You can't even imagine my delight in watching my son devour 2 pieces of real birthday cake! We're talking straight from the bakery white cake with raspberry filling and white buttercream frosting. He loved every bite of it! Everyone stood there in amazement as we had never seen someone eat cake like that, it was gone in seconds. And if there would have been anything left on the plate to lick, I'm sure he would have licked it clean! Of course the best part of it all is that there was absolutely no reaction of any kind.
Am I going to miss making my gluten-free, dairy-free, egg-free, soy-free, food coloring-free cakes? Absolutely not!!
That is GREAT news!
ReplyDeleteCan you share your old allergen free cake recipes on your blog?
I normally use the Gluten Free Pantry Old Fashioned Cake & Cookie Mix, then use allergy friendly ingredients such as 1/4 cup applesauce for egg (sometimes I add ground flaxseed to replace the lost omega 3s), and coconut or rice milk. I think this recipe calls for some type of butter which I would use coconut oil instead (although applesauce can be used as well.) I didn't get very creative with baking with all the different flours, although I once made 'wacky cake' which turned out really well. You'd have to google that one, but it's easy to vary for allergies.
ReplyDeleteHere's the wacky cake :)
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How old is you son when he outgrew his eczema reaction to the stuff you listed? I am still longing for the day my son can eat normal cake. He's 6yrs old...will be 7yrs old in 3 months. I'm beginning to believe he'll have to live without ever tasting real cake forever. Congratulations on your son outgrowing the food allergies!!! I am sooo happy for you!
ReplyDeleteWe've been working on eliminating his food allergies over the last 2 years with an alternative treatment called NAET which I've documented on this blog. It hasn't happened overnight, but slowly he's been able to eat various once forbidden foods which has led up to him eating normal cake. I'm hesitant to use the word "out grow" because I've witnessed him having an allergic reation to a food on a Wednesday, getting a NAET treatment for the offending substance on a Friday, and then reintroducing the food on Sunday and doing just fine with it from there forward. To me that's not outgrowing, but a specific cause. This has happened on multiple occassions. I do hope your son can one day enjoy a piece of cake, as I know the relief and excitement you both will feel.
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