I need serious cake recipe help

coasterqueen wrote: Megan's birthday is about 3 weeks away and I need to figure out the cake issue. Since she's allergic to yellow dye, sesame seed, cottonseed, and chocolate I can't buy a cake mix or have a cake done at the store. I have to make one myself. I've bought several organic type cake mixes and they were disgusting to say the least. Maybe it was the wheat germ in them, not sure.

I need to make a white cake for her birthday. PLEASE, any help on making a cake from scratch???? I also need an icing recipe if you have one. I'd be extremely greatful for any help I can get. I just want to make it edible so no one thinks it tastes nasty.

PrairieMom replied: hang on, I have a good one somewhere...

luvmykids replied: Can it have the typical ingredients? I have a good one somewhere too, if so. Lemme find it.

coasterqueen replied:
I'm not sure what you mean by typical. I always bought store ones or mixes.

Kaitlin'smom replied: My mom has a simple icing recipie and its really good, I can call her later and ask her for it if you dont have one by then, and I think it only has like 2 or 3 things in it, so it might be good for her with the allergies.

PrairieMom replied: this is me being the ultimate in laziness. its for cupcakes, but you can just make a cake out of it. I tired it, and it was good.

PrairieMom replied:
she means is she gonna have an issue with milk, eggs, wheat flour? thank kind of stuff.

coasterqueen replied: Ooh that looks good Tara! Thank you. I will try that this weekend. Megan LOVES strawberries, too.

coasterqueen replied:
I see. No. We have to watch the butter issue, but we have butter she can use so that's ok.

luvmykids replied: http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/White-Mountain-Cake/Detail.aspx

This isn't the one I wanted, the one I was thinking was one my grandma always used but I can't find it This one is similar, my grandma always called it Wedding Cake, it was a basic cake and she'd add vanilla or almond or orange extract, etc depending on what she wanted it to taste like.

eta: This one calls for shortening but my other one called for butter, you could substitute butter instead of the shortening and it should still turn out fine.

boyohboyohboy replied: there is one we use called wacky cake...
if you google wacky cake there are a few different ways to make it.

coasterqueen replied: I tried the recipe Tara posted and the cake turned out great. Well, at least Kylie said so. She had two pieces. I haven't tried it yet.

The icing did not turn out great. It was gritty, for some odd reason and was way too sweet, not strawberry tasting like you'd think. Not sure what I did wrong. Back to the drawing board on that one.

At least I have a cake now for her birthday.

Kaitlin'smom replied: my mom said her icing is just a stick of butter (or what you can use) powered sugar and some type of liquid, the liquid is what gives it the flavor, for example you can use coffee (well not for kids), buttermilk, or some type of fruit juice. you just have to blend it till the right consistancy. or you can blend cream cheese, cool whip and powered sugar together, its really good.

PrairieMom replied:
did you use white sugar or powdered sugar for the frosting?

coasterqueen replied:
Confectioner's powdered sugar.

The only thing I can think of is my 12+ old mixer crapped out on me right in the middle of the process and I had to wait about 5/10 minutes for my mom to bring me hers.