Is the baking temperature and time sufficient to make beer-based cake batters safe for kids? I assume some of the alcohol is left to add flavor but wondering if it is technically safe for little people.....I want to make a stout cake but wondering if my Wee One will go from singing Winnie the Pooh to Danny Boy over "cakey".
A study conducted by the US Department of Agricultures Nutrient Data Laboratory calculated the percentage of alcohol remaining in a dish based on various cooking methods. The results are as follows:
Preparation Method (Percent of Alcohol Retained)
alcohol added to boiling liquid (85%)
& removed from heat
alcohol flamed (75%)
no heat, stored overnight (70%)
baked, 25 minutes, alcohol
not stirred into mixture (45%)
baked/simmered,
alcohol stirred into mixture:
15 minutes (40%)
30 minutes (35%)
1 hour (25% )
1.5 hours (20%)
2 hours (10% )
2.5 hours (5%)
Sooo, if your cake base for an hour, about 25% of the alcohol in the beer would remain. If the stout is about 6-8% alcohol, it would have 2%, or less--in the WHOLE CAKE, after baking.
I don't think that anyone would be sensitive to that small an amount.
They'll get more of a buzz from all of the sugar 
Rae
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