food allergy cake question

[bearbear]

Hi, I've written on here before and loved all the advice I recieved. Next question: My son will be 2 the end of this month and I'm looking to make something for him to eat at his party. His allergies are milk, wheat, soy, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, rice, and chicken. I think that is all of them.

I am stumped on what to make. I'm fairly new to the allergy stuff as he is just turning 2. He is on elecare jr vanilla for his main nutrition. He eats lots of veggies and fruit.

Any help will be greatly appriciated.
Thank you in advance

Cindy

 

[abc123mom]

Not sure if this would work for you, but lately I've been seeing some really cute birthday/celebration cakes made entirely out of fruit. If you google "cake made out of fruit" you'll find several tutorials and photos. If your little one loves fruit, this may work.

 

[MSSANDRA]

It looks like maybe home-made rice crispy treats might be safe for all those allergies??? Perhaps do it like a cookie cake and decorate it with a home-made icing that is safe. I use one that is just crisco/power sugar and a little of any kind of liquid.

 

[ekatiel]

Hi, I've written on here before and loved all the advice I recieved. Next question: My son will be 2 the end of this month and I'm looking to make something for him to eat at his party. His allergies are milk, wheat, soy, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, rice, and chicken. I think that is all of them.

I am stumped on what to make. I'm fairly new to the allergy stuff as he is just turning 2. He is on elecare jr vanilla for his main nutrition. He eats lots of veggies and fruit.

Any help will be greatly appriciated.
Thank you in advance

Cindy

Double Chocolate Cake
1 2/3 cups gluten free flour blend (we use Bette Hagman’s featherlight rice flour blend, but you'd have to use another flour blend-- can your DC have Bob's Redmill flour??)
1 cup packed brown sugar or granulated sugar
1/4 cup cocoa (we use ghiriadelli sp??)
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup water
1/3 cup vegetable oil (you'd need to use a different oil like Canola or Corn)
1 teaspoon vinegar
1/2 teaspoon gluten free vanilla (we use McCormik's)
1/2 cup chocolate chips (we use enjoy life brand)

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Mix flour, brown sugar, cocoa, baking soda and salt with a fork in an ungreased square pan, 8X8X2 inches. Mix in remaining ingredients except chocolate chips. Sprinkle chips over batter. Bake until wooden pick inserted in center comes out clean, 35-40 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, or frost if desired.



This is the recipe I used to use when my son was gluten free. He outgrew his allergies to wheat, barley, and rye at age 5. He's still allergic to eggs, peanuts, and tree nuts. I hope this helps! --Katie

Edited b/c I didn't see the rice allergy at first!!

 

[kkandaj]

Are you comfortable with him not having a typical "cake?" At DS's 1st bday, he only had about 5 foods he could eat. I made his "cake" from sliced bananas, cornflakes and corn syrup.

We had to take his clothes off because he was getting covered in syrup, but as you can tell by the pic below, he LOVED it!

I know lots of allergy kids that don't have actual "cakes." I think it's harder for us parents than it is our children. DS was 3 before he had a "real" cake. He is allergic to pn, tn, eggs, dairy and soy.

What is his favorite food? Is there a way you can present it in a special way, with a candle? What about a homemade fruit sorbet? Can Elecare be made into popsicles or shakes (using coconut milk or another alternative)? Just trying to throw out some ideas for you. DS's bdays are always emotional for me because celebrations in the US revolve around food. Remember the party is about YOUR child, so focus on the foods he can have--and you don't even have to focus on food if you don't want. Hope you find something that will work for you!

 

[kkandaj]

It looks like maybe home-made rice crispy treats might be safe for all those allergies??? Perhaps do it like a cookie cake and decorate it with a home-made icing that is safe. I use one that is just crisco/power sugar and a little of any kind of liquid.

Rice crispy treats won't work for a rice allergy.

 

[clanmcculloch]

Do you have a springform pan? How about an "ice cream" cake using his favourite flavour of sorbet? Use crumbled corn flakes for the base and just press the sorbet on top. Decorate by cutting fruits up into fun shapes. Remove the outside of the springform pan before serving. Can he eat Enjoy Life chocolate? If yes then you can even melt some chocolate chips and drizzle over the cake and then refreeze in order to make it even more special or even just put chocolate chips over the top. If you want to take the time you can even cover the sides with chocolate chips after removing from the springform pan by just pressing them into the sides.

 

[nfceagles]

I think a frozen sorbet cake would be awesome. If you have a safe shortening, perhaps Spectrum shortening, you could make a white buttercream-style frosting with powdered sugar and add a piped border around the base and top.

 

[mag73]

There are a lot of cakes made just with potato starch, and other gf flours other than rice and soy
My dd has celiac and I make a lot of cakes using ground gf oats nuts (although nuts are not an option for you) . I'm not sure what you would substitute for eggs, but I'm sure there are egg substitutes out there. If there are any Kosher stores near you you might be able to find a potato starch/flour based boxed cake mix, they are usually marked gluten free, and maybe you could try to make carrot cupcakes out of it.
You can make your oat flourjust by pulsing them in a food processor.
I've been adding ground oats to a lot of my cakes, cookies and it improves both texture and flavor,
take a look at this site too http://www.latartinegourmande.com/categories/gluten-free/, you would have to make some substitutions but she uses a lot of flours other than rice in her recepies. Here is another link you would still have to use an egg substitute
simplycupcakesmn.com/Ingredients_for_J_Arthur.docx

 

[clanmcculloch]

I think a frozen sorbet cake would be awesome. If you have a safe shortening, perhaps Spectrum shortening, you could make a white buttercream-style frosting with powdered sugar and add a piped border around the base and top.

Have you had success with Spectrum shortening for icings? Mine have come out with a weird texture when I use Spectrum. We can do soy luckily so I'm able to use a mixture of Crisco and margarine (I use the mixture as much for taste as I do for texture) but I'd rather be using Spectrum; I just can't get the texture right. I've tried coconut oil as well but the low melting point means it doesn't work well on a cake that's not going to be refrigerated or frozen. It would work well for an ice cream cake though.