Help Need A Gluten Free Recipe For A Birthday Cake For A 3 Year Old

[Guest tracey and emma]

HI everyone Emma is 3 years old next week but need to make a cake LOL

Really have go no idear were to start even if it was not gluten free!!!!!! always just bought them from the shop (how lazy can you get)

So need a simple easy to follow fool proof birthday cake recipe for a child who does not eat!

what a chalenge looked can not get a gluten free one here as i am in germany so going to have to learn to bake.

any recipie

[queenofhearts]

HI everyone Emma is 3 years old next week but need to make a cake LOL

Really have go no idear were to start even if it was not gluten free!!!!!! always just bought them from the shop (how lazy can you get)

So need a simple easy to follow fool proof birthday cake recipe for a child who does not eat!

what a chalenge looked can not get a gluten free one here as i am in germany so going to have to learn to bake.

any recipie�s please post them all my way that would be fantastic

thanks for your help

There are quite a few cake recipes on this site-- some specifically for birthday cake. Look in the site index under recipes. Also, Annalise Robert's book has many cake recipes. (Her coconut cake seems to be a favorite.) I haven't baked this type of cake yet since diagnosed, so I can't specify my own favorites, but I'll bet if you searched the message board for birthday cake you would get some recipe reviews.

Good luck, & happy birthday Emma!

Leah

[Cheri A]

The first cake that my dd has liked is the basic white cake recipe here in the recipe section. I also have to replace the eggs and added Dr. Oetker's vanilla pudding to it. Another poster (thanks Liz) posted about that!! I have made it as cupcakes too.

[skoki-mom]

If you want to keep it simple, get a Pamela's Luscious Chocolate Cake mix. It is pretty good. My DD had me make one for her birthday (she doesn't have celiac disease) because she wanted me to be able to eat it. All the kids at her party ate it, we didn't tell them there was anything "special" about it.

[felineaids]

If you want to keep it simple, get a Pamela's Luscious Chocolate Cake mix. It is pretty good. My DD had me make one for her birthday (she doesn't have celiac disease) because she wanted me to be able to eat it. All the kids at her party ate it, we didn't tell them there was anything "special" about it.

Please keep me posted on this. I'm trying to find a gum-free cake recipe, and there is no such thing... anywhere. If you manage to come up with something clean, I might be able to modify it. Again, keep me posted.

[mart]

Hi. Happy birthday to your little girl.

I don't like to make cake from scratch because I make such a huge mess in the kitchen. So we use mixes. I agree that Pamela's Chocolate Cake is the best gluten-free cake I've had. My sister is a baker and we had her over recently for a barbecue. I made this cake and added a cup of sour cream (it's an option the package recommends). We frost it with Duncan Hines Homestyle chocolate frosting. My sister said it's the best cake she's EVER had. Really rich and delicious. No one could tell it's not made with regular flour. I've never seen this in a white or vanilla flavor, though. My other favorite, although it doesn't compare in texture, is the one from Kinnickinnik. Both chocolate and vanilla make excellent cupcakes. Once frosted, they taste very much like the real deal.

[angel-jd1]

Please keep me posted on this. I'm trying to find a gum-free cake recipe, and there is no such thing... anywhere. If you manage to come up with something clean, I might be able to modify it. Again, keep me posted.

Rice flour has it's own rice gluten...which would give a stick togetherness....I wonder if you used that without any of the gums if it would hold together? Have you tried making a scratch cake with a flour blend of mostly rice? It's worth a shot.

-Jessica

[penguin]

Please keep me posted on this. I'm trying to find a gum-free cake recipe, and there is no such thing... anywhere. If you manage to come up with something clean, I might be able to modify it. Again, keep me posted.

I've read that in a lot of cake recipes, you can just leave out the gum.

[penguin]

I found this cake recipe on celiac.com

Chocolate Garbonzo Bean Cake

1 ½ cups of gluten-free semisweet chocolate chips

3 cups of caned chick peas (garbanzo beans) drained and rinsed.

6 eggs

1 ½ cup sugar

1 ½ teaspoon baking powder

1 ½ table spoon powdered sugar

In a small bowl melt the chips in the microwave 2 minutes on medium. In a blender or food processor combine chick peas, eggs, sugar, baking powder and mix until smooth, then add the melted chocolate blend and mix until smooth. Pour into 2" x 9" non stick pan, greased and gluten-free floured. Bake at 350F for about 45 minutes. Use a tooth pick to determine that it is cooked. Cool for about 2 minutes and take out of pan and sprinkle with powdered sugar. Serve with raspberry jelly and shredded coconut.

[GlutenFreeGirlie]

My family has really enjoyed the new Bob's chocolate cake mix. It's so easy and soooo yummy!

Here is a great and reliable yellow cake recipe:

Yellow Cake - Gluten-Free

Ingredients:

6 Tb Unsalted Butter (room temperature)

1 cup Sugar

2 large Eggs, beaten

1-3/4 tsp Grated Lemon Peel

1 cup White Rice Flour

6 Tb Potato Starch

2 Tb Tapioca Flour

1 tsp Xanthan Gum

1/4 tsp Baking Powder

1/4 tsp Baking Soda

1/3 tsp Sea Salt

3/4 cup Buttermilk

1 tsp Vanilla

Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Coat one 8" x 4" nonstick loaf pan with cooking spray. Set aside.

Using an electric mixer and a large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy. Mix in the eggs on low speed until blended. Add the grated lemon peel.

In a medium bowl, sift together the flours, xanthan gum, baking powder, baking soda, and

salt. In another medium bowl combine the buttermilk and vanilla. On low speed, beat the dry ingredients into the butter mixture, alternating with the buttermilk -- beginning and ending with the dry ingredients. Mix just until combined. Spoon the batter into the prepared pan and smooth top.

Bake the cake for about 50 minutes or until top in golden brown and a cake tester inserted into center comes out clean. Cool cake in pan for 5 minutes, then remove from pan and cool on rack.

[felineaids]

Rice flour has it's own rice gluten...which would give a stick togetherness....I wonder if you used that without any of the gums if it would hold together? Have you tried making a scratch cake with a flour blend of mostly rice? It's worth a shot.

-Jessica

I'd need a recipe to start with. The ones I've seen weren't even viable to begin with -- too many ingredients requiring too many substitutions. If you've got a recipe I could use as a base, that would reallyhelp.

[Guest Lucy]

Namaste chocolate cake is the best. No one ever can tell the difference. I make it for desserts that require cake too. Like '"better than s e x cake" that would work for a birthday cake too, just put colored sprinkles on top instead of heath candy.

you make a chocolate cake, then let it cool for 10 to 15 minites and poke holes on the top with a wooden spoon handle (I just use a knife) then pour sweetened condensed milk over the top, followed by a jar of caramel topping (like for ice cream). Then let it cool completely. Then top with cool whip and crushed toffee or heath candybar.

Very rich, very moist. VERY VERY YUMMY! I always use Namaste chocolate cake for this.

[felineaids]

Namaste chocolate cake is the best. No one ever can tell the difference. I make it for desserts that require cake too. Like '"better than s e x cake" that would work for a birthday cake too, just put colored sprinkles on top instead of heath candy.

you make a chocolate cake, then let it cool for 10 to 15 minites and poke holes on the top with a wooden spoon handle (I just use a knife) then pour sweetened condensed milk over the top, followed by a jar of caramel topping (like for ice cream). Then let it cool completely. Then top with cool whip and crushed toffee or heath candybar.

Very rich, very moist. VERY VERY YUMMY! I always use Namaste chocolate cake for this.

I'm glad that recipe is working for you. Personally, I couldn't us eit, and none of the kids here who are searching for a cake recipe could use it either. If you find another recipe, please post it. I'm still searching.

[queenofhearts]

Please keep me posted on this. I'm trying to find a gum-free cake recipe, and there is no such thing... anywhere. If you manage to come up with something clean, I might be able to modify it. Again, keep me posted.

I know it's really not the same as a cake, but if you want something just for a festive cakelike appearance that you can stick candles in, you could use meringue layers, filled with whatever custard, "cream", fruit puree or pudding you can tolerate. Dacquoise is the classic meringue cake layer, but uses nuts, which as I recall are on your no list. Pavlovas are plain meringues filled with fruit & cream-- if there is a whipped cream substitute you can tolerate, that would work, but so would a custard or a fruit puree.

I'm still on the lookout for a bread recipe for you, by the way. No luck so far but I haven't forgotten you!

Leah