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Dairy, egg, soya, nut and wheat free birthday cake - help please!

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ArtFine · 15/05/2014 20:20

Hi,

I want to make my DD a birthday cake. She is on a diet free from dairy, egg, soya, nuts and wheat. I think chocolate would be nice but I don't mind, anything that tastes nice will do.

Any suggestions?

(I did try a chocolate cake recipe and it was horrible sadly)

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pashmina696 · 15/05/2014 21:02

i have done a couple of giant chocolate rice crispy cakes before for my sons birthdays - left to set in a cake tin to get the shape then iced etc - so much easier than substituting ingredients and actually tastes good....

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ArtFine · 16/05/2014 08:13

Pashmina, that is a good idea. Which recipe do you use?

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pashmina696 · 16/05/2014 16:13

i just melted cadburys dairy milk in the microwave and stirred in kelloggs rice crispies and put into a deep cake tin to set - i generally use these brands as they don't usually contain nut traces. you add raisins or marshmallows or whatever you like. i then melted more chocolate on top as icing but proper icing works too.

trixymalixy · 17/05/2014 10:04

this recipe is dairy egg and soya free. It says in the description that you could replace the flour with rice flour.

This is my fail safe recipe for my dairy and egg free kids, it works every time. Haven't tried it wheat free but it's so hard to find an eggless recipe that works well that it's probably worth giving this one a shot wheat free.

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ArtFine · 17/05/2014 23:23

Trixy, thanks so much! I'm going to give that a shot.

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KatyMac · 17/05/2014 23:28

Cadbury's dairy milk has dairy in.......

AllergyMums · 18/05/2014 13:25

Hi - Gluten free, vegan chocolate mint cupcakes recipe below - soya and nut free too. There is a plain chocolate recipe on the site as well. All the gluten free stuff is egg and milk free as my DD is allergic to milk and eggs, and I'm milk,egg and gluten free.
www.allergymums.co.uk/articles/gluten-free-vegan-cupcakes

Once you get use to it all you will find it possible to adapt recipes. Ms Cupcake is a good Vegan Baking Cookbook to start with. Good luck!

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ArtFine · 18/05/2014 15:56

AllergyMums, thanks! Smile

How nice would you say the chocolate one is? Does it taste 'normal'?

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ArtFine · 18/05/2014 16:14

AllergyMum, would you know whether the Betty Crocker icings are free from dairy, soya, egg and wheat?

From the ingredients it certainly seems that way, but I just want to mr sure ...

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trixymalixy · 18/05/2014 16:21

They have a may contain milk warning, but my Ds is fine with them. The chocolate fudge one doesn't have dairy, egg, soya or wheat in the ingredients.

Gileswithachainsaw · 18/05/2014 16:25

www.piginthekitchen.co.uk/p/recipes.html?m=1

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ArtFine · 18/05/2014 19:32

I went with this recipe in the end, and it is really good! It does however need baking for much longer than stated. And I did add 1.25 cups of sugar instead of 0.5 cups. And 1 pack of moo drops too. This is definitely a keeper!

Now I just hope the bread baked in the bread machine will be edible ...Shock

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ArtFine · 18/05/2014 19:33

Sorry forgot to link, this one:

homegreens.wordpress.com/2012/02/22/gluten-free-egg-free-chickpea-flour-chocolate-cake/

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