When you use favored alcohols in your simple syrups, icings, cake balls, etc... are you concerned on who will be eating them? Adults only? Or do you cook the alcohol out? Confused!!! 
It depends on who is eating them. If kids are eating them I use a flavoring instead of alcohol. If adults who can have alcohol are eating them I use the real thing. I haven't tried evaporating the alcohol in the simple syrup yet, but I may try that. I just don't want to lose any flavor.
And, there are no dumb questions here 
And, there are no dumb questions here
Thank Goodness!!!
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Only in the U.S. do we freak out if a child consumes a single molecule of alcohol. Alcohol is so taboo, that it's no wonder teenage drinking is such an epidemic. We could learn so much from more enlightened countries where they know a wisp of alcohol in a simple syrup is less dangerous than all the trans fats in a Twinkie. If we did like the Europeans and incorporated alcohol into our daily lives while teaching a healthy appreciation for its effects, we wouldn't have half the problems we deal with now.
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To answer your question, yes, I consider who is eating a confection made with alcohol. Most kids just don't like the taste. But, as far as the danger of consuming the alcohol? If the kid ate the entire cake in 5 minutes, he STILL wouldn't catch a buzz. Unless you really drown your cakes! 
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