Allergy-Free Baking, Part 2 (Namaste Spice/Carrot Cake)
April 23, 2007 by Maricar
Filed under Cooking, Safety at Home
Baking from mixes definitely has its pros and cons. I like the ease of it, no measuring, no buying separate ingredients. What I don’t like is that I can’t customize it if I don’t quite like how it turns out.
As I wrote previously, the cake I made this weekend for my son’s birthday party was from Namaste. The mix itself is wheat-free, milk-free and egg-free. The instructions do say to add eggs. To make it truly egg-free, I used Ener-G Egg Replacer.
So how did it go?
My firstborn likes it. 
For the more discerning tastes of adults, it was just OK, considering that it was wheat-free. The texture was more rice cake-like than true cake. And again, like the Vanilla Cake, it was too sweet. Something not helped by the icing. I’ll probably go back to hunting for a better cake mix than this.
As for the decoration, you can see that I did go with the party theme. I iced the cake, planning to just zip to the store real quick to buy some Winnie-the-Pooh cake toppers. But my hubby remembered a little plastic Pooh bear toy that the boys have. So I cleaned it up real well, plugged up the hole at the bottom using a ball of foil, and set it lightly on the top of the cake.
All in all, I’m happy with this cake.
Tags: allergy-free, baking, wheat-free, milk-free, egg-free, cooking, Namaste, housekeeping, homemaking
Car,
I love your cake! You are not only a good blogger but an excellent baker too! And, oh, happy birthday to Baby A!
Thank you, (A.) Thennie! The secret to my cake decorations is Wilton’s tips.
sis, this is so cool! you’re becoming quite a baker, with the decorations and all.
PS I’ll be sending you the cherrybrook kitchen wheat-free yellow cake mix.
Hi,
my son, Ishan just turned one. He has wheat dairy and egg allergy too. Tried and tested recipes from you would be handy.
Thanks
Mia
Do you have any ideas on how to sub for the traditional cream cheese used in the icing for carrot cake?
Hi Mena, I don’t have recipes for that yet, but I will look for some, and post them here if I find them.