Everyday Nutrition: Sunday Funday: Golf Course Cake

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Sunday Funday: Golf Course Cake

Oh how I love Sunday Funday, mostly because I LOVE cake. If I could only eat one food for the rest of my life it would be chocolate or vanilla cake with buttercream frosting. Totally not dietitian-like but hey, it's for the REST of my life...

The only thing better than cake is cake with a purpose. A few weeks ago we celebrated Norma's birthday.

Norma is a GREAT cook and is always surprising us with her culinary excellence at family parties. In addition to cooking Norma loves to be outside, at the beach, working in her garden or on the golf course. Coming up with the perfect birthday cake for her was simple, a golf course!

I started by baking a traditional chocolate buttermilk sheet cake in a 9 x 13 in rectangular cake pan.

I frosted the whole cake with light green frosting.

I then used a toothpick and "draw" the outline on top of the cake to include a sandtrap, a lake and a putting green.

I used a piping bag and outlined the sandtrap, lake and putting green. I filled the sandtrap in with cornflake crumbs, made blue piping gel to fill the lake and left the putting green alone.

I then used a piping bag fitted with a "grass" tip and piped dark green frosting all around. The ball is white chocolate and the "Happy Birthday Norma" letters are also chocolate molded into letters.

One last step? A sugar cookie Norma!

I think she liked it!

2 comments:

JessJuly 12, 2011 at 9:37 PM
Norma IS amazing and that cake was delicious! and the palm tree cookies were awesome looking (even if I didn't get a chance to eat one)
<3
Jess
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KristinJuly 15, 2011 at 8:56 PM
Thanks! Fun times out in the country :)
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Everyday Nutrition is a blog set out to show how nutrition can be easy, fun, creative and most importantly part of everyday. Some posts will be nutrition and health focused where as others may be more indulgent to show that in moderation any food can be part of a healthy lifestyle.

I have worked in a variety of settings including home health care, women, infant and children's nutrition, diabetic wellness, rehabilitation as well as community health promotion.

I feel that nutrition is one of the most important components of a healthy lifestyle, but in addition to nourishing our bodies food has to make us happy, fit our budget and must be adaptable to daily changes we may face.

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1.) There are no "bad" foods. Eat in moderation and don't deny yourself. Eat healthy 80% of the time and splurge the other 20%, not only will it help you stick to a healthy eating plan but you deserve it!

2.) The more visually stimulating your meals are the more you will enjoy them. A low-fat item will taste better if it looks appealing so add some creativity into your meals and save calories while eating healthy.

3.) Save money where you can so that you can afford healthy foods or match sales with coupons to pay less for those foods. I hear patients say all the time that healthy foods are expensive but it is possible to make healthy foods part of any budget.

4.) Eating is a numbers game, keep your "calories in" and "calories out" the same and you set yourself up for weight stability over time. Know that you will be eating a larger dinner? Make sure to hit the gym in the morning or scale down breakfast and lunch portions to compensate.

5.) Nutrition does not have to be difficult! Eat a balance of foods, avoid high calorie high sugar items and make sure to have a large glass of water at each meal, it can be that simple. I often tell patients to eat as their mother taught them growing up, going back to basics helps ground us in good health.

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Sunday Funday: Golf Course Cake

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