Re: chocolate frosting ideas -- HELP!

[Guest guest]

If you just want it to look like chocolate go to Micheals (or a

similar crafty place) and buy brown food coloring. The professional

cake decorating kind. It will look perfect. I promise. (no idea if

it is scd legal but it may be close enough for these special occasions

for your comfort)

A little goes a very long way with those colorings so go light!

Patty

scd 5 days

>

> So, I have spent the last 7 months preparing special SCD legal cakes

> for my son (3.6 years) to bring to birthday parties. I usually make a

> cherry cake with cream cheese frosting or a banana bread with cream

> cheese frosting. Inevitably the party ends with frustration and

> sometimes tears. There is almost always cake with chocolate frosting

> and his cake looks difft., and he really, really wants the chocolate.

> For some reason, this is the most difficult part of the diet for him.

> I mean this is the kid who at the market will say to me, " can I just

> hold the candy, mommy. Can I just smell it. " I'll say yes, let him do

> it, and that is that. But for some reason, the birthday party thing

> is torture for him. So...my first question is, does anyone have any

> suggestions for a way to make my cream cheese frosting look like

> chocolate frosting. He LOVES the cream cheese, and truthfully, as

> long as it looks chocolate he wouldn't no the difference. O.K., and

> my next thought, dare I say this, but I am desperate, and thought

> maybe if I just put one or two drops of GF/CF melted chocolate into

> the cream cheese this would make it look special to him and would

> certainly not be right as far as the diet goes, but might not be

> absolutely terrible. We have been fanatically strict up until this

> point, so I am really tentative about doing this. Any thoughts or

> suggestions.

>

> Thanks,

> molly

> mom to Callum 5, Cade 3, and Charlotte 15 months -- SCD 7 months

>

[Guest guest]

If you just want it to look like chocolate go to Micheals (or a

similar crafty place) and buy brown food coloring. The professional

cake decorating kind. It will look perfect. I promise. (no idea if

it is scd legal but it may be close enough for these special occasions

for your comfort)

A little goes a very long way with those colorings so go light!

Patty

scd 5 days

>

> So, I have spent the last 7 months preparing special SCD legal cakes

> for my son (3.6 years) to bring to birthday parties. I usually make a

> cherry cake with cream cheese frosting or a banana bread with cream

> cheese frosting. Inevitably the party ends with frustration and

> sometimes tears. There is almost always cake with chocolate frosting

> and his cake looks difft., and he really, really wants the chocolate.

> For some reason, this is the most difficult part of the diet for him.

> I mean this is the kid who at the market will say to me, " can I just

> hold the candy, mommy. Can I just smell it. " I'll say yes, let him do

> it, and that is that. But for some reason, the birthday party thing

> is torture for him. So...my first question is, does anyone have any

> suggestions for a way to make my cream cheese frosting look like

> chocolate frosting. He LOVES the cream cheese, and truthfully, as

> long as it looks chocolate he wouldn't no the difference. O.K., and

> my next thought, dare I say this, but I am desperate, and thought

> maybe if I just put one or two drops of GF/CF melted chocolate into

> the cream cheese this would make it look special to him and would

> certainly not be right as far as the diet goes, but might not be

> absolutely terrible. We have been fanatically strict up until this

> point, so I am really tentative about doing this. Any thoughts or

> suggestions.

>

> Thanks,

> molly

> mom to Callum 5, Cade 3, and Charlotte 15 months -- SCD 7 months

>

[Guest guest]

If you just want it to look like chocolate go to Micheals (or a

similar crafty place) and buy brown food coloring. The professional

cake decorating kind. It will look perfect. I promise. (no idea if

it is scd legal but it may be close enough for these special occasions

for your comfort)

A little goes a very long way with those colorings so go light!

Patty

scd 5 days

>

> So, I have spent the last 7 months preparing special SCD legal cakes

> for my son (3.6 years) to bring to birthday parties. I usually make a

> cherry cake with cream cheese frosting or a banana bread with cream

> cheese frosting. Inevitably the party ends with frustration and

> sometimes tears. There is almost always cake with chocolate frosting

> and his cake looks difft., and he really, really wants the chocolate.

> For some reason, this is the most difficult part of the diet for him.

> I mean this is the kid who at the market will say to me, " can I just

> hold the candy, mommy. Can I just smell it. " I'll say yes, let him do

> it, and that is that. But for some reason, the birthday party thing

> is torture for him. So...my first question is, does anyone have any

> suggestions for a way to make my cream cheese frosting look like

> chocolate frosting. He LOVES the cream cheese, and truthfully, as

> long as it looks chocolate he wouldn't no the difference. O.K., and

> my next thought, dare I say this, but I am desperate, and thought

> maybe if I just put one or two drops of GF/CF melted chocolate into

> the cream cheese this would make it look special to him and would

> certainly not be right as far as the diet goes, but might not be

> absolutely terrible. We have been fanatically strict up until this

> point, so I am really tentative about doing this. Any thoughts or

> suggestions.

>

> Thanks,

> molly

> mom to Callum 5, Cade 3, and Charlotte 15 months -- SCD 7 months

>

[Guest guest]

>

> If you just want it to look like chocolate go to Micheals (or a

> similar crafty place) and buy brown food coloring. The professional

> cake decorating kind. It will look perfect. I promise. (no idea if

> it is scd legal but it may be close enough for these special occasions

> for your comfort)

>

Pureed dates or prunes added to the frosting may work.

Carol F.

[Guest guest]

This is something that I would be very careful as my son is VERY

sensitive to food colors. Be sure that food colors/dyes are not an

issue for him.

Sandy M.

Whole family SCD for 6 wks in support of son who rages.

> >

> > So, I have spent the last 7 months preparing special SCD legal

cakes

> > for my son (3.6 years) to bring to birthday parties. I usually

make a

> > cherry cake with cream cheese frosting or a banana bread with

cream

> > cheese frosting. Inevitably the party ends with frustration and

> > sometimes tears. There is almost always cake with chocolate

frosting

> > and his cake looks difft., and he really, really wants the

chocolate.

> > For some reason, this is the most difficult part of the diet

for him.

> > I mean this is the kid who at the market will say to me, " can I

just

> > hold the candy, mommy. Can I just smell it. " I'll say yes, let

him do

> > it, and that is that. But for some reason, the birthday party

thing

> > is torture for him. So...my first question is, does anyone have

any

> > suggestions for a way to make my cream cheese frosting look like

> > chocolate frosting. He LOVES the cream cheese, and truthfully,

as

> > long as it looks chocolate he wouldn't no the difference. O.K.,

and

> > my next thought, dare I say this, but I am desperate, and thought

> > maybe if I just put one or two drops of GF/CF melted chocolate

into

> > the cream cheese this would make it look special to him and would

> > certainly not be right as far as the diet goes, but might not be

> > absolutely terrible. We have been fanatically strict up until

this

> > point, so I am really tentative about doing this. Any thoughts

or

> > suggestions.

> >

> > Thanks,

> > molly

> > mom to Callum 5, Cade 3, and Charlotte 15 months -- SCD 7 months

> >

>

[Guest guest]

This is something that I would be very careful as my son is VERY

sensitive to food colors. Be sure that food colors/dyes are not an

issue for him.

Sandy M.

Whole family SCD for 6 wks in support of son who rages.

> >

> > So, I have spent the last 7 months preparing special SCD legal

cakes

> > for my son (3.6 years) to bring to birthday parties. I usually

make a

> > cherry cake with cream cheese frosting or a banana bread with

cream

> > cheese frosting. Inevitably the party ends with frustration and

> > sometimes tears. There is almost always cake with chocolate

frosting

> > and his cake looks difft., and he really, really wants the

chocolate.

> > For some reason, this is the most difficult part of the diet

for him.

> > I mean this is the kid who at the market will say to me, " can I

just

> > hold the candy, mommy. Can I just smell it. " I'll say yes, let

him do

> > it, and that is that. But for some reason, the birthday party

thing

> > is torture for him. So...my first question is, does anyone have

any

> > suggestions for a way to make my cream cheese frosting look like

> > chocolate frosting. He LOVES the cream cheese, and truthfully,

as

> > long as it looks chocolate he wouldn't no the difference. O.K.,

and

> > my next thought, dare I say this, but I am desperate, and thought

> > maybe if I just put one or two drops of GF/CF melted chocolate

into

> > the cream cheese this would make it look special to him and would

> > certainly not be right as far as the diet goes, but might not be

> > absolutely terrible. We have been fanatically strict up until

this

> > point, so I am really tentative about doing this. Any thoughts

or

> > suggestions.

> >

> > Thanks,

> > molly

> > mom to Callum 5, Cade 3, and Charlotte 15 months -- SCD 7 months

> >

>

[Guest guest]

This is something that I would be very careful as my son is VERY

sensitive to food colors. Be sure that food colors/dyes are not an

issue for him.

Sandy M.

Whole family SCD for 6 wks in support of son who rages.

> >

> > So, I have spent the last 7 months preparing special SCD legal

cakes

> > for my son (3.6 years) to bring to birthday parties. I usually

make a

> > cherry cake with cream cheese frosting or a banana bread with

cream

> > cheese frosting. Inevitably the party ends with frustration and

> > sometimes tears. There is almost always cake with chocolate

frosting

> > and his cake looks difft., and he really, really wants the

chocolate.

> > For some reason, this is the most difficult part of the diet

for him.

> > I mean this is the kid who at the market will say to me, " can I

just

> > hold the candy, mommy. Can I just smell it. " I'll say yes, let

him do

> > it, and that is that. But for some reason, the birthday party

thing

> > is torture for him. So...my first question is, does anyone have

any

> > suggestions for a way to make my cream cheese frosting look like

> > chocolate frosting. He LOVES the cream cheese, and truthfully,

as

> > long as it looks chocolate he wouldn't no the difference. O.K.,

and

> > my next thought, dare I say this, but I am desperate, and thought

> > maybe if I just put one or two drops of GF/CF melted chocolate

into

> > the cream cheese this would make it look special to him and would

> > certainly not be right as far as the diet goes, but might not be

> > absolutely terrible. We have been fanatically strict up until

this

> > point, so I am really tentative about doing this. Any thoughts

or

> > suggestions.

> >

> > Thanks,

> > molly

> > mom to Callum 5, Cade 3, and Charlotte 15 months -- SCD 7 months

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Molly,

> So, I have spent the last 7 months preparing special SCD legal cakes

> for my son (3.6 years) to bring to birthday parties. I usually make a

> cherry cake with cream cheese frosting or a banana bread with cream

> cheese frosting. Inevitably the party ends with frustration and

> sometimes tears. There is almost always cake with chocolate frosting

> and his cake looks difft., and he really, really wants the chocolate.

This cake recipe is said to be a great chocolate cake substitute.

http://uclbs.org/recipes/desserts/sue14datecake.php

It is quite tasty. If you just want to make chocolate looking

frosting you could puree some of the date mixture in the recipe and add

it to the cream cheese.

Sheila, SCD 60 mos, UC 22 yrs

mom of Em and Dan

[Guest guest]

Hi Molly,

> So, I have spent the last 7 months preparing special SCD legal cakes

> for my son (3.6 years) to bring to birthday parties. I usually make a

> cherry cake with cream cheese frosting or a banana bread with cream

> cheese frosting. Inevitably the party ends with frustration and

> sometimes tears. There is almost always cake with chocolate frosting

> and his cake looks difft., and he really, really wants the chocolate.

This cake recipe is said to be a great chocolate cake substitute.

http://uclbs.org/recipes/desserts/sue14datecake.php

It is quite tasty. If you just want to make chocolate looking

frosting you could puree some of the date mixture in the recipe and add

it to the cream cheese.

Sheila, SCD 60 mos, UC 22 yrs

mom of Em and Dan

[Guest guest]

Food coloring is a petroleum product...are we supposed to be eating that?

Agape,

placossarnold Patty@...> wrote:

If you just want it to look like chocolate go to Micheals (or a

similar crafty place) and buy brown food coloring. The professional

cake decorating kind. It will look perfect. I promise. (no idea if

it is scd legal but it may be close enough for these special occasions

for your comfort)

A little goes a very long way with those colorings so go light!

Patty

scd 5 days

>

> So, I have spent the last 7 months preparing special SCD legal cakes

> for my son (3.6 years) to bring to birthday parties. I usually make a

> cherry cake with cream cheese frosting or a banana bread with cream

> cheese frosting. Inevitably the party ends with frustration and

> sometimes tears. There is almost always cake with chocolate frosting

> and his cake looks difft., and he really, really wants the chocolate.

> For some reason, this is the most difficult part of the diet for him.

> I mean this is the kid who at the market will say to me, " can I just

> hold the candy, mommy. Can I just smell it. " I'll say yes, let him do

> it, and that is that. But for some reason, the birthday party thing

> is torture for him. So...my first question is, does anyone have any

> suggestions for a way to make my cream cheese frosting look like

> chocolate frosting. He LOVES the cream cheese, and truthfully, as

> long as it looks chocolate he wouldn't no the difference. O.K., and

> my next thought, dare I say this, but I am desperate, and thought

> maybe if I just put one or two drops of GF/CF melted chocolate into

> the cream cheese this would make it look special to him and would

> certainly not be right as far as the diet goes, but might not be

> absolutely terrible. We have been fanatically strict up until this

> point, so I am really tentative about doing this. Any thoughts or

> suggestions.

>

> Thanks,

> molly

> mom to Callum 5, Cade 3, and Charlotte 15 months -- SCD 7 months

>

For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book

_Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following

websites:

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

and

http://www.pecanbread.com

[Guest guest]

Food coloring is a petroleum product...are we supposed to be eating that?

Agape,

placossarnold Patty@...> wrote:

If you just want it to look like chocolate go to Micheals (or a

similar crafty place) and buy brown food coloring. The professional

cake decorating kind. It will look perfect. I promise. (no idea if

it is scd legal but it may be close enough for these special occasions

for your comfort)

A little goes a very long way with those colorings so go light!

Patty

scd 5 days

>

> So, I have spent the last 7 months preparing special SCD legal cakes

> for my son (3.6 years) to bring to birthday parties. I usually make a

> cherry cake with cream cheese frosting or a banana bread with cream

> cheese frosting. Inevitably the party ends with frustration and

> sometimes tears. There is almost always cake with chocolate frosting

> and his cake looks difft., and he really, really wants the chocolate.

> For some reason, this is the most difficult part of the diet for him.

> I mean this is the kid who at the market will say to me, " can I just

> hold the candy, mommy. Can I just smell it. " I'll say yes, let him do

> it, and that is that. But for some reason, the birthday party thing

> is torture for him. So...my first question is, does anyone have any

> suggestions for a way to make my cream cheese frosting look like

> chocolate frosting. He LOVES the cream cheese, and truthfully, as

> long as it looks chocolate he wouldn't no the difference. O.K., and

> my next thought, dare I say this, but I am desperate, and thought

> maybe if I just put one or two drops of GF/CF melted chocolate into

> the cream cheese this would make it look special to him and would

> certainly not be right as far as the diet goes, but might not be

> absolutely terrible. We have been fanatically strict up until this

> point, so I am really tentative about doing this. Any thoughts or

> suggestions.

>

> Thanks,

> molly

> mom to Callum 5, Cade 3, and Charlotte 15 months -- SCD 7 months

>

For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book

_Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following

websites:

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

and

http://www.pecanbread.com

[Guest guest]

Molly,

I am behind in reading the messages, so someone else may have posted this. I

thought that I

had read recently that chocolate cravings were related to (I think it was)

magnesium

deficiency! I am NOT positive and I can't remember where I read it, but I will

look through my

reading material and see if I come across it again. Does your son take any

magnesium? If so,

what kind? (oxide, glycinate, citrate, sulfate?) (By the way, magnesium oxide

is not very well

absorbed).

Carolyn

>

> There is almost always cake with chocolate frosting

> and his cake looks difft., and he really, really wants the chocolate.

> For some reason, this is the most difficult part of the diet for him.

>

[Guest guest]

Molly,

I am behind in reading the messages, so someone else may have posted this. I

thought that I

had read recently that chocolate cravings were related to (I think it was)

magnesium

deficiency! I am NOT positive and I can't remember where I read it, but I will

look through my

reading material and see if I come across it again. Does your son take any

magnesium? If so,

what kind? (oxide, glycinate, citrate, sulfate?) (By the way, magnesium oxide

is not very well

absorbed).

Carolyn

>

> There is almost always cake with chocolate frosting

> and his cake looks difft., and he really, really wants the chocolate.

> For some reason, this is the most difficult part of the diet for him.

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Molly:

I sometimes use the 14 date (medjool) cake recipe (as per BTVC) which my

daughter calls " chocolate " cake. For icing, I mix pure plum puree with

unpasteurized honey. It is dark and spreads well like icing. It doesn't taste

like chocolate, but looks reasonably brown/dark. I suppose it could be boiled

first, then cooled, but I haven't bothered. The amount of honey seems to

preserve it. It keeps for several days in the fridge. Decorating with frozen

berries delights my kids.

Best wishes,

davis brandijacksondavis@...> wrote:

Food coloring is a petroleum product...are we supposed to be eating that?

Agape,

placossarnold Patty@...> wrote:

If you just want it to look like chocolate go to Micheals (or a

similar crafty place) and buy brown food coloring. The professional

cake decorating kind. It will look perfect. I promise. (no idea if

it is scd legal but it may be close enough for these special occasions

for your comfort)

A little goes a very long way with those colorings so go light!

Patty

scd 5 days

>

> So, I have spent the last 7 months preparing special SCD legal cakes

> for my son (3.6 years) to bring to birthday parties. I usually make a

> cherry cake with cream cheese frosting or a banana bread with cream

> cheese frosting. Inevitably the party ends with frustration and

> sometimes tears. There is almost always cake with chocolate frosting

> and his cake looks difft., and he really, really wants the chocolate.

> For some reason, this is the most difficult part of the diet for him.

> I mean this is the kid who at the market will say to me, " can I just

> hold the candy, mommy. Can I just smell it. " I'll say yes, let him do

> it, and that is that. But for some reason, the birthday party thing

> is torture for him. So...my first question is, does anyone have any

> suggestions for a way to make my cream cheese frosting look like

> chocolate frosting. He LOVES the cream cheese, and truthfully, as

> long as it looks chocolate he wouldn't no the difference. O.K., and

> my next thought, dare I say this, but I am desperate, and thought

> maybe if I just put one or two drops of GF/CF melted chocolate into

> the cream cheese this would make it look special to him and would

> certainly not be right as far as the diet goes, but might not be

> absolutely terrible. We have been fanatically strict up until this

> point, so I am really tentative about doing this. Any thoughts or

> suggestions.

>

> Thanks,

> molly

> mom to Callum 5, Cade 3, and Charlotte 15 months -- SCD 7 months

>

For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book

_Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following

websites:

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

and

http://www.pecanbread.com

[Guest guest]

Dear Molly:

I sometimes use the 14 date (medjool) cake recipe (as per BTVC) which my

daughter calls " chocolate " cake. For icing, I mix pure plum puree with

unpasteurized honey. It is dark and spreads well like icing. It doesn't taste

like chocolate, but looks reasonably brown/dark. I suppose it could be boiled

first, then cooled, but I haven't bothered. The amount of honey seems to

preserve it. It keeps for several days in the fridge. Decorating with frozen

berries delights my kids.

Best wishes,

davis brandijacksondavis@...> wrote:

Food coloring is a petroleum product...are we supposed to be eating that?

Agape,

placossarnold Patty@...> wrote:

If you just want it to look like chocolate go to Micheals (or a

similar crafty place) and buy brown food coloring. The professional

cake decorating kind. It will look perfect. I promise. (no idea if

it is scd legal but it may be close enough for these special occasions

for your comfort)

A little goes a very long way with those colorings so go light!

Patty

scd 5 days

>

> So, I have spent the last 7 months preparing special SCD legal cakes

> for my son (3.6 years) to bring to birthday parties. I usually make a

> cherry cake with cream cheese frosting or a banana bread with cream

> cheese frosting. Inevitably the party ends with frustration and

> sometimes tears. There is almost always cake with chocolate frosting

> and his cake looks difft., and he really, really wants the chocolate.

> For some reason, this is the most difficult part of the diet for him.

> I mean this is the kid who at the market will say to me, " can I just

> hold the candy, mommy. Can I just smell it. " I'll say yes, let him do

> it, and that is that. But for some reason, the birthday party thing

> is torture for him. So...my first question is, does anyone have any

> suggestions for a way to make my cream cheese frosting look like

> chocolate frosting. He LOVES the cream cheese, and truthfully, as

> long as it looks chocolate he wouldn't no the difference. O.K., and

> my next thought, dare I say this, but I am desperate, and thought

> maybe if I just put one or two drops of GF/CF melted chocolate into

> the cream cheese this would make it look special to him and would

> certainly not be right as far as the diet goes, but might not be

> absolutely terrible. We have been fanatically strict up until this

> point, so I am really tentative about doing this. Any thoughts or

> suggestions.

>

> Thanks,

> molly

> mom to Callum 5, Cade 3, and Charlotte 15 months -- SCD 7 months

>

For information on the Specific Carbohydrate Diet, please read the book

_Breaking the Vicious Cycle_ by Elaine Gottschall and read the following

websites:

http://www.breakingtheviciouscycle.info

and

http://www.pecanbread.com

[Guest guest]

>

> Dear Molly:

>

> I sometimes use the 14 date (medjool) cake recipe (as per BTVC) which my

daughter

calls " chocolate " cake.

Molly,

Sue's Fourteen Date Cake is my favorite of all SCD desserts and tastes very much

like chocolate cake. And it is good with the Bavarian Cream Icing even though

that is

white.

Since it is very concentrated in dried fruit serve very small pieces for those

that are not

advanced on the diet. ( The cake is so delicous thati's hard to keep from

overindulging )

The recipe is at:

http://uclbs.org/recipes/desserts/sue14datecake.php

Carol F.

SCD 6 years, celiac