Aren’t they adorable?! They turned 3 yesterday!
I’ve talked about it before, but Joy has food allergies to peanuts, eggs, shellfish, soy & wheat.
That limits her food options on a daily basis but even more so on a holiday like her birthday.
What’s a girl to do?
One can’t only have {egg-free} ice cream at her birthday celebration!
She must have birthday cake.
In fact, she specifically requested a pink birthday cake with candles for her birthday!
Being the amazing aunt that I am {ha!}, I made an egg-free, nut-free, soy-free, & wheat-free cake for her.
And it was good ~ 3-year old approved!
I frosted the cake with this easy butter-cream icing {colored pink, of course}, added some hearts & candles, and this little lady was happy:
My cake decorating skills are not the best but she didn’t mind…
(Almost) Allergy Free Birthday Cake
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Keywords: bake dessert egg-free gluten-free nut-free soy-free vegetarian birthday cake
Ingredients (Serves 16)
- 2 ½ cups gluten-free flour, like Bob’s Red Mill All-Purpose Gluten Free Flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 (14 oz) can non-fat sweetened condensed milk
- 1 cup 100% orange juice
- 4 tsp vanilla extract
- 4 tsp white vinegar
- 1/2 cup melted butter
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 325°F. Grease & flour {with the gluten-free flour of course} a 13 x 9″ baking pan or two cake pans.
Sift together the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Stir.
Add in the remaining ingredients in the order listed, and stir well to completely combine.
Pour cake batter into prepared baking pans, and bake in preheated oven for 25-30 minutes. The cake should be lightly brown, and a cake tester should come out clean.
Let cool for 15-20 minutes in the pan on a cooling rack; then remove from pan to a cooling rack.
Make sure it is completely cool before frosting – I like this easy butter-cream frosting
These can also be baked in muffin tins to make cupcakes. Be sure to spray the tin really well and/or use foil muffin liners. They take about 15-18 minutes to bake.
Based on this recipe
[box] Some things to know about this recipe:
- If you do not need to make it wheat or gluten free, you can use regular cake flour or unbleached all purpose flour.
- If you do use the gluten free baking mix, know that the cake batter is not going to taste very good. No worries because it comes out great after it’s baked & frosted
- The cake is free of eggs, nuts, soy, and wheat & gluten. It is not free of dairy – you’ll have to make or find dairy-free condensed milk and butter.
- This does have a slight orange flavor. You can always use 1/2 cup orange juice and 1/2 cup water instead of all orange juice. I will probably use 3/4 cup OJ and 1/4 cup water next time – and there will be a next time[/box]
Have a great weekend!
Meme
He couldn’t wait for someone to cut his cake haha!
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Love that you found a good recipe for an almost allergy free cake. Many people will love to see this. Thanks for sharing on Southern Sundays! Hope to see you again soon.
Thanks! The cake really is delicious; even people without food allergies like it
Thanks for the recipe. We have friends with allergies this will come in handy. I’d love for you to link up at Fantastic Thursday. http://www.fivelittlechefs.com/2012/06/fantastic-thursday-2.html Hope to see you there!
Thanks! It’s great to have allergy friendly recipes just in case
How thoughtful of you!
I think it’s a beautiful cake, and reading the recipe I have no doubt everyong would love it
Thank you so much! It really was enjoyed by everyone. Some even requested the “pink cake” over the regular bakery cake
Love this cake! I will definitely pass this on to my friend who’s daughter is allergic to eggs. Thanks so much for linking up to Creative Thursday this week. I can’t wait to see what you link up next week. Have a wonderful weekend.
Michelle
Thank you! It’s a great substitute!
I can try it with margarine and soy milk or ewe’s milk, can’t I? This recipe is awesome! egg/gluten free! I’m keeping it for later. Thank you for sharing!!!
I stopped by from the piece o’ cake’s linky
http://sparkleandco.blogspot.com
Definitely! I found some good alternatives to sweetened condensed milk at godairyfree.org
I hope you enjoy the cake!!
Prescious!!!!
Thanks! It was so much fun, and they loved their birthday
Happy Birthday!!!!! Yummy!!
Thank you so very much for sharing this at The DIY Dreamer.. From Dream to Reality!
Thank you!!
This is great! My 4 y/o son is allergic to nuts and eggs, so I know how challenging baking can be!
Thanks! I hope you try it. Food allergies can be so challenging but you’d never know its allergy free with this cake!
About how many cupcakes will this make and what about timing on it? Thanks!
I’ve never tried it with cupcakes, but I assume it would be 24 cupcakes. Bake it at the same temperature and just check the cupcakes around 18-20 minutes with a cake tester in one of the cupcakes. It could take longer, not positive.
I hope that helps!
I’ll make them as cupcakes next time and come up with more accurate directions. Thanks for your question!