Can I eat Lidl Christmas cake?

[jo84]

Hi there everyone

There is a possibility (fingers crossed) that I am 3 weeks. We have just bought a lidl Christmas cake but it's not clear whether it has had alcohol added to it after baking and whether the icing has been made using raw egg. Any ideas? Are shop bought christmas cakes generally ok to eat?

Thanks :)

I think most shop bought ones are fine. Anything fresh from a patisserie then is be concerned! Congrats for the 3 weeks though if you are!

Congratulations (I hope)

As almost everyone I know had at least one night where they were doing shots & Jager-bombs while unknowingly pregnant I think you will be fine

Disclaimer: not a doctor.

Oh thank u for the help! I think all food should have pregnancy warnings on... Thanks, fingers and toes are all crossed!

The amount of alcohol added to a shop bought cake after cooking would be a minute amount per portion, even if it was. If it has anything in it I think it should say on the label (like liqueur chocolates) and any material amount would render it an age-restricted purchase (like even low alcohol wine - which I don't think I've ever seen a cake be, though I have seen it on liqueur chocolates).

I am sure the icing will be fine. There are lots of people who are advised not to eat raw egg, so it is normally fairly clearly labelled.

I think all food should have pregnancy warnings on.

I think that is the worst idea ever

Snort Tondelayo.

But I do actually agree it would be a bad idea. It's enough of a pain being lectured all the time wihotu my packets doing it!

The day there are pregnancy warnings on all food is the day I top myself.

I'd relax a bit. You'll be fine. Diet restrictions have gone crazy and I notice things have got a lot better in 3 y since my last pregnancy.

It's bad enough going into Starbucks and get asked 'Do you mean decaff?" every single time.

No, I don't mean decaff dear.

Do they really do that? God. People at their houses often check whether I want decaff, but I just cheerfully smile and say 'nope, normal'. I think that's just trying to be a considerate host because not everyone keeps it in (we don't, though we do have herbal). But staff in a shop checking up on me would give me the rage.

I'm sorry, that was uncalled for and I've asked for it to be pulled. But as somebody said elsewhere, this sort of thing helps misinformation spread.

Viscous? Do you mean vicious?

OP, with love, chill the fuck out. I know everyone goes a bit loopy in pregnancy but a tiny mini bit of booze in a cake won't do any harm. And raw egg in a Christmas cake? Christmas cake lasts months! Royal icing is just sugar and water. Most food is perfectly fine in fact.

Wouldn't it be helpful if Mumsnet could have a standard response to this sort of post with a link to the latest guidelines?

Ditto the "am I making up forumla bottles the right way?".

We have questions like this all the time, but the information is freely available at one click of a google button.

If posters feel they need to ask Mumsnet, can't Mumsnet have a fully comprehensive set response ready to give them?

OP, I think you sound like you're bound to over worry about everything in pregnancy. I would suggest reading a book called Expecting Better, you'll find a lot of these rules are ridiculous and not based on good thorough science or out of date.

Mintyy, mumsnet does have a comprehensive list of answers to these questions it's called all the pregnancy pages on the website

But those FAQs are never specific enough Mintyy. I mean what if Lidl Xmas cake was on there but you'd eaten one from Aldi?