OK, so YAY ME! I have my very first cake order from a stranger!! My question is this:
Normally, I've iced the cake in BC, and simply decorated on that. I'm looking for a lighter icing to ice the cake and decorate over. I find BC to be VERY thick and WAY too sweet, and this is for a 1 yr old. He'll be flying WAY high on this! lol
So? Any ideas? It would have to be something that would at least sort of crust.
Lighter than buttercream that crusts? Hmmm can't think of anything but non crusting I would suggest WBH House buttercream or whipped cream frosting.
OK, so YAY ME! I have my very first cake order from a stranger!! My question is this:
Normally, I've iced the cake in BC, and simply decorated on that. I'm looking for a lighter icing to ice the cake and decorate over. I find BC to be VERY thick and WAY too sweet, and this is for a 1 yr old. He'll be flying WAY high on this! lol
So? Any ideas? It would have to be something that would at least sort of crust.
Really, the choice is that of the person placing the order. If you're doing a cake tasting, I would offer a half-and-half buttercream and a meringue buttercream, and leave it up to the mom. No 1-year old went nuts from eating buttercream, unless they ate so much they made themselves sick, but again, that's up to the mom to decide. 
Congrats on your order!
Sherri
My vote goes to a meringue buttercream too, but like the PP said.. it's really up to the mom. It's a birthday.. kids eat frosting.. and it's actually a proven fact that sugar doesn't make kids go nutso. It doesn't make them hyper.. the events surrounding sugary treats sure so though.. so my guess is that you could give a room of kids your sugariest (is that even a word?? 
) BC and another room a sugar free option and each room full of kids would be equally as crazy. Kids + Kids + Birtday Party = Crazy Ass Kids.
If she didn't request a less sweet cake.. don't go out of your way. The truth is that the baby will have one piece of cake and it's the adults who will be eating most of it.. so they should get what they want.
Congrats on the order!!!
...it's actually a proven fact that sugar doesn't make kids go nutso. It doesn't make them hyper..
THANK YOU!! Finally, another mom who knows this! The notion that sugar makes kids hyper is so deeply ingrained in every mom's head that I know, that no one believes otherwise.
...it's actually a proven fact that sugar doesn't make kids go nutso. It doesn't make them hyper..
THANK YOU!! Finally, another mom who knows this! The notion that sugar makes kids hyper is so deeply ingrained in every mom's head that I know, that no one believes otherwise.
Another YAY from me. My youngest son is ADD-HD and as a little child I had him on the Feingold diet which was no sugar, additives or preservatives. I made my own peanut butter, all fresh ingredients in his meals and it didn't change things one iota. The only thing that did work was Ritalin and I cried when the doctor suggested it. He is 34 now, still pretty hyper and has a difficult time concentrating. But does sugar make a difference? Not in our case.
I watched something on TV recently where they took a preschool class and gave 1/3 water, 1/3 sugar laden drinks (think Kool-Aid), and 1/3 100% fruit juice and were given different colored shirts to wear depending on what they drank. They all were observed over the course of the next few hours and none of them acted over the top hyper or anything like that.. just normal kid stuff.
My mom thinks I'm nuts too for thinking that, but you can't argue with science..
Not trying to start an argument or anything, but when my sister has something with sugar or caffine in it, she acts bad. She never will shut up anyway, but when she has sugar, OMG it's AWFUL. I know it has been "proven" that it doesn't make kids hyper, but based on my personal experience it does. I guess it just depends on the kid.
Caffine is different.. and there's caffine in chocolate and many things that you wouldn't think of it being in. Of course there will be anomolies, but on the whole.. sugar isn't this craze inducing substance like it has been made out to be. I don't think it's GOOD for you by any means, and I think it should be kept to a minimum like any treat.
I just made this recipe yesterday and it is suprisingly less sweet. I hate bakery icing and usually scrape it off I prefer a bare cake right from the oven.....ummm I have some coming out soon too!!!! can't wait to level them!!
here is Julie's less sweet BC
http://www.cakecentral.com/cake_recipe-2523-Julies-Less-Sweet-Buttercream-Frosting.html
Well, I hadn't really MEANT this to be a discussion on sugar vs. hyperactivity!
I was just looking for a less sweet option, and I'll certainly try that recipe, thank you. But perhaps on one of MY cakes first.
I'm still amateur enough that I"m not doing tastings, it's more a 'what flavour do you want?' And she requested chocolate with white icing, so that's what she's getting! 
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