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Anonymous wrote:I keep a strictly kosher home- especially for passover. Kosher for Passover is different from regular kosher and gluten-free. I don't think the local kosher bakeries change over to do passover baking. For kosher for passover cakes and/or baking ingredients, check out the kosher groceries- Shalom or Moti's. The recipe below is excellent and you can use margarine instead of butter for a parve cake. Even Giant sells KFP Chocolate Chips...

https://www.cooks.com/recipe/ru2315mo/flourless-chocolate-cake.html

Parve cakes are heinous. Just serve a dairy meal and make it with butter. Or, do berries and have a real cake after the chag.

Oh stop. A flourless chocolate cake with margarine is still delicious. We do it for Passover as well as making it for meat meals and friends with dairy allergies year round. I posted the king Arthur one above but this looks good too.

Kosher Pastry Oven in Kemp Mill used to do KFP cakes. They were pretty decent as far as KFP cakes go. My ILs observe full on KFP and used to order cakes from there for the seders. I know the place is still around although I don’t know if they do KFP any longer.

It's too bad none of the local bakeries do Passover but I can understand it would be a giant PITA.

Happy Tart is a fine idea but it would likely be dairy and definitely just KFP style.

Sadly, to the gluten poster, MANY kosher for Passover desserts are filled with gluten. Gluten free and KFP are just not the same.

Anonymous wrote:I keep a strictly kosher home- especially for passover. Kosher for Passover is different from regular kosher and gluten-free. I don't think the local kosher bakeries change over to do passover baking. For kosher for passover cakes and/or baking ingredients, check out the kosher groceries- Shalom or Moti's. The recipe below is excellent and you can use margarine instead of butter for a parve cake. Even Giant sells KFP Chocolate Chips...

https://www.cooks.com/recipe/ru2315mo/flourless-chocolate-cake.html

Parve cakes are heinous. Just serve a dairy meal and make it with butter. Or, do berries and have a real cake after the chag.

I keep a strictly kosher home- especially for passover. Kosher for Passover is different from regular kosher and gluten-free. I don't think the local kosher bakeries change over to do passover baking. For kosher for passover cakes and/or baking ingredients, check out the kosher groceries- Shalom or Moti's. The recipe below is excellent and you can use margarine instead of butter for a parve cake. Even Giant sells KFP Chocolate Chips...

https://www.cooks.com/recipe/ru2315mo/flourless-chocolate-cake.html

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Anonymous wrote:What is a Passover birthday cake?

Has to be gluten free.

More than that. For many people rice wouldn't do either.

why? I’m not Jewish so don’t understand, not being snarky, just wondering what the religious reason is for the restriction.

Why are you responding to this thread? This question is about finding a bakery. You are not the intended audience.

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Anonymous wrote:I'd check with the family. Part of my family isn't opposed to "technically kosher for Passover using substitutes" because they say it's not in the spirit of it. So if it seems like a normal cake/baked good/etc, my aunt won't eat it during passover.

In that case I might suggest a pavlova cake. Those are clearly not cake but still tasty.

We have had a cake for this bday for 10 years now but the event has moved. We had a local caterer that had all sorts of Passover options. I was hoping to find something similar here. I have less hope after this thread but it still seems like there is enough of a Jewish population here.

BTW...I appreciate the desire to not just eat tons of substitute items...Passover Cheerios and Mac and Cheese..

I am the PP who suggested Fancy Cakes by Leslie, and I assumed you wanted to go into a store. Try Kosher Kitchen - they are local kosher caterer and have a Passover menu of course including desserts.

You will not find the same choices here as say in NY/NJ. But I've never not been able to find something I wanted.

Anonymous wrote:I'd check with the family. Part of my family isn't opposed to "technically kosher for Passover using substitutes" because they say it's not in the spirit of it. So if it seems like a normal cake/baked good/etc, my aunt won't eat it during passover.

In that case I might suggest a pavlova cake. Those are clearly not cake but still tasty.

We have had a cake for this bday for 10 years now but the event has moved. We had a local caterer that had all sorts of Passover options. I was hoping to find something similar here. I have less hope after this thread but it still seems like there is enough of a Jewish population here.

BTW...I appreciate the desire to not just eat tons of substitute items...Passover Cheerios and Mac and Cheese..

I'd check with the family. Part of my family isn't opposed to "technically kosher for Passover using substitutes" because they say it's not in the spirit of it. So if it seems like a normal cake/baked good/etc, my aunt won't eat it during passover.

In that case I might suggest a pavlova cake. Those are clearly not cake but still tasty.

None of these are typical birthday-cake style cakes, but you can take a look and see if there's something you like: https://www.ohnuts.com/buy.cfm/passover-gift-baskets-candy-chocolate-nuts/kosher-for-cakes-cookies/passover-cakes

Fancy Cakes by Leslie in Bethesda usually makes a kosher for Passover flourless chocolate cake. But I am with the poster who said have a good cake the dayPassover ends!

Ice cream cake

Most Supermarkets will have those boxes jelly rolls or later cake type cakes. But if you decide to bake, flourless chocolate cake.

https://www.kingarthurbaking.com/recipes/flourless-chocolate-cake-recipe

I leave off the topping, to keep it parve and to make it easier, plus it's so rich that it doesn't need it, and I just use some powdered sugar. Many powdered sugars also have corn starch, so buy a kosher for Passover brand. Use margarine instead of butter. The Mother's brand makes one labeled kosher for Passover. Fleischman is also dairy free but I'm not sure if they make a KFP one. It is honestly really easy and delicious.

Would meringues work? So Eton Mess or Pavlova or something like that? And if they’re ok, would it have to be from a kosher bakery?

Anonymous wrote:Lots of ice cream doesn't have corn syrup in it. If the family is ok getting an ice cream cake from a place without a hechsher that could work, otherwise I might suggest just getting different ice creams, sprinkles, chocolate sauce, whipped cream, fruit, etc. and letting people do make your own sundaes. You could put a candle in the birthday kid's. You could even make kosher for passover brownies from a mix and make brownie sundaes.

Forgot...no dairy either because of the brisket. Some kinds of sorbet have no corn syrup but that does not really work for sundaes and also likely corn syrup in the toppings. I think the chocolate flourless cake will be the option of choice. Thanks for all the suggestions.