Birthday Cake recipe for First Birthday - and Nut sensitivities

[lulusmama]

Hi,
Anyone have any good cake recipes for a 1 year old who can't have nuts?
Thanks!

is this 'can't have actual nuts' or 'can't have anything that's ever been near nuts'?

If the former I'd just make a Victoria sponge - at 1 he'll be more interested in blowing out the candle and then smearing it round his face than anything else.

If the latter I'm way out of my depth, but the candle and face-smearing still applies...

how bizarre...was coming to post on here as my DS has nut allergy , and it's lulusmama!..spooky!!

remember seeing an ad in for sale section on here for someone who makes nut free cakes., they'll have a good recipe...will see if i can find it!!

here's the thread!

Thanks lulumama - we seem to be living parallel lives - that IS spooky!

We've been told my DS has 80% chance he'll be allergic to peanuts... and advised to stay away from all nuts for at least 5 years.
He can eat everything else, including eggs, dairy, wheat, so a Victoria sponge would be fine (but a chocolate one wouldn't b/c highly likely the chocolate is packaged in a factory that uses nuts...).

I'd be very grateful for the recipe pls MrsBadger

100g butter/marge
100g caster sugar
2 eggs
100g self-raising flour

I do it the old-fashioned way (cream butter and sugar, beat in eggs a little at a time, sift and fold in flour) but you can just sling it all in a bowl and mix with an electric whisk till it's all blended.
Divide between two 15cm round baking tins (butter them well first)
190ºC 20-25min

Sandwich together with buttercream (made by beating 100g sieved icing sugar with 50g butter) and jam.

Decorate however you fancy - glacé icing (100g icing sugar, 1tbsp water) with sweets stuck on in a shape of ds's initial or age etc always popular. Or smear with more buttercream and make patterns with a fork; or sift icing sugar over.

(if your baking tins are 20cm use 175g of everything and 3 eggs)

Thanks MrsB - sounds yummy.