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I have been asked if it is possible to produce a birthday cake for a child,decorated ,but mum wants to explore healthy options ie low sugar and e/numbers.I would be grateful for any comments/advise
thanks

I guess you could do something like carrot cake sweetened with honey, which is probably as healthy as a cake can get! In terms of decorating, I would avoid all the fancier sugarpastes like satin ice, covapaste etc as they have lots of added ingredients which is what makes them easier to work with. I would stick to a supermarket own brand (morrisons is very good) and you could color it it with natural colourings, although you will only be able to make pastel colours. There is more information here:

http://cake-decorating.lovetoknow.com/sugar-free-icing

Hope that helps a bit!

Hi there
That’s a tough one. At the end of the day, it’s for a childs party. Sure all the E numbers and additives will be out of their system the following day and then they’ll all be back to normal, well behaved children.
Good luck with that one.
Would love to know what you come up with.
Donna

thank you Donna and doodle cake.I have decided to use plain white fondant but colour it with soft fruit,hope it works best wishes Liz xx