Birthday cake suitable for 1 year old

[gravida]

I am looking for a place where I can buy birthday cake that will have no sugar, no dairy, no chocolate, no honey, no nuts etc. I know it is doable, but have no oven in my place unfortunately, so I cannot bake it myself.
I want a cake that the little one could eat as well. I know, I know, a bit of sugar on his first birthday will not kill him, but I still want to give it a try and look for something more appropriate. I remember I have seen a poster somewhere (Holland V? Do not remember exactly) with info that there are cakes suitable for +/- 1 year old people.
I have used google, but no success.

[beppi]

Why do you want to keep the poor little one away from all joys that a birthday can give?!?
I believe a life without chocolate is not worth living!

[sundaymorningstaple]

I thought that too until 4 years ago. Now 26 kg lighter, I've found that I can still enjoy 'some' chocolate as long as it's 70+% pure cocoa. But even that, I can take it or leave it now. As well as not using salt or sugar in most of what I eat/drink.

[nakatago]

@gravida: I think there's a way to "bake" a cake on a stove top; must have seen it on some Good Eats episode. It may be worth investigating.

[gravida]

Beppi, he will have (hopefully) LOTS of years to indulge in chocolate, sugar and whatever he may like, but right now it can actually hurt his stomach and spoil his birthdays, as he is not used to all of that.

Nakatago, hmm, I didn't think about it. Will google for options.

After a while:

Thank you, nakatago. There are two options - dutch oven or wonder pot.
Now, where I can buy wonder pot in Singapore???

Another thought - I have a bread baking machine, maybe there is a chance to bake a cake in it?

[sundaymorningstaple]

If you are going to cover it in some sort of icing....

You can also use one of those microwave specific cake pans. The one that I have looks like the old ring cake pans (the one's with a hole in the middle), and do 'er in the microwave. Those pans are designed just for that. It will bake but it wont brown unless you have a combo microwave/convection oven type of affair.

Try Totts out at the Sime Darby place on Upper Bukit Timah. I haven't been there yet, but am planning to go maybe this weekend as they are supposed to be the cat's meow of kitchen appliance/hardware. They are having a sale the month of October to celebrate their 1st anniversary. Somehow I missed the fact that they even existed until I heard it on the radio while waiting on traffic last week.

[JR8]

I am looking for a place where I can buy birthday cake that will have no sugar, no dairy, no chocolate, no honey, no nuts etc. I know it is doable, but have no oven in my place unfortunately, so I cannot bake it myself.
I want a cake that the little one could eat as well. I know, I know, a bit of sugar on his first birthday will not kill him, but I still want to give it a try and look for something more appropriate. I remember I have seen a poster somewhere (Holland V? Do not remember exactly) with info that there are cakes suitable for +/- 1 year old people.
I have used google, but no success.

I'm having difficulty seeing how it will have any flavour at all with all those exclusions. It sounds a bit like sticking a candle on top of a loaf of bread

Beyond flour, egg, and vegetable oil what desert ingredients is the little one permitted to eat? It might be easier to work with what is allowed, rather than from what is not.

[gravida]

SMS, Tott is a great place. Have been there before Christmas.

JR8, fruits, fructose (sugar that comes from fruits), sugar-free applesauce, dried fruits. It can be sweeter than sweetness

[JR8]

SMS, Tott is a great place. Have been there before Christmas.

JR8, fruits, fructose (sugar that comes from fruits), sugar-free applesauce, dried fruits. It can be sweeter than sweetness

Banana cake/loaf would seem an obvious route (sorry I would have considered fructose a sugar anyway, hence my consternation at 'no sugar').

You could glaze it to look visually more interesting, then simply give your wee-lad a piece and feed him it less the top surface.

You could even use a fructose glaze/icing. Banana loaf stores well, there'd be no problem baking it at a friends home, keeping it for a couple of days if needs be, glazing it on the day... away you go.

[sundaymorningstaple]

SMS, Tott is a great place. Have been there before Christmas.

So what you're saying is "it's a bad place to go because it could seriously dent your wallet/purse due to their selection, when only going to browse"

[nakatago]

@gravida, from what I know about dutch ovens, you could also use a heavy pot; something made of thick metal. Pulling from what I understand about heat and materials, the thick materials makes the whole pot more-or-less a constant temperature because of the material's thickness. Probably an old-school pressure cooker may be worth looking into.

For the wonder pot, I think it's the hole which gives the pot a somewhat constant temperature. You could probably use an all metal bundt pan with a 'fitting' lid.

I'm also guessing you could try your bread baking machine, with the proper recipe.

[gravida]

SMS, exactly. Luckily , when I have been there my little one was colicky and he didn't allow me to shop till I drop

nakatago, yes, I got the whole thing. I have an engineer at home who already explained it to me (I'm lame, for sure in all of the technical details).

Anyway, I am going to Tott soon, will look around for wonder pot/microwave baking pan or will try the bread machine. I have a month to check all my options
I have even found recipes for nice sugarless frostings.

[nakatago]

nakatago, yes, I got the whole thing. I have an engineer at home who already explained it to me (I'm lame, for sure in all of the technical details).

Science FTW!

[gravida]

What frequency are you referring to when it comes to flames?

[x9200]

Too nerdy Nak. This should help:


Now I hope it's clear and we can start sending ppl to the search function box.