A cauliflower cake recipe that uses coconut flour, keeping it gluten free and low carb. A savoury cake that is a great alternative to a quiche or frittata.
I’ve seen the cauliflower cake recipe by Yotam Ottalenghi and boy does that man know his way around a cauliflower! The recipe looks delicious but since he uses flour it’s out for me. So naturally I thought that I could try to see if I could bake a low carb version cauliflower cake with coconut flour.
Reading the reviews of his cake made me smile with the one comment by someone exclaiming in wonder at who would make a cake out of cauliflower. Bless, I thought. They have no low carb friends. They need to step over to our side of the tracks where cauliflower is king! I wonder what they would make of my chocolate cauliflower cake?
Low carb savoury cake
This delicious cauliflower cake is as tasty as a crust-less quiche or a frittata but is firmer, due to the coconut flour. The taste is a mouthful of savoury goodness! I used thyme for the herb flavour as I do like the combination of thyme and Parmesan cheese. The original recipe uses rosemary and basil which sounds just as delicious. Feel free to throw your favourite herbs in!
I thought about adding Feta cheese to this too but wanted to try the first one without it. I will make this again and perhaps then add some Feta cheese. I riced the cauliflower but you could cook cauliflower florets instead. I would make sure that the florets are small though, or perhaps gently mash them up with a fork before adding the other ingredients.
This is delicious warm and great cold. Personally, I prefer it warm although I still happily munched on a piece the next morning under the guise of “taste research”. The Chief Taster enjoyed it too but preferred it cold. Serve this with a side salad for a perfect summer’s lunch.
Cauliflower Cake
Ingredients
- 1 Medium Cauliflower
- 1 cup Parmesan cheese grated
- 1 Red onion cut into rings
- ½ teaspoon Turmeric
- 8 Eggs beaten
- ½ cup coconut flour
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons Thyme, fresh chopped
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 200C/400F degrees.
- Thoroughly grease a spring-form cake tin and line the bottom with parchment paper.
- Heat one tablespoon of the olive oil in a frying pan on a medium heat.
- Add the red onion rings and gently cook until soft and tender.
- Remove the onion from the frying pan. Set aside a few of the “good” onion rings as they will be placed on the top of the cake.
- Rice the cauliflower by either grating it or running the florets in the food processor.
- Place the cauliflower in the frying pan and cook for about 8-10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- In a bowl, add the coconut flour, turmeric and baking powder. Stir to combine.
- Add the cauliflower rice, thyme, Parmesan cheese, cooked onion and mustard. Mix thoroughly.
- Add the beaten eggs, stir to combine and season with the salt and pepper.
- Pour into the cake tin and place the onion rings that you set aside on top of the cake.
- Bake for 40 minutes until firm and golden.
- Remove from the tin, eat and enjoy!
Notes
Nutrition
Maureen
I found the original recipe awhile ago and make it regularly with some gluten free flour so I'll have to try it with coconut flour. But overall we enjoy it. I freeze it in sections then heat slices up and top with eggs for a tasty breakfast.
Angela Coleby
I love the idea of sliced for breakfast with eggs!
Kathleen Smith
Will this refrigerate well and serve well at room temperature? Need to make on a Thursday to serve on Saturday evening with no prep time on Friday or Saturday.
Angela Coleby
Yes it will. Hope you enjoy it!
Amy Jer
I made this. Very good. My 4 year old ate it. I made 3 changes. 1. I used 3 ice cubes of crock pot caramelized onion that I keep on hand instead of cooking onion. 2. I used 1 teaspoon of kosher salt. 3. I used coconut oil in the cauliflower cooking. It only needed 32 minutes in the oven at 400, but ovens, they are all different.
Angela Coleby
Glad you liked it and I like the sound of the caramelised onions too!