Cupcakes for Peanut Allergy, Nut Allergy, Milk Allergy and Egg Allergy
My friend and support team leader extraordinaire, Carol shared her recent Egg-less Cupcake Experiment. She tried three different recipes for egg, milk, peanut and nut free cupcakes with varying results.
1ST PLACE: Divvies recipe for Chocolate Cupcakes had the right texture and a nice dome. Carol, did you say that the icing didn't hold up as you expected?
2ND PLACE: The Duncan Hines cake mix with a can of soda. For yellow mix add white soda, for chocolate mix add a can of dark soda. The cupcakes did not dome as good as the Divvies Recipe, but they were good for a quick recipe, or a recipe for family and friends. Basically, you don’t add any other ingredients but the cake mix and the can of soda, but apparently take a few sips out of the soda first as it doesn’t need too much liquid.
3RD PLACE: The Duncan Hines cake mix with Ener-G Egg Replacer which you can buy from www.allergygrocer.com and other specialty markets. The cupcakes tasted fine, and domed a little better than the soda can recipe, but they were VERY fragile. They were separating from the liners when I was trying to get them out.
Carol asks if anyone knows how to make the Divvies recipe for yellow cupcakes. Anyone? Anyone?
1ST PLACE: Divvies recipe for Chocolate Cupcakes had the right texture and a nice dome. Carol, did you say that the icing didn't hold up as you expected?
2ND PLACE: The Duncan Hines cake mix with a can of soda. For yellow mix add white soda, for chocolate mix add a can of dark soda. The cupcakes did not dome as good as the Divvies Recipe, but they were good for a quick recipe, or a recipe for family and friends. Basically, you don’t add any other ingredients but the cake mix and the can of soda, but apparently take a few sips out of the soda first as it doesn’t need too much liquid.
3RD PLACE: The Duncan Hines cake mix with Ener-G Egg Replacer which you can buy from www.allergygrocer.com and other specialty markets. The cupcakes tasted fine, and domed a little better than the soda can recipe, but they were VERY fragile. They were separating from the liners when I was trying to get them out.
Carol asks if anyone knows how to make the Divvies recipe for yellow cupcakes. Anyone? Anyone?
Labels: egg allergy, milk allergy, nut allergy, peanut allergy cure
posted by Ria at 8:47 PM
3 Comments:
Thanks for the nice words Ria! I didn't make/use the Divvies icing. I use the can stuff. I found out though, with the soda can and Ener-G egg replacer recipes that they were hard to ice. I wonder if anyone else has made either of those two recipes and can recommend fixes to their "fragile" state? Do you refrigerate them, add more Ener-G egg replaceer? The Divvies cupcakes were no problem to ice and are a great recipe. Thanks Divvies!
I haven't had the icing problem but thats because I usually freeze the cupcakes because we take them for a safe cake alternative at birthday parties. So the night before, I take one out and ice it and then let them defrost all the way in the refrigerator.
I mentioned this is the Yahoo Group and BTW, if anyone is looking for a great Food Allergy Support Group...
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/GatewayFEAST/
You'll find follow-ups on the cupcake discussion with more tips and recipes!
Thanks again, Carol!
Ria
Those cupcakes looks so very tasty. Thanks, your post gave me an idea to experiment more on allergy-free cupcakes.
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