I found some beautiful strawberries at the farm market and was inspired to make this easy paleo strawberry shortcake with lime-infused coconut cream. The combination of sweet strawberries, zesty lime and whipped coconut cream is a revelation.
This dessert is really quick to put together with a little advance planning. You can make the shortcakes ahead and freeze them until needed. To thaw, put them in a cold oven and turn the oven on to 300 degrees. They can thaw while you whip the coconut cream and slice the strawberries. I like to do this while dinner is cooking, so everything is ready for quick assembly after dinner.
Another tip is to keep an unopened can or two of full fat coconut milk in the refrigerator. This way it's already chilled and you can make the whipped coconut cream in about five minutes. Easy paleo strawberry shortcake with lime coconut cream is a great dessert any day of the week.
Paleo Strawberry Shortcake with Lime Coconut Cream
Ingredients
Shortcakes
- 300 grams almond flour about 3 cups
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 tablespoons fresh lime juice
Lime Coconut Cream
- 1 13.5-ounce can full fat coconut milk refrigerated overnight
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 teaspoons honey to taste
- 2 limes zested
Strawberries
- 1 quart strawberries sliced
Instructions
- Shortcakes: Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Combine almond flour, baking soda, and salt in a large bowl. Make a well in the center and add eggs, 2 tablespoons honey and lime juice. Stir dough until well combined. Drop by large spoonfuls onto baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake until golden brown, 15-20 minutes. Cool completely on wire rack.
- Coconut cream: Open bottom of can of coconut milk and pour off liquid. Scoop coconut cream into bowl and beat with hand mixer until it is the consistency of whipped cream. Add vanilla and honey to taste, and beat until combined. Fold in zest of one lime. Refrigerate until ready to serve.
- Assembly: Split the shortcakes and layer with sliced strawberries and whipped coconut cream. Garnish with remaining lime zest.
This looks awesome! Can’t wait to try it!!
Thanks! Hope you like it!
What about a different flour than almond. Alert says 3cups is too much almond and will cause serious thyroid disease. It totals too many almonds.
WOW! That looks AMAZING!! Stopping in from Saturday Sharefest!
It’s so easy too – perfect for strawberry season! Thanks for stopping in!
OMG. That looks delicious. I would have never thought it would be Paleo. I’m gonna have to try. Thanks for visiting my blog earlier. Have a great weekend.
This is one of my favorites – I love strawberries. Thanks for visiting!
This is so great and dairy free- totally love this recipe. The only question — is there any way to replace the coconut milk for something like rice milk?
I don’t know if you can whip rice milk. You could try replacing the coconut whipped cream with cashew cream.
Thanks! 🙂
Made these for supper…..wholly yum! Thank you!!
Awesome! I’m so glad you liked them!
My daughter wanted strawberry shortcake for her birthday and between me being paleo and another daughter who is gluten free, this seemed the perfect option. O.M.G. Freakin’ awesome! All four of my children and 5 of my neighbors REALLY loved it. Awesome job developing this recipe…I wouldn’t change a thing. Oh…we do prefer our strawberry shortcake with macerated strawberries instead of fresh, so I kept it paleo by using coconut palm sugar as the juicing agent.
Thank you! I’m so glad everyone enjoyed this recipe! Strawberry shortcake is one of my favorites too.
Great recipe. I tried it with strawberries and most recently substituted blackberries for the strawberries. Both berries worked great. I will add this one to my recipe repertoire.
Thanks, Celeste! I love it with blackberries too – I think this recipe works with just about any fruit.
Wondering what I could use instead of almond flour? Not allowed nuts at work and this looks like a great snack
I haven’t tested it, but sunflower seed flour is a common substitute for almond flour. Here’s a link on how to make sun-flour from The Kitchn.
Hi what can I replace the eggs with? My friend’s son is allergic to eggs
Love coconut lime flavor so this got my attention, also nice tip about the storing the coconut milk in the refrigerator and love that the cake has been paleo-ed! Don’t miss the too-sweet traditional shortcake anyway, so thank you for this!