Has Anyone Dealt With Customers With Food Allergies....
Baking By AmyCakes2 Updated 27 Sep 2007 , 4:27pm by AngelDeserts
like dairy, peanuts, soy, wheat items? Do you have any recipes to share? I've been approached by a "friend of a friend" who is willing to train me in this type of thing (ie: what I can & can't use, do, etc.) and I have also offered to have her "spread the word" that I'd be willing to teach them how to decorate their cakes.
My BIGGEST concern is the liablity - how would I get around that? DO I get around that??
Thanks for any help!!!!
You won't be able to get around any liability. If you make any statements about 'allergen free' you will be absolutely liable if something goes wrong. If you have a legal business, with insurance, I would check with your insurance company before you attempt any assurances.
I'm just getting back into doing cakes for family and friends and someone from my dd's school got my name.
Her and her dd have peanut/nut allergies. Since my dd has a strong dislike for peanuts we don't have much in our house and rarely use it. When we do have peanut butter (just dh and I) we are extremely careful about cross contamination. Needless to say, she trusted me to wash my equipment extrememly well and make her the cake. She understood that I couldn't garantee her it was a nut free cake.
I'd be really careful about your claims. This is a really dangerous situation now-a-days.
I agree with JoAnnB. I did a cake for a child turning 6 that had never had a birthday cake that suffered with numerous food allergies such as eggs, seafood, nuts, flour etc. His mother located a company in New York that sells cake mixes for people with these allergies and bought the mixes for me to use. She also brought me a special icing recipe that I had to use. I had to purchase everything that I used for the cake brand new to be sure it had not come in contact with anything he was allergic to. He was very excited with the cake and I was glad to make his first birthday cake ever, but it was a very nervous time for me .
Hi AmyCakes! I do not know about the liability of the situation. However I do have celiac disease (CD). In short, I am allergic to wheat. There are many places you can buy cake/cookie mixes that are GF (gluten free). Or you can use a regular recipe and replace the "self rising flour" with a gluten free self rising flour. Let me know if you need/want to know more about the GF items/recipes.
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