I'm doing a beach themed birthday cake for a 1 year old. I've never made "sand" before. There's going to be lots of younger kids and I don't want to put sugar in the sand mixture. And ideas on what to make the sand out of?

crushed:
graham crackers
vanilla wafers

I tell ya what makes delicious sand...

SNICKERDOODLES

Boy Dragonflydreams are you missing out. From Wikipedia:

A snickerdoodle is a sugar cookie rolled in cinnamon sugar. It has a characteristically cracked surface, and can be crisp or soft depending on preference. The distinctive and characteristic flavor of a snickerdoodle is provided by cream of tartar. They typically are easy to make. Some variants include nutmeg, raisins, chocolate chips, or nuts. .


Pure yum!!

. . . ah ha . . . so I can make these . . . I don't have to find them in a store . . . anyone care to share their favorite recipe . . .

http://www.popularcookierecipes.com/Snickerdoodle.html

YUM

. . . thanx wgoat5/Christi . . .

Very welcome

Here's a tip I got from working in an ice cream store decorating the ice cream cakes: Use crushed graham cracker pie crust rather than crushing whole graham crackers. The pie crust crumbles to a finer sand, and you don't get odd-sized lumps in it that you can get crushing crackers. Plus it's quicker and easier. You can buy a couple crusts and crumble them and keep them in a baggie and use them for side-crumbing, too.

Deanna

Thank you all so much! All of your ideas helped very much.

i used 'nilla wafers (that i pulvarized in the blender) on my sand castle cake... the mom said the kids LOVED it (parents did too!)