daughters party coming up, need party food ideas. What do i do about cake???

[scallywag]

DAUGHTERS PARTY COMING UP SOON:)

DOES ANYONE HAVE IDEAS FOR PARTY FOOD.

WHAT ABOUT THE CAKE??? HOW DO I GET ROUND THAT???

HOPE YOU CAN HELP WITH THIS ONE.

[Bet]

There is a recipe for a Vegan chocolate cake (dary and egg free as well of course) noted in one of the recipe sections. I have made this for my daughter for the last 2 years (shes also 6) It is really delicious and I can thoroughly recommend it. I have cut down on the cooking time to about 40 mins from 1 hour as it would end up very burnt if not.

I decorated the cake by buying some cheap little fairy ornaments from my local cookery shop and buying sparkler candles with the number 6 on them. My daughter loved it!

[scallywag]

Hi bet, i cant find the recipe???? Would love to use it. Sorry can you tell me where it is on this site, not very good at computers....Cheers Scallywag

[Copper]

I can't find the recipes either! Steve we need you again :lol2: Have you moved them across after the last tinker with the site?

[tigerlily]

I have a Raspberry Tofu CHEESECAKE recipe -dairy- and egg-free. Yummy!

I'm not much in the baking department and ordered Eden's Birthday Cake from Blue Lotus -they delivered it fresh to your doorstep. It was Tofu Cheesecake as well.

Also, Tesco sells Organic Meatballs that are dairy-free and egg-free and you could always use those and also make sandwiches?

What kind of party food where you thinking of? I tell you what we did: we bought "normal food" for all of Eden's guests and Eden had her special food -but I suppose you can't get away with that with a 6-year-old...!

Vanessa.

[Nic]

You could also look at vegweb.com, full of vegan recipes for puddings and cake. And there's also a product (in health food shops) called No Egg, which is an egg substitute. I've never tried baking with it (being OK with eggs myself) but certainly soya milk and soya margarine work fine in cakes. In fact, dairy-eaters can't tell that you've used them. The other possibility is WW2 recipes - they only had dried egg (and often not that) then, so lots of them are egg free and then you can use soya milk and marg instead of milk and normal marg.

Hope that helps. I've also got a chocolate cheesecake recipe (somwhere on the recipes forum) if that would be useful.

Nic

[Copper]

I couldn't find anything in the recipes forum! Is it me? I did submit a nice dairy free chocolate mousse recipe once.

I have used Orgran egg replacer (found in a health food shop) in a standard victoria cake recipe and it worked ok. So you just need to substitute the marg or butter with your dairy free marg - I use Vitalite.

[Lou C]

Hi, there's a dairy and egg free chocolate birthday cake recipe on the pure spreads website, as well as lots more recipe ideas for various allergies/intolerances. I'm afraid I've not got round to trying it out yet.
http://www.purespreads.com/home.asp
hope that helps Lou xx

[cnc]

http://www.dairyfreeuk.com/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=7&order=desc

Various recipes. Some vegan, some just dairy free. Have a look through them and you can adapt as necessary.

[Bet]

If you go thru' the link which cnc has set up and then scroll thru' pages the title is gorgeous choc cake (think on pg 3)

If not for a special occasion I often only make half the cake as quite big (have made about 10 times now)

other word of advise if try, when making icing, only sift small amounts of icing sugar / cocoa powder at time and mix in slowly or will end up as one big lumpy mess!

Good luck

[scallywag]

Hi, there's a dairy and egg free chocolate birthday cake recipe on the pure spreads website, as well as lots more recipe ideas for various allergies/intolerances. I'm afraid I've not got round to trying it out yet.
http://www.purespreads.com/home.asp
hope that helps Lou xx

cheers, printed off couple of cake recipes from this site. Very handy. Going to give try. will let you know what they taste like. Scallywag

[bella]

Mac has had a couple of birthday parties, well an excuse for grown ups to have lots of beer!! He is 4 in december. I did more or less a full buffet and Mac could eat all of it. We had sandwiches, vol-au-vents (is that spelt right?) sausage rolls and the list goes on and on.
I dont know why i am writing as i know nothing about egg free, only dairy free.
Anyway good luck!

[scallywag]

Mac has had a couple of birthday parties, well an excuse for grown ups to have lots of beer!! He is 4 in december. I did more or less a full buffet and Mac could eat all of it. We had sandwiches, vol-au-vents (is that spelt right?) sausage rolls and the list goes on and on.
I dont know why i am writing as i know nothing about egg free, only dairy free.
Anyway good luck!

Hi Bella, it is very hard to get egg free and milk free stuff. But doing ok at the mo. Bought some swedish glace raspberry flavour. My daughter loved it she had it with jelly. The only prob is cheese, very difficult to find one that is very good. Cheezly is awful.

Do grownups need an excuse ha ha. :p Not sure if volo watzits its spelt right but i know what u mean. I am still amazed with my daughter she seems so much better. I think we have had 4 tummy aches in a month now and i can usually pin point to something she has had. We go back to see the gastro consultant in two weeks, so i bet he will be surprised how much she has improved.

Mac sounds like he had a great party, i am going to try and make a egg free milk free cake.. May turn out like frizbe but will give it a try. Buying ingredients tommorw. Getting kids to help me. should be a fun messy time.:lol2:

Cheers Scallywag

[Copper]

I have used Orgran egg replacer in cakes and muffins and it worked very well. I have to use it when I bake for my daughter. I am intolerant to eggs but I am ok with them in cakes - strange, but then I like to be different.

[matt]

i think eggs undergo a chemical reaction in cakes to alter the protien but don't quote me on that. would explain why copper can eat it in a cake! that or just sheer bloodymindedness to allow her to eat them :lol2: :lol2:

[goose]

The less eggs made in a cake, then im ok with them, but its a tried and tested method with me.

[scallywag]

bougt stuff today to try and make a dairy free cake. Will try and make tommorow.. Let you know how i get on... cheers. scallywag

[scallywag]

yeh i think your right, i beleive that some people are highly allergic to raw but ok with cooked. Im not sure where i heard that from though.

[scallywag]

copper what is happening in 3 weeks? scallywag

[matt]

copper what is happening in 3 weeks? scallywag

the oap is retiring!!!!!:lol2:

like i can comment as i'm far younger and retired....:o

[Lou C]

the oap is retiring!!!!!:lol2:

like i can comment as i'm far younger and retired....:o
Me too Matt.....great isn't it?????:(

[scallywag]

hi claire, just to let you know that i made the dairy free choc cake, turned out really well. Even tried it out on the kids next door, they loved them. My daughter helped make and decorate them and she loved them too. Very successful. Thought id let you know. Cheers. Scallywag

[cnc]

Me too Matt.....great isn't it?????:(

Can I join this club?! The rate I'm going I'll never actually get as far as having a job to retire from :unsure:

Glad the cake worked Scallywag.

[matt]

trouble is when you work you fantisice about not havingto work. then after a few weeks you begin to get a little bored.... 5 years later.....:eek:

[Pam]

I actually enjoy my job most of the time and certainly enjoy the social aspect of working. My boss is on holiday for the next two weeks though and something always happens when she's not here so I end up having to deal with it. (Think I might go into hiding).

[cnc]

Matt at least you got the chance to fanticise about not working, not sure I'll get that opportunity :(

[Lou C]

Not working would be fine if I felt well enough to enjoy it and had enough money to enjoy it!!!!! I really miss working it forms part of your identity and as you rightly say Pam there is the social aspect too. I went to meet a friend last week outside work (where I used to work aswell) and I could have cried, I so desperately wish I was well enough to go back......maybe one day?

[scallywag]

Hi Lou C, I know what you mean. Being at home does become a thankless task. They say the key to happiness is to acheive.

Well I did well today, I acheived getting up for one and getting the kids to school, washing up, put washing out on the line. Ha Ha very high finance....
Still a million other chores on the list.

But seriously it does become very boring at home every day and i dont think people appreciate that, finding the motivation to do things is the hardest. Try and meet up with friends when you can, arrange for friends and family to visit for a coffee morning and get the kids to make you some cakes for it. They will love that. (of course making extra for them)

I know its not much but i hope that helps...


Scallywag

[linny]

Lou C,

I'm at home all day too due to illness. I find it takes me far longer to do the chores I can manage due to arthritis. I sleep for a while every afternoon as I suffer with fatigue too.

I love doing cross-stitch and it keeps me busy, fingers permitting! I find that I wish I could do all the things that I used to around the house, i.e. clean windows, wash curtains, gardening etc. but I'm getting used to the idea slowly.

Are you well enough to do any voluntary work. When I was made redundant (when I was fit and well) I was a volunteer at the local hospital. I used to take the menus round the casulaty ward and generally chat to the patients. Schools usually want helpers too.

I hope that things become easier as you get into a routine like I have learnt to do.

[Lou C]

Thanks Scallywag and Linny,
I have been unable to work for around 5 years as I have M.E. I like you Linny struggle to keep up to the household stuff, my house used to be IMMACULATE even though I worked full time and was (and still am) more or less a single mum (due to hubby being away in navy), now it's a real struggle just doing the basic things, inviting people round has been a total NoNo for quite a while as I am too ashamed of my messy house. On a positive note though things have improved slightly since I have started having acupuncture....I am now managing to keep up to things downstairs at least, the problem is I now have a backlog of about 3 years junk etc. to clear, to the extent that one bedroom is totally inaccessable due to that being the dumping ground for everything......The next job on my list!!!!
I rest/sleep nearly every afternoon for an hour or 2, otherwise I can't function at all past2/3 o'clock, this means I can get through the day
I meet friends when I am well enough but have to plan it in so that I can have a rest when I get home, I rely very much on my parents who live nearby. God I bet you all think I'm a right moaning minnie, just hate to think that people might think I'm just a lazy cow! Although I'm sure you're all far too nice to be like that!:lol2:

I help to run the local M.E. support group, fundraising, publicising, arranging newsletters etc. so that takes up some time and ensures I do socialise to an extent with people who understand.

Take care all, Lou xx

[Lou C]

ooops we seem to have gone off topic rather a lot here.....sorry!!!

[Copper]

Going off topic used to be Matt's job :lol2: now he has some rivals.

[Lou C]

In my defence I think it was Matt who started it!!!!

[Copper]

Actually it was scallywag but she is new so that is ok. It proved that somebody read my cryptic note under the avatar. It is very hard to post in the correct places when you first find the forum. We have been much better at keeping on topic of late.

[matt]

hurrah i'm succeeding in making topics wander by proxy!!!

topics are often like conversations and will wander. what does it matter?

lou feel free to chat away i'm sure no one thinks ill of you. just don't let it ruin your time by thinking the house is a mess. invite the friends round, then you won't have to go to so much effort ie going out to them... they will understand if they are true friends. and will meant that you aren't getting so tired.

[cnc]

I didn't intend to encourage this to go off topic further, but I'd like to state that I've seen Lou C's house, and I've seen a lot worse!! It's not that bad, and you've got to remember people come to see their friends not their house!!
Someone asked me how illness affected my social life to which I responded, what's one of those?!

[scallywag]

ahh sorry everyone, am new on this site...Rather naff at computers so that doesnt help either.

I agree with claire and matt on this one, if they are friends that count they wont worry what your house looks like. They come to see you not your house.

Oh where were we again. ??????ha ha

Scallywag...