GI Rescue Recipes for Kids: Lemon Blueberry Cake

Christina has been a real trooper about sticking to her elimination diet (probably better than most adults) and hasn’t gotten too upset about not being able to eat desserts, EXCEPT when it comes to attending birthday parties. That is another story. She has shed a few tears over the fact that it’s “not fair”…. and it’s not. All of you moms dealing with similar situations, be it special diets or food allergies, can totally relate I’m sure. To help ease the pain a little, I came up with a cake recipe that she loves and takes with her to parties and sleepovers, so she has a “treat” to eat like the other kids. Okay, it’s not a cupcake or slice of heavenly chocolate cake with buttercream icing, but it does the trick and it’s healthy!

Read about the background behind our elimination diet journey here.

Lemon Blueberry Cake

1 cup coconut milk
1 ¼ cups unsweetened organic applesauce
3 tablespoons of cane sugar*
¾ cup fresh squeezed lemon juice
¾ cup olive oil
2 tsp. vanilla extract

*Pure cane sugar was deemed okay on her specific elimination diet, but no honey, agave syrup or any other sweetener.

Blend above ingredients well with mixer, then add dry ingredients.

1 cup of gluten-free flour
1 cup of gluten-free oat flour
1 tsp. baking soda

Fold in 1 cup of blueberries (fresh or frozen organic works). Pour into 10×10 pan greased with olive oil and sprinkled with gluten-free flour. Bake at 350 degrees for about 1 hour.

Let cool, then cut and serve or top with vanilla coconut milk yogurt.

Enjoy!

xo
Angela 

P.S. Craving pancakes or muffins? Check out our elimination and FODMAP diet recipes for “Pure-fect Pancakes” and Oatmeal Fruit Muffins!

P.P.S. Do you have any “total elimination” or “FODMAP diet” recipes you like? Please share!! Email me at angela@momstylelab.com.

Editorial Note: Please note that I am a mom — not a doctor, dietician or nutritionist — so am not trying to give advice, but rather just pass on my own learnings in the kitchen. The recipes I’m sharing may not work for everyone or every elimination diet.