What to Subsitute in School for a Birthday Cake for an Allergic to Egg Child.

If you wanted to make a egg free cake or anything else for that matter, mayonaisse is a good substitute for eggs. It may sound like it would taste bad, but you really can't tell a difference. I've used it many times in cookies and cakes when I didn't realize that I was out of eggs. I usually substitute about a teaspoon of mayonaisse for one egg.

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I'm assuming that you want something for the teacher to keep in the classroom so she can have it on hand. Have you thought about those individual packs of pudding that don't have to be refrigerated? Or the berry applesauce? Or the fruit packed in gel instead of juice? or even the individual rice krispie treats? If you do one of the first three, you could also send in a jar of sprinkles for your son to make it fun.... I'm not sure that any of these would work with your son, but they do work for my (much) younger son. Also, he's still at the age (2) where calmly explaining that he can't have something because it has the kind of milk in it that makes his tummy hurt seems to work for us really well right now.

Good luck!
J.

A few people have suggested rice krispy treats....but, they must be forgetting that marshmallows are made with egg whites. If your child is allergic to eggs, I'd say you would want to avoid rice crispy treats.

I do not have a child that is allergic but one of my daughters has a child that is diabetic in her class. The teacher put a note in the class newsletter making other parents aware for consideration when providing treats to the class. For her birthday I sent in a small angel food cake in addition to cupcakes so that child could celebrate with an appropriate food. Perhaps she could make other parents aware and provide an appropriate recipe or alternative food suggestions.

I would recommend packing your son's lunch for him to take to school. Make sure the school has an epi pen (if your son uses one) that is quickly accessable and that they know what to do if he does get something he is not supposed to. Explain to your son that he will get very sick if he eats something that has eggs in it and that he should not eat the other kids' food.

Maybe the teacher could let you know in advance when there is going to be a birthday and you could send him a cupcake that you make for him.

Are ther any kind of chips or other snacks (raisins, dried fruit,fruit roll-ups, chips, etc.) that the teacher could keep at school to give him?

Good luck.

My son is allergic to egg whites and is able to eat cake, because it is baked at a high temp for a longer period of time. He can also eat egg battered items for the same reason. Check with your allergist/doctor or website for kids and allergies, etc for clarification.

Make sure to check the icings they may contain egg whites.

Good luck!

Why don't you tell the teacher to let you know a few days ahead of time and then when someone brings a cake to school, you can send a non-egg cake or at least a peice of it for your son, and when they are serving cake, he will have something he can eat too.
And even better than that, make a cake ahead of time and freeze it and then when something like that happens you will already have it, just get it out, thaw it, frost it and waa-laa! you have a quick fix for your son and everybody is happy.

Make some cupcakes with applesauce are yeast and freeze them..tell the teacher to let you know when there going to have a B-day party are any kinda party then just take a few out for him.. I have a friend whos son is also allergic to eggs and he is also allergic to Niacin so it makes it hard to find things he can eat.. she keeps gummy bears on hand also... just an idea good luck hun... C.

I have made a birthday "cake" out of rice Krispy treats decorated it and everything. I am sure you could do the same, just shape them in cupcake forms in a muffin tin and decorate with icings. If you go to the Sugar Shoppe on Brainerd just before Graysville Rd. they have every type of pan and shape you can imagine. Just make sure and butter your pans carefully or spray them. if you have trouble withthe shape coming out then put a warm wet towel under the pan and the marshmallow will loosen.

My son does not have the same issue (the eggs) but he is allergic to Red Dye. And that was a big issue before school this year. (Pre-K)
In your situation I would just ask for things to be substituted, not change their menu but just make substitutions for your child. That doesn't seem like to much to ask for. And that would probably take away any lunch issues. As for the parties, could u tell the teacher u have a non-egg cake recipe and you'd be glad to make a small cake or even some cup cakes, for the parties if u were given enough notice? If that is not possible, (to make something from home and bring it to school) then what about store bought cookies, or frosted animal crackers, or maybe even caramel apples. I'm not sure what all has eggs and what doesn't, so I am kinda coming up with foods off the top of my head. But maybe next time u go to the store u could check the labels of some different things and get ideas that way.
But we did the same thing with the meetings and all, and we got some of the strangest questions, the funniest was when I was asked by someone at the school if my son could have ketchup? And I was like ya, why? and her response was well it's red so I just thought he couldn't have it. So I went back over his information again to clarify anything I might have left open for question and (knock on wood) there hasn't been a problem since. But for the first two weeks of school they wouldn't let him have anything that was the color red, no matter if had red dye or not. I try to laugh at it now, but it was a little stressful, but hopefully this will not be an added stress on you. The schools are usually more than glad to help in any way possible. So that is a good thing.
Hope I was able to help, if not, sometimes just knowing your not alone is help enough.

I'm kind of having trouble understanding what youre asking but there are lots of recipes online and in books that are geared towards children with allergies. Maybe she's looking in those? One common egg replacer is applesauce. It works great. They also make egg substitutes called "egg beaters" ...

I hope this helps

I would check out your local health food store. They have lots of different cake mixes to choose from that are wheat and dairy free. This might include egg-free as well :) Worth checking out!

Best of Wishes!
M.

Take your cake mix and put a can of caffine free mount dew in it and mix it up. Bake it as normal and it is really good. Don't put anything else in it but the can of coke. It is really good and it leaves out the eggs and all the other bad things. Trust me... Just try it!!!!