Taking Cake to Kinder need ideas of do's & don'ts ??

[Loula]

We are not allowed home made cakes at Kinder due to not being made in a registered kitchen, so would not be meetinng the food safety standards but allow shop brought with no nuts, cream, and if we have an egg allergy often we make a cup cake for that child

[2CheekyMonkeys]

well DD1 has an egg allergy and i always had little cupcakes made with 'no egg' kept in their freezer for them to give her if there was a birthday cake on any given day.

so, basically i would just make the cake the way you wanted to make it. if you really want to get some 'no egg' from the shop to replace the egg in the cake. (cakes turn out just the same). cakes are meant to be fun. its something that happens every now and then so i think it is fine. (and i also work with children as well).

i always liked it when parents bring in cup cakes (one for each child) its much simpler than cutting up a acake into smallish bits.. however its not like i roll my eyes and hate it when a normal round/square cake is bought in.

also, it would really only be a problem if there are children there with those particular allergies. maybe call back again and ask if you need to replace the eggs etc.

try not to stress.. i think it is kinda up to the kid with the allergy's parents to provide an alternative. (and i have a kid with an allergy)

i am really sure that if you brought in the cake and you have been given the wrong info.. i doubt that they will tell you to take it home. its just that those certain kids with the allergies will miss out.


(just re-read an above post about not giving the kids the biscuit thingys- was that just something he brought in or was if for an occasion like his birthday etc?, i dunno just sounds a bit harsh to me. if it was something that i thought was way over the top i probably would have sent them home in the childrens bags and let the parent decide)

:-)

[smiles4u]

OMG i never thought something so simple would give me such a huge headache ... ahhhhh if only the Kinder teacher answered the darn phone yesterday instead of the wishy washy answering assistant

i too was surprised they would let me take a cake made with eggs, i especially figured no nuts ... Audax i googled and found a chocolate cake recipe with no eggs, might have a trial run of making one tonight and see how it goes (and tastes) and thanks for the idea of the cutting up dried apricots placing it into a number ' 4 ', reckon i will do that

[Oorki Galoorki]

smiles i have a delicious no egg choc cake recipe if you want it

[smiles4u]

smiles i have a delicious no egg choc cake recipe if you want it

OMG ... YES PLEASSSSE

(i can't ring the Kinder cause being the weekend it's closed and her Kinder starts 9am Monday and they don't answer the phone earlier or early enough for me to bake a cake YKWIM )

... well, i sort of have good news i remembered i had the mobile number to a Mum who's son did 4year old Kinder last year at the same Kindergarten as my DD ... she texted me back she bought an iced sponge cake from the supermarket and decorated it with smarties, but like she mentioned it all depends if there are any kids in DD's group that have allergies which i am unaware of !!

So yeh Oorki would love your choc cake egg-free recipe and i will ice it with choc icing and take it undecorated to Kinder on Monday at 9am and i will have with me a box of smarties and a container of diced dried apricots so the i can ask the Kinder teacher/director which i can decorate on the cake

Well, i must say i feel much better now, and that's the plan i'm sticky too

THANKS a million everyone for helping ... i just wanted it to be a fun day for DD enjoy and talk about for the next 12mths

[Visitor7]

I have always taken a homemade cake in for Nina's birthday to kindy, as does every other parent there for their children. We let them know the recipe and they have always been fine with that.
But then again, me, and the other parents always make it into a little party for the kids and take lollies, chips & fruit as well for their parties. The childcare workers actually encourage us to do it

[~MummaBear~]

We are allowed to take cakes to our kindy but the rules seem to be a little different to the ones Audax is saying lol
'we are only allowed to do cupcakes but not the big one they have to be thoes tiny baby ones. No nuts or cream.
they are given out as the kids LEAVE kindy so the parents put up with any sugar highs lol

Sounds like you have done all you can to follow the rules of your kinder... the egg free one seems like a safe option if you dont know!!
Good luck!

[smiles4u]

We are allowed to take cakes to our kindy but the rules seem to be a little different to the ones Audax is saying lol

... i think perhaps it might be Audax personal choice (she refers to herself as a Health Nazi, i have to say i thought that was funny, love it ... i refer to myself as the Crazy Mumma, harr !!) in her first post there was no mention of the rules at her child's Kinder (although i might be wrong or it could be both personal choice & Kinder rules combined ... again i might be wrong ??) !!

Well i found in Coles some bright colourful chips to decorate the cake, they are called Rainbow Chips and they come in a small clear tub. They are Egg free, Nut free, Dairy free & Gluten free They are not as small as sprinkles but not as big as smarties (btw way smarties on the box states they are made on machines of nut products like MM's someone here mentioned). And i must say these chips i have bought taste pretty good do

So at the end of the day i have covered ground well enough in case there are any children with allergies and more importantly my DD whom this is for as it' her birthay has a fun bright coloured cake as she is use to fun and colour in her life and it's not like she gets a birthday cake every day like children that don't have allergies don't

Thanks again everyone for your input and help, my job is done the Mother of a Kinder gal ROFL

P.S - Thanks Jodi i would soooo love that idea as i like to give the feel of a party for kids especially but sadly there are not a friendly bunch of Mummies at my DD's Kinder, clicky groups & those that are not approachable ... oh well only next year 4year old Kinder to go then i can say " i " survived Kinder, LOL