Can I eat buttercream?

[Daisypops]

Sorry for boring question but I'm just about to tuck in to a big fat piece of my dads birthday cake and its covered it buttercream. Its probably ok but I've got my pregnancy paranoia! Can anyone help?x

buttercream is normally butter and sugar so tuck in

yes eat up, you fool- you eat butter, you eat sugar, don't you ?

Gosh. I hope so as I'm made and eaten a birthday cake smothered in the stuff.

Pretty sure it's cool.

Of course you can!

No! Absolutely not, you must not eat buttercream all the way through, or suffer dire consequences... (only joking, I fancy some right now!)

Soz just got paranoid. Pregnancy head is on and I couldn't think how it was made. I thought they might be eggs in it! Thanks girls.x

Carrotcake you just made me panic!!! Speaking of carrot cake, might fancy some of that next! My big fat buttercream cake is dropping all over my bed. I'm such a pig!

Sorry Daisypops!!! only joked as I thought you'd been reassured by then, oops . Not fair of me, especially as I worry about every tiny thing, I think you might have it confused with creme anglais, that has raw egg in... sending you some cyber carrotcake now

Mmmm fanx Carrotcake! I had read the other posts but then read yours and thought OMG! I too worry about everything! I was even worried about sneezing too hard when I was in the 1st trimester!

Hi All,
New to this mum stuff I’m currently 6 weeks pregnant and stressing out, I’m always worried that I’ll do something to hurt the baby wether it be food wise or even with Dailey activities was wondering if there was any advice you ladies could give since I’m stressing out and very paranoid.
Thanking you all in advance.

Follow the nhs guidance. Ignore everything else.

www.nhs.uk/chq/Pages/917.aspx

@Meatball182 how did you find a 12 year old thread? 🤣

Perhaps you should start a new one...

I feel like we need a sticky thread with READ THE NHS PAGE as it’s title. Not because the nhs is the ultimate authority on safety but just because advice is always changing.

I have had quite a pregnant colleagues - first baby, these women are in their 20s. And yet their fretting over advice that is sometimes a decade old!! They’re still being told by friends and relatives that they mustn’t eat nuts, eggs, fish.

Or advice is interpreted badly - no dairy lea, no shady, mulled wine or liquor chocolates. 🤨

There is really very little pregnant women ‘cant’ eat if it’s prepared in their own home with sensible hygiene.