DS' 1st Birthday Cake. Help!

[BambinolovesBeccie]

I want to buy DS the Thomas the Tank engine or cheeky monkey cakes in Tesco (as he giggles when he sees them) but neither can be guaranteed as nut-free. I am getting so confused re current guidelines and would be grateful for advice. Does anyone know when it is safe to introduce nuts to a baby's diet? Do you steer clear till 3 years old, or ok to introduce anytime if no history of nut allergy, or don't risk it at all?

DH nor I (or our families)have a nut allergy, but I do have a history of asthma, hayfever and oral allergy syndrome (which is fairly recent) so am being extra cautious. Not sure what to do. Any advice gratefully received.

I wish I'd learnt how to bake.

It just means that they can't gaurantee the cake wasn't produced(or its ingredients) somewhere that nuts may have been, so someone with a sevre nut allergy should avoid
but in your case I wouldn't worry if there is no history

It will be fine - it's whole nuts you need to avoid due to risk of choking and there won't be whole nuts in a child's birthday cake.

Bambino, the alternative is to bake a cake. If you are the sort of person who follows instructions well, you can work on the basis "If you can read, you can cook". There is nothing complicated about making a chocolate sponge or a Madeira cake, you just need a cake pan....

Thanks all. So, if no history of nut allergy in family then should be ok as only traces of nuts?

Silver I can cook and am not bad so would have a go at baking the cake, but the icing part would be a nightmare. I am not artistic and thomas would look like he'd crashed.

The monkey cake says this on the packaging
"Recipe: No nuts.
Ingredients: Cannot guarantee nut free.
Factory: No nuts."

Perhaps Monkey cake is better option.

It just means they cannot gaurantee there were no nuts in the factory that supplied ingredients, so I honestly wouldn't worry

Thanks PlumBum. I think if we had a history of allergies then it would be a definite no no, but DH agrees with you so we will get the monkey one I think.

I think the "cannot guarantee" one is something they just put on there to cover themselves in case someone tries to sue them