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sussy posted an update in the group California 8 years, 11 months ago
Hi im looking into selling cupcakes from my home and the class A licence says we cant use dairy, eggs or cream..what are the ingredients i can use for my cakes and frosting?
Im in LA
Those restrictions mostly apply to unbaked items. If you bake an item with a heavy amount of eggs or cream, like a custard, that’s not allowed, but one or two eggs in a thoroughly-baked cake is fine.
Almost any kind of frosting without eggs, cream, or cream cheese will likely be approved by your health dept. Buttercream frostings are allowed. You may be able to use milk to make frosting, depending on how much you use.
@david butterceam is maid with butter milk or cream can i still use regular butter or do i hve to use a bairy free butter n milk
You can use butter (does not need to be dairy-free) in your frostings, but you can’t use cream. I also don’t think you can use buttermilk. Butter does not have a high moisture content, so it is safe at room temperature, which is why it’s allowed. You probably can’t produce your own butter to make a buttercream frosting, but maybe your county would allow that.
I should clarify that there’s no fixed rule for what will be allowed, based on your ingredients. All of your products need to be approved by your environmental health dept, and they will use your ingredients to determine whether an item is questionable. Some counties ban anything with the word “cream” in the ingredients list. If your product may be approved, but they’re not sure, they may have you get it tested in a lab.