Dairy + Nut Allergies = can NEVER buy an already made cake!!  This can be especially hard when you’re in a time crunch.  But alas, do not lose hope!  Take a lookey below at some of these easy, dairy/nut-free decoration ideas.
 

P.S.  Bear with me– I know the photos you are about to see are low quality and the cakes themselves are mediocre at best!  I admit I was often frazzled and in a time crunch when making these, but the good news is my kids didn’t know the difference between what I produced and what a $200 professional cake would look like. (Gotta love kids and their genuine enthusiasm!!)  So be confident and just enjoy the creative session.  Your kids will love it and feel special, even if it doesn’t come out picture perfect!

P.P.S.  Remember, if you’re not a cake decorator or frosting-piping master– no worries!  Extra frosting makes everything OK. 😉

 

Race Track Cake: Pictured Above

Two homemade 9″ Round CHOCOLATE CAKES

CHOCOLATE FROSTING

GREEN FROSTING to pipe on the grassy texture

MINI OREOS for the wheels on the cars

WHITE FROSTING to outline the road, make dotted line, and to attach oreo wheels onto the cars

Crushed OREOS for the road

TOY TREES AND BOULDER optional– I realized later that they don’t have these in the middle of real race tracks. Haha.

RACING FLAG images printed on paper, cut out, and taped to toothpicks

RASPBERRY ZINGERS (contains dairy) to make the cars because we picked those off and gave them to siblings who can eat dairy.  *If you don’t want any dairy products touching the cake, make non-dairy rice crispy treats, shape them into cars, and frost them if desired.

 

Volcano Cake:

One homemade CHOCOLATE or RED VELVET BUNDT CAKE

CHOCOLATE FROSTING

ENJOY LIFE RICEMILK CHOCOLATE BARS OR CHOCOLATE CHUNKS shaved/chopped with a sharp knife, or chocolate sprinkles or crushed oreos for the dirt.

One can CHERRY or RASPBERRY PIE FILLING for the lava

DINOSAUR and TREE TOYS optional

Note: If I were to attempt this again, I would try adding frosting, another pointy layer of cake, or a shaped rice crispy treat around the top edges to make it look more volcano-like on top.

 

Cars 2 Cake: In Tokyo

And no, those aren’t real Japanese characters. 😉

One 9″ round CAKE

CHOCOLATE FROSTING

Whole OREOS

CHOCOLATE SPRINKLES

COLORED SPRINKLES – larger confetti ones were used to make “windows” in the skyscrapers.

GRAHAM CRACKERS – make sure they are dairy/nut-free and made in a dairy/nut-free facility.

WHITE FROSTING plus FOOD COLORING for the colored buildings and writing.  Note: it takes a lot of food coloring to get vivid colors.

LIGHTENING McQUEEN and FINN McMISSILE TOYS

 

Princess Castle Cake:

One 9×13 CAKE, one 8×8 CAKE, four CUPCAKES – I cut two squares out of the 8×8 cake and stacked them to make the middle tower.

ICE CREAM CONES

ANY COLOR FROSTING and SPRINKLES

PAPER FLAGS taped to toothpicks

 

Beyblade Cake: The Green Hades Stadium

Two 9″ round CHOCOLATE CAKES  because the Green Hades Stadium in the cartoon was natural in the ground.

CHOCOLATE FROSTING for the sides

Finely crushed OREOS for the sides to make it look like dirt

GREEN FROSTING for the top of the stadium

Two BEYBLADE TOYS set in the middle of the stadium as if they’re “battling.” I took this picture before I added the toys. If you don’t know what BeyBlades are, I added a small picture below the cake.

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