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calico_skies
01-10-2005, 10:09 AM
Just wondering if anyone has a recipie for a birthday cake or a different suggestion of what to have on hand for children at my son's first birthday party.
LIBRA
01-10-2005, 10:58 AM
not sure on the vegan part of it but its real cute, take pound cakes ( frozen) and make a train out of them using oreos as the wheels and whipped cream or something whipped for icing, my friend did it for her sons 1st b day and it was adorable!! animal crackers and string licorice is what she had for the cargo!! you can use you imagination oh the front of the train was half an ice cream cone. hope it makes sense to ya and sorry its not vegetarian I just thought it was cute!!
ladywithafan
01-10-2005, 08:56 PM
calico--

did you need a vegan recipe? I have a vegan cake/icing recipe, and it is in the Moosewood Cookbook. If you would like the recipe, please tell me and I will type it up. Also, www.vegweb.com is an awesome place to get recipes for vegetarian dishes.
calico_skies
01-11-2005, 11:08 AM
The train does sound cute and I thank you for your suggestion Libra, but I am looking for something a little more natural.
My biggest concern about a traditonal cake is the sugar, preservatives and "fillers" especially found in the frosting. I would really like to make the cake from scratch. Plus it will be my son's first birthday, he has never really had sugar except from fruit and the natural stuff he still gets from breast milk. I also don't want to assume that the other children who will be there have been exposed to a lot of sugar.
Ladywithafan, I would really appreciate it if you would write down the recipie for the cake and frosting. Have you had the cake yourself and did you like it?
I am not against sugar, I just feel that my son will have enough exposure to preservatives and fillers in his lifetime as he gets older.
LIBRA
01-11-2005, 11:35 AM
definitly understand that one I have a 3 yr old boy and Its really hard to keep him away from all the preservatives, especially when we go places.
anyway maybe there is a natural way to make the cakes and icing to be the train cake!! I just thought it was cute!!