Wacky Birthday!

Somehow our daughter scored two birthdays this year ... hmm. For her birthdays we made Wacky Cake. I first heard of this egg and peanut free cake on various peanut blogs and thought we'd give it a try.

It was great! Very moist. Quite tasty. I would highly recommend this simple, simple recipe by Diana Rattray. There is certainly nothing sacrificed. Here's the recipe:

INGREDIENTS:

• 1 1/2 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 teaspoon vinegar
• 5 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 1 cup cold water

PREPARATION:

In a large mixing bowl, mix flour, sugar, cocoa, soda and salt. Make three wells in the flour mixture. In one put vanilla; in another the vinegar, and in the third the oil. Pour the cold water over the mixture and stir until moistened. Pour into 8 x 8-inch pan. Bake at 350°F. oven for 25 to 30 minutes, or until it springs back when touched lightly.

Pat-A-Cake, Pat-A-Cake

As a peanut parent I have to deal with severe peanut and egg allergy in the household, as well as anaphylaxis. As a fairly creative person I also have to deal with random thoughts. When the two team up it makes for some weird combinations. Tonight I was playing Pat-A-Cake with my daughter and had the weird thought that she might actually be allergic to Pat-A-Cakes. Turns out that I was right ... there are eggs in the recipe. I guess we have to play the egg free version of the game!

Eggless Pancakes

This morning I figured I would get up and make pancakes. Regulars at NoPeanuts know that our daughter is anaphylactic to peanut and also to egg white.

So I began the search for the eggless pancake recipe. What I quickly noticed is that eggless pancake recipes are basically the same as regular recipes ... you just leave out the egg. Surprising huh? I made my favourite wholewheat buttermilk pancakes and ... you guessed it ... just left out the egg. They came out just fine. Too funny.