cupcakes or cakes with no preservatives, additives, or food coloring?

[Anonymous]

DC has ADHD and is on a diet that eliminates food coloring, preservatives/additives. Her bday is coming up. Where can I get these all natural kind of cupcakes or cakes? Thank you in advance.

[Anonymous]

try the Lemonade Bakery (www.thelemonadebakery.com). they are located in virginia (will deliver) and make delicious egg-free, dairy-free, nut-free baked goods. they are very sensitive to allergies, so the owner may work with you. it's worth a shot? (they are also very reasonably priced and beautiful craftsmanship!)

[Anonymous]

whole foods?

[Anonymous]

There's a room in your house called a kitchen. Cupcakes are super easy.

[Anonymous]

Sticky Fingers in DC is great.

[Anonymous]

You can make Cherrybrook Kitchen brand cake mixes (all natural and avail. at Whole Foods and some Giants) -- not sure if this is what you are looking for. I think Lemonade Bakery may still use food dyes, but check with them.

[Anonymous]

agree with the PP. sounds like you need to bake cakes and cupcakes from scratch. it's really not hard.

[Anonymous]

I agree that cupcakes are easy to make, but that's no reason to get snippy--some schools do not allow parents to bring in home-baked goods.

[Anonymous]

Cupcakes/cakes are soooo easy to make from scratch. You don't even have to use colored frosting -- make a cream cheese or butter frosting (it will be white or yellow) and stick small toys on top to decorate.

[Anonymous]

YOu don't actually say whether you want pre-made or a mix. I'm not too familiar with bakeries, but there are plenty of mixes around that would meet your needs - you'll have to pay attention to the ingredients list.

After all the encouraging and hearwarming comments about DIY cupcakes, if you are willing to consider it, there are ways to make it less of a burden.

For example, you can start measuring out dry ingredients days in advance. Just do one ingredient at a time as you have the chance - there's nothing wrong with measuring flour on a monday for a cake you don't need until sunday. You can even do this with the wet, just keep the wet ingredients in the fridge.

You can put liners in the cupcake pan in advance as well, or get disposable trays that don't need any care or feeding.

The day you decide to bake them, you can turn your oven on as early as you think about it, so it's ready when you are.

Then, you pour the wet bowl into the dry bowl, stir about six times, and spoon it into the trays. Bake and you're done.

[Anonymous]

i encourage you to bake them yourself too. i mean that's really the only way to make sure you know exactly what's going into them... and it's SO easy to leave out the "bad" ingredients that commercial places use so often... that being said, i would try a boutique-style bakery over a chain-style bakery and ask them what their ingredients are to verify that there's nothing you don't want. i am actually willing to bet that georgetown cupcakes don't have preservatives and additives because they try to bill themselves as using the freshest best ingredients... of course it doesn't hurt to double check.

i personally advise against sticky fingers. just because it's vegan doesn't mean it's all natural.

[Anonymous]

If you don't want to bake them yourself, try the cupcakes at Whole Foods. They meet the criteria you listed.

[Anonymous]

My school generally doesn't allow home-baked goods, but I asked DS's teacher about birthdays and she said that home-baked cupcakes for b-day parties, as long as they don't have nuts, are ok. You should check.