberries, orange slices, lemon slices, and cucumber slices to add to water. Children will be excited to make their own flavoured drinks and they can experiment with different combinations.

The Food

Serving a group of children a meal that they all like can be the largest obstacle of any birthday party. It’s pretty safe to say that most children like pizza and chicken nuggets and French fries. So, rather than buying these highly processed options at the grocery store, make your own at home so you have control of the ingredients. Make individual pizzas on pita bread so each child can select the ingredients they want on their pizza. Homemade chicken fingers and baked French fries are also a fast and convenient solution.

The Goodie Bag

Most parents can agree that the junk that comes home in a goodie bag from a child’s birthday party is ready for the garbage. Candy, chocolates, and little plastic toys do not offer any health benefit for the child. Instead, opt for activities like painting a picture or a craft that children can take home with them in place of a goodie bag. Alternatively, have children decorate a picture frame and take a group photo and print a copy for each child to put in their picture frame.

The Activities

The key to a fun birthday party is to be prepared with more activities than you think you might need to fill the time of the birthday party. Create a dance party and have kids be creative in making a music video. Have a scavenger hunt where children have to work together to find clues and a prize.