Anna Phor Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 I'm decorating a birthday cake for a party for a child who has severe food allergies. My usual MO for kids' cakes is buttercream covered with marshmallow fondant. The marshmallow fondant is fine -- the buttercream, not so much. I'm looking for a functional equivalent (the point of the buttercream is to float the fondant on the cake, more or less) that's dairy and nut free. Coconut is okay; soy is okay; tree nuts, peanuts and any dairy is out. Eggs are fine, too. I've seen a number of online recipes that *might* work but would like some more expert/tried-and-true advice, if anyone has it. So far my best solutions are either a coconut-oil based frosting else one made with a soy-based margarine. I think the former would probably taste better but I'm worried about the melting point of the coconut oil being too low. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weezy Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 How about an avocado buttercream? http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/avocado-buttercream-frosting-recipe.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ktmoomau Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 this thing on Food 52 might help, it's for coconut whipped cream: https://food52.com/recipes/24762-coconut-whipped-cream I also recently made a the penuche frosting https://food52.com/recipes/20123-banana-cake-with-penuche-frosting with carton coconut milk (if you used canned it might be better), it didn't thicken up quite as much as when I made it with lactose free milk, but I don't know if maybe didn't give it enough time to cool down as I was in a real hurry, or didn't use enough powdered sugar. I think it would definitely work. Mine wasn't the best looking icing ever, if I had to do it again, I would try using coconut milk from a can which is a bit thicker. But again, I was in a REAL hurry and it could have worked potentially if I had been a little better about the whole thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thistle Posted October 23, 2014 Share Posted October 23, 2014 How about an avocado buttercream? http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/avocado-buttercream-frosting-recipe.html This sounds good, I made a avocado/ cocoa pudding that was delicious, here's a frosting-http://paleospirit.com/2013/avocado-chocolate-frosting-paleo-and-vegan/ You might have to omit the chocolate chips, doubt they would be dairy free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoramargolis Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 This sounds good, I made a avocado/ cocoa pudding that was delicious, here's a frosting-http://paleospirit.com/2013/avocado-chocolate-frosting-paleo-and-vegan/ You might have to omit the chocolate chips, doubt they would be dairy free. Here's a link to my recipe for avocado chocolate mousse on Food52. If you use a little bit less coconut milk, it will be a quite stiff ganache and would work fine as a cake frosting. If you are using bittersweet chocolate (ie. 65% or more), there won't be any milk in it. The only drawback is that the chocolate might be a bit intense for kids. If you can cut it with marshmallow fluff, it'd probably be more child-friendly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anna Phor Posted November 21, 2014 Author Share Posted November 21, 2014 Thanks to all for the suggestions. The avocado ones sound interesting, but also, uh, a little challenging for my target audience (plus one of the birthday kids doesn't like avocado at all). I ended up going the simple route; subbing earth balance margarine for the butter. Worked fine. Didn't taste as great as the buttercream but was drowned out by all the sugar, anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goodeats Posted November 21, 2014 Share Posted November 21, 2014 Read this late, but I just purchased Johnny Iuzzini's new cookbook, Sugar Rush. In it, he stated he used a swiss meringue as a form of frosting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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