Ombre Strawberry Frosting
- 16 ounces full fat coconut cream
- 3 ounces weight cream cheese or 3 ounces coconut butter, Softened
- 1 12 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 4 tablespoons raw honey or 4 tablespoons Agave
- 2 tablespoons coconut flour or 2 tablespoons rice flour
- 12 cup dried strawberries (dehydrated)
- For the frosting:In a small bowl, beat the cream until thick and fluffy.
- Add the cream cheese or coconut butter, vanilla and honey and beat until smooth.
- To create the ombre white to dark pink look, scoop out a generous 1/3 portion of the frosting and place in another mixing bowl.
- Beat in 2 tablespoons of flour to this to create a nice white frosting for piping.
- Assembling Cake:.
- Put the first cake onto your serving platter.
- Slather some frosting on top of the cake for the inner filling, about 1/4 cup.
- Place the second cake on top.
- Fill a pastry bag with the white frosting with a large star tip (or anything that you like the look of).
- Start piping a row of roses on the upper 1/3 part of the cake.
- Pipe roses by creating a continuous circle of frosting until your desired size.
- Work upwards to cover the top portion of the cake in white roses.
- Next, blend the strawberries in a food processor until they are a fine powder.
- Add 4 tablespoons of the powder to the remaining frosting (or however much powder to reach desired hue).
- This part will be the light pink color.
- Pipe another row of roses on the cake right below the layer of white roses, leaving enough space for the last, darker pink row.
- Add the rest of the powdered strawberries to the remaining frosting and beat in until smooth.
- If the color is not as dark as youd like, you can add a few drops of strawberry juice or natural food dye.
- We ended up using 2 drops of the natural food dye.
- Pipe the last row and marvel at your beautiful healthy cake!
- Note: We have been loving the ombre look lately and wanted to create this for our little girls birthday.
- The strawberries do not create a very strong flavor and act as more of a powdered sugar substitute while giving color.
- You can substitute with powdered xylitol if you do not want the pink color or fear your baby may be allergic to strawberries.
- If you dont want to use xylitol, you may add 6 tablespoons of a flour of choice (not wheat, so it doesnt change the color) and liquid stevia to taste.
coconut cream, cream cheese, vanilla, honey, coconut flour, strawberries
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/ombre-strawberry-frosting-519466 (may not work)