Paleo Cake Bites

Soft and fluffy vanilla cake bites with a dark chocolate glaze- made paleo, grain-free, refined-sugar-free. In my opinion, this recipe is the perfect solution for a healthier dessert!

Healthier Vanilla Cake Bites!

I was very tempted to call these “Paleo Cake Pops”, but I couldn’t be bothered to run to the store and buy cake pop sticks. LOL.

Either way, I feel as though cake pops are difficult to eat anyways so cake bites it is! This healthier vanilla cake bite recipe is incredibly easy to make and a perfect solution for saving the cakes that just don’t turn out quite right from the pan… we’ve all been there.

This recipe is also super versatile- any flavor of cake would work and any nut or seed butter could be used as the “binder”! Although I personally prefer the vanilla cake & dark chocolate glaze combination, you could really take this recipe in any flavor direction you want to.

I’m always looking for a fun, unique healthier dessert to make (shoutout to my giant sweet tooth) and these are a fun twist from your typical almond flour cookie or coconut oil brownies!

A Low Sugar Dessert Recipe for the Paleo Diet

We live in a world with a plethora of sugar-free sweeteners these days. However, most of them are highly processed and- in my opinion- more detrimental than consuming real sugar from natural sources such as honey, maple syrup, & dates.

With that said, my opinion on this topic has been formed through my IBD diagnosis. When I was first diagnosed with ulcerative colitis last year, I completely transformed my diet in desperation to find some relief of my severe symptoms. The diet I turned to is known as the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD). The SCD is a strict approach to limit the types of carbohydrates a person eats that are known to feed the “bad bacteria” in the large intestine. As a runner and carb lover, this was a HARD transition, emphasis on hard!

Honey is the only SCD-legal sweetener, along with fruits. So I would say that over the past year, I’ve come to perfect the art of baking with liquid sweeteners honey and mashed bananas.

• Link: SCD Legal/Illegal List

However, I’ve definitely missed the light & fluffy textures that can be achieved with “dry” sweeteners like regular granulated sugar! I just don’t want the same inflammatory aftermath that granulated processed sugar has… or the crash I get 30 minutes after eating high sugar desserts.

Once my ulcerative colitis symptoms subsided and I was able to start adding in a few foods back into my diet, I started to experiment with more natural paleo-friendly granulated sweeteners available! My favorite so far has been monk fruit.

• Monk fruit sweeteners are 150- 200 times sweeter than table sugar (aka: you don’t need to use as much!)
• Monk fruit provides zero calories and is metabolized by bacteria in the large intestine.
• It’s made by concentrating the “sweet compounds”- known as mogrosides- out of monk fruit juice. This simple extraction involves minimal processing and ingredient additives.
• For centuries, monk fruit has been used as a cold remedy and digestive aid in Eastern medicine.

Although monk fruit is a newer sugar replacement in the modern world and has only recently begun to be widely studied, it’s a promising granulated sweetener alternative for many people managing chronic inflammation-related diseases!

*Monk fruit has not been sufficiently studied in regards to the SCD- it is not considered “legal” or “illegal”… I’m just going by how I feel when I eat it!*

How to Make Paleo Cake Bites

Step 1: Combine the dry ingredients together in a large mixing bowl: the almond flour, tapioca flour, monk fruit sweetener, baking powder, and salt.

Step 2: Add in the melted coconut oil, eggs, almond milk, and vanilla. Beat with an electric hand mixer until well-combined.

Step 3: Pour the batter into a lightly greased silicone donut tin OR a lightly greased 8″ round cake tin. Bake and let cool before turning out of whatever tin you used (I used these silicone donut molds). Crumble the cooled cake in a mixing bowl with your hands.

Step 4: Add in the organic sunflower seed butter (or nut butter of your choice!). Mix into crumbled cake with a spoon or with your hands. Use a cookie scoop to scoop out the mixture.

Step 5: Roll each scoop of the mixture lightly between the palms of your hands to smooth. Set aside while you melt the 100% dark chocolate with the coconut oil.

Step 6: Dip each bake ball into the dark chocolate mixture. Sprinkle each cake bite with coconut flakes and sea salt before the melted chocolate hardens. Chill in the freezer for at least 15 minutes before serving.

More of My Favorite Easy Paleo Desserts:

• Healthier No-Bake Buckeyes
• Paleo Java Chip Blondies
• SCD/Paleo No-Bake Lemon Cookies
• SCD/Paleo Cherry Crumb Bars
• Paleo Cookie Dough Bites

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