No. Instead, I had pie.
And, shock of all shocks, it wasn’t chocolate. I wanted to change it up a bit from last year’s chocolate mousse pie.
So, this year I chose velvety, homemade Raw Key Lime Pie. (For the recipe, click on the link and read the optional ingredients).
Yeah, it was as good as it looks. If not better. I didn’t even miss the chocolate. No, seriously! I’ve always had a thing for cheesecake; as far as cake is concerned, my hierarchy is: chocolate mousse pie, then cheesecake. Then maybe coconut cream pie. After that, who cares?!
A few posts ago, I mentioned that I attended a Labor Day Barbecue on my birthday, and I brought a raw key lime pie.
The barbecue started around lunchtime, and while I obviously didn’t partake in any of the barbecued-meat-eating, I did help myself to copious amounts of the grilled veggies on offer (the sweet griller—a.k.a. my neighbor—made sure the vegetables were grilled in a separate section from the meat). Then, at around 3PM, after we all started feeling hungry again, thanks to some strenuous badminton, swimming, and debating (Uh-oh, political debates!), it was time for dessert. Bring on the raw Key Lime Pie! (Just don’t tell anyone it’s raw. They think vegan is weird enough.)
Tentatively, I pulled the pie outta the freezer (where I’d been letting it set) and served it to the guests—myself included. Then they all sang “Happy Birthday” to me before digging in. Luckily, it was a big hit. Those of you who have tried raw desserts probably aren’t surprised by this.
To compliment the key lime variation, I opted for a raw gingerbread crust.
It was good. The crust almost stole the show from the cake, itself! And that’s coming from a girl who normally loathes crust. (P.S. to the extremely perceptive readers out there: Yes, the photo above is actually from the “cashew cookie” page, not gingerbread. I forgot to take a photo of the crust while making it. But it didn’t look much different from the above.)
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Question of the Day:
What was your birthday dessert this year?
Or what will it be?
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I made myself two different birthday desserts. For my birthday day, we had a chocolate quinoa cake with chocolate drizzle and fresh raspberries, and it was amazing. Then on the weekend I made a raw chocolate hazelnut pie, which I served to my friends who all eat meat, and I told them it was vegan and raw, and it doesn’t matter to them. I think it’s a west coast thing – as long as it tastes good, who cares?
HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! My desert this year: key lime pie. Sadly, it was disappointing. Next year… CHOCOLATE! 🙂
Katie!! Shame on you! You broke your chocolate vow! Just kidding, Happy BDay again, girl!! The key lime pie looks delectable 🙂
Oh don’t think I neglected chocolate all day. That would never happen! 😉
(Well, I did give up chocolate for Lent a few years in a row. It’s HARD!!)
Last year I had a really awesome cake decorated with the Grinch’s face (since my day is 12/24). I LOVED it.
Aww…that looks really good…!! *drooling* (the title post scared me a little bit!) Does it have a strong lime-taste to it? Because if it does, I’d be too scared to try…
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xoxo
It doesn’t really have too strong a lime flavor. In fact, I dunno if it’ really be reminiscent of real key lime pie. But I don’t care, ’cause it tastes good. Now, if you added lime AND the lemon juice, it’s prolly be too much.
And I’ll be heading over to your bloggie as soon as I get a chance! (Expect a comment sometime today!!)
That pie looks good! I hate telling people at parties that whatever I made/brought was healthy because it always seems like then they will find something they don’t like about it. Does that happen to you with your (also healthy) raw and vegan desserts? Just curious…
Yes, always :(.
I’m a bit sneaky though. I’ve learned (the hard way) not to tell them something’s vegan/healthy until AFTER they eat it and say they like it. That’s when I drop the “oh btw, it’s good for you” bombshell on them. Then they can’t retract their words. Nowadays, my friends actually WANT to eat my desserts even though they know they’re vegan/healthy, because they know by now that vegan food can taste good. They’ll even eat things with tofu! 🙂
(At first, they wouldn’t. But that’s why I wouldn’t tell them until after they’d eaten it. By now, I can say right up front: “That dish is a tofu cheesecake” and they’ll happily dig in!)
This is belated, but Happy Birthday Katie!
Awww thank you so so much!! 🙂
Yummmm!! Looks and sounds AMAZING.
I love making my own bday cake – that way I KNOW I’ll love it! 🙂
I made a lemon-olive oil cake this year. It was out of this world!!
i had raw cake on my birthday! it was my first blog post too 🙂 mmm mind was raw cacao raspberry cheezcake MmmMM <3
ive had raw keylime cake/pie from a raw cafe here and it was SO YUMMY! i can taste it right now just thinking of it- definitely a fantastic birthday choice <3
My b-day dessert was actually non-existent this year, just like the b-day dinner. I didn’t even get any presents at the day because my dad was in charge and I wanted a laptop computer so he decided to take me to the store to pick one out the weekend after my birthday and since he’s a guy he didn’t manage to get me a little something as a surprise like my mom told him to (she told him to at least get flowers which he did a day later apologizing that the day of my birthday the ones in the store didn’t look good).
But I don’t mind..I actually don’t think Birthdays are that improtant. For example I’ve worked the last three years on my birthday even though as a nurse I could have gotten the day off.
I’ve been sick on my birthday twice! So my body doesn’t think much of birthdays either, apparently!