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Birthday ideas
Birthday Cake Ideas
Some Duncan Hines cake mixes may be
dairy-free. Check the link below for further information:
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NEW - December 2006: Duncan Hines New
Also, there are some store brand cake mixes that are dairy-free. You can use these store bought brands or make your own homemade cake and/or frosting.
I have heard some parents say that they have had success asking local bakeries to use dairy-free cake mixes and frostings to make a birthday cake for their child. If you are not up for making a cake, or want a specially decorated one - try asking a local bakery if they can do this for you. Bring your cake mix and frosting to the bakery.
For birthday cakes, I
frequently a dairy-free boxed cake mix for the cake and make my own frosting (see
recipe below) to decorate it.
You can use the following recipe to make the white frosting shown in the cakes above:
Cake Frosting - Buttercream icing - but no butter!
1 lb. sifted
confectioners sugar (approx. 4 cups)
4 Tbsp. water (note: use slightly less water for stiffer
frosting)
1 cup solid vegetable shortening (crisco)
1 tsp. vanilla extract
1 Tbsp. Wilton Meringue powder (optional)
Sift the confectioners sugar and meringue powder into a
large mixing bowl, set aside. Cream the shortening, vanilla and water.
Gradually add the sifted dry ingredients and mix on medium speed until all
ingredients have been thoroughly mixed together. Blend an additional minute or
so until icing is creamy.
(Note: you can also use artificial butter flavor (1 tsp.) to add more
flavor to this icing.)
Ideas: * To make the construction
cake - wash some toy trucks and put them on the cake then use
cinnamon and brown sugar for the dirt.
* Use food
coloring or
* You can
also make things easier buy buying dairy-free cake decorations at your local
supermarket
* For the
truck/balloon cake: I bought "truck candles" and "plastic
balloon" decorations at a local craft store.
Other Cake Ideas……………..
“Special
Forces/Army” theme cake:
To make the icing for this cake you need only one container of dairy-free
vanilla frosting. You can, of course, make your own frosting as well. Separate
the icing into thirds. Then use regular food coloring or
Superhero
cake
For this batman cake, I only needed 3
different colors for the design: blue, black and gray. I drew a batman imagine on the cake and
filled it in with icing. I also added “sugar
bats” which I was able to find at a local food store.
From Avalon Haynes……. Thank you, Avalon! For sharing this
beautiful cake with the community.
Saturday was my son's first Birthday and a family friend made a dairy free cake for us. Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Yellow Cake (4 boxes) …..Duncan Hines Creamy Home-style Classic Vanilla (6 containers), and food coloring. It was delicious...
January 2007 Please
see note above about Duncan Hines mixes.
