Dairy free cake recipe needed!

[lesliemarie]

I had the same thing for DD1's birthday.  We all enjoyed the cake though. 

[MasynSpencerElliotte]

I always go all out making yummy cakes or cupcakes for my boys' birthdays, and they hardly eat any.

Yup, here too, hence my Betty Crocker find!

[lesliemarie]

Okay.  Now I've got cake recipes to try what do you do for frosting?  I usually frost m cakes with very slightly sweetened whipped cream with a little cornstarch added so that it doesn't break down. 

[~inbalance~]

well I love a good buttercream, yum!  I think I did one using butter substitute and it tasted awesome.  If you're doing a vanilla cake you could probably do some kind of chocolate frosting.  Or if you're doing a banana or carrot type cake, a cream cheese frosting would be yum.  I think I have vegan chocolate buttercream and vegan cream cheese frostings in one of my books if you like.

[lesliemarie]

Vegan cream cheese?  I'm interested in that.  I do love cream cheese icing

[~inbalance~]

Your LO would have to be ok with soy though.  I haven't tried this one, I've tried the regular cream cheese one and it was amazing.

Vegan cream cheese frosting

12oz soy cream cheese, at room temp
6 tbsp nonhydrogenated butter substitue, at room temp
3/4 cup light agave nectar
1/2 tbsp vanilla
juice of 1/2 lemon

Using electric mixer, cream together cream cheese and butter substitute.  Add agave, vanilla, and lemon juice.  Beat until smooth and fluffy.

[lesliemarie]

She is actually okay on soy now.  It seems to just be the milk that is bothering her now.  Now I just have to find soy cream cheese.  I was in Zeher's today and all I found was organic cream cheese in the natural foods section.  I can get soy pudding though