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Egg-free Cake recipes?

2010-01-29T10:00:00.000-08:00

My son has an egg allergy. I have succeeded in making him some egg-free biscuits, but even with egg substitute, I have never succeeded in creating a decent egg-free cake. I was wondering whether anyone had any tips/ideas/recipes or perhaps could recommend a better egg substitite than the one I bought, for the specific purpose of making cakes. It is probably too much to hope for, but egg-free pancakes and yorkshire pudding would be wonderful too! I would be grateful for any feedback as his egg allergy is showing no signs of calming down, so he could be stuck with it for a very long time. Thank you in advance.

Unexplained allergic reactions in young children

2010-01-25T14:06:00.000-08:00

My son has had an egg allergy since he was 13 months old. We have managed this well over the last 2 years, but suddenly at just under 3 years of age he is having very frequent allergic reactions that we cannot pinpoint. He has had 8 allergic reactions in the last 3 weeks! (Relatively mild reactions, causing hives predominantly on his hand and feet with less on his face and the rest of his body) that have been treated with just anti-histamine. We do not believe he was exposed to egg in any of these cases and currently have no idea what is causing them. (The pattern of the reaction is also different to symptoms he has previously experience on exposure to egg.)
I was wondering whether this was a familiar story to anyone and whether someone could shed some light on what might be going on? Many thanks.

Getting creative with Dammenberg chocolate

2009-11-28T12:17:00.000-08:00

As a follow-up to my success with the raisin chocolates, I decided to experiment with more of the Dammenberg chocolate range:

The first picture shows the results of melting both milk and white chocolate buttons (white chocolate generally takes less time to melt) and mixing a little of each in my chocolate mould.

The second picture shows milk chocolate with a cranberry white chocolate - perfect for Christmas!

And the final picture, a collection of the various chocolates I have created so far, including some gorgeous pink blackcurrant and white chocolate chocolates, simply made by melting the chocolate bar and resetting into these pretty little pieces.

Making you own chocolates using Dammenberg's Nut-free chocolate range

2009-11-28T12:05:00.000-08:00

Home-made Raisin Milk Chocolates using Dammenberg's Nut-free Chocolate:

We are frequently asked whether our Dammenberg chocolate is suitable for cooking with: the quick answer is 'yes', but in the interest of backing up this claim, I am planning on working my way through a range of recipes to prove this for myself. With this in mind, I recently purchased a chocolate mould and had a go at creating my own chocolates. The results (shown here) are not quite up to a professional standard (hopefully something a little practise on my part can fix), but taste amazing.

Ingredients:

200g 34% Milk Chocolate Buttons

Organic Raisins

Method:

Melt the chocolate in a pyrex bowl in the microwave (approx. 60 seconds in a 800W oven, try 10 seconds at a time, stirring between each time).
Pour the melted chocolate into the moulds filling up to 2/3 of the mould.
Add 4-6 raisins to each chocolate and use a spoon to bury them into the mould.
Finish with a little more chocolate (if required) to fill the mould to the top.
Tap the filled tray quite sharply to remove any air bubbles (easier with a rigid tray).
Place in the fridge for 20-30min to set.

Results:
For such a fast, simple method, my husband and I were amazed at the results: these little chocolates, (reminiscent of Rolos, if only because of their shape and size), were incredibly addictive. The milk chocolate and raisins worked really well together and the chocolate set quickly back to its former shiny finish. All I need to do now is perfect the art of removing the air bubbles!

Variations:
As a follow-up to this success, I also tried soaking some raisins overnight in rum, before adding these to the chocolates. Again this worked well, giving the chocolates a little grown-up festive twist, though I have to say, I personally preferred the 'virgin' versions of these raisin chocolates. Maybe I should try some other alcohols...

Nut-Free Chocolate Rice Krispie Cakes Recipe

2009-11-28T11:41:00.000-08:00

Baking with Dammenberg's 34% Milk Chocolate:

Ingredients:
200g 34% Milk Chocolate Buttons (Dammenberg's Nut-free, Gluten-free, Egg-free, Kosher and Vegetarian chocolate).
100g Rice krispies

Method:
I simply melted 200g of chocolate buttons in a pyrex bowl in a 800W microwave for approximately 60 seconds, then stirred in the rice krispies. The chocolate-coated rice krispies were then placed in cake cases and allowed to set in the fridge.

Results:
Although originally intended for my children, these chocolate rice krispie cakes were amazing - the best I had ever tasted. I was literally fighting my children over them! So overall a successful simple experiment to show that not only can you 'bake' with Dammenberg chocolate, but the results taste pretty fantastic when you do!

Nut Free Milk & White Filled Chocolates

2009-10-11T13:02:00.000-07:00

No Nuts...just Chocolate (www.nonutsjustchocolate.com) currently offer a selection of gourmet filled chocolates for grown ups, including assortments of dark, milk and white chocolate, dark and milk chocolate and excluvely dark (dairy-free) chocolates.

We are considering developing a further chocolate box that contains only milk and white chocolates, for those of us that don't really like dark chocolate. We would be very grateful for any feedback from customers who would be interested in such a product to help us gauge demand.

If you have any ideas or favourite fillings for the chocolates, please let us know these too and we are aiming to create the most 'to die for' box of chocolates possible!

Wholesale Christmas Chocolates

2009-07-06T04:30:00.000-07:00

Don't delay, the latest order date for wholesale Christmas Chocolates for 2009 is Thursday 27th August. If you would like to be able to offer your customers seasonal chocolates that are suitable for allergy-sufferers, coeliacs or diabetics, including Fair Trade and Organic products, visit us at www.nonutsjustchocolate.com for more information. Last year our milk-free advent calendars and our sugar-free advent calendars were particularly sort-after and sold-out very early. Deliveries will be during the week commencing 26/10/09.

Stock up now and beat the price increases!

2009-06-29T12:16:00.000-07:00

Our suppliers have updated their prices and after holding off for as long as possible, we can no longer avoid increasing our prices to continue to provide the high level of service that our customers have come to expect. Do not despair however, price increases will not happen immediately, so there is still time to stock up first!

Summer Sale

2009-06-29T12:13:00.000-07:00

The No Nuts...just Chocolate Summer Sale is now on! Sale items include the mouth-watering white chocolate with real strawberries, fantastic for the summer or why not treat yourself to some fountain chocolate and invite your friends around for a chocolate fountain party?! Hurry, offers only available whilst stocks last. Visit www.nonutsjustchocolate.com

Chocolate Recipes

2009-06-19T13:44:00.000-07:00

Customers are frequently asking us whether you can cook with Dammenberg chocolate: Generally speaking, the answer is yes, but it would be great to have a collection of recipes available to back up these claims! We would like to invite any of our customers who have used Dammenberg chocolate to make cakes, biscuits, hot chocolate etc. to post their recipes and recommendations here.

Sugar-free (Diabetic) Chocolates

2009-05-29T13:50:00.000-07:00

Alongside our existing range of No Added Sugar Milk and Dark Chocolate products (that include children's and seasonal novelties), Dammenberg are launching a gorgeous new box of assorted No Added Sugar chocolates, just in time for Christmas. We hope to have these in stock in the next couple of months, but would love to hear your feedback on this exciting new addition to our range. As well as being sugar-free (suitable for diabetics), these chocolates will also be Nut-free, Gluten-free, Egg-free, Kosher and Vegetarian - accommodating a broad range of single and multiple food allergies and dietary restrictions.

Organic, Nut-Free, Soya-Free & Milk-Free Chocolates!

2009-05-29T13:41:00.000-07:00

The allergy-friendly gourmet chocolate manufacturers 'Dammenberg' in Finland, are offering chocolate products that are Organic, Nut-free, Gluten-free, Egg-free, Kosher, Milk-free, Soya-free, Lactose-free, Vegan, GMO-free...the list is endless! It is a 74% cocoa solids chocolate, initially available as 100g solid chocolate bars. The fact that it is Nut-free, Milk-free and Soya-free is particularly unique and new to our range. We hope to have some in stock in the next couple of months, but we are interested to find out from both our wholesale and retail customers about the level of demand we can expect for this product and what other types of products (e.g. chocolate novelties, buttons and chocolate hearts) customers would be interested in. Please send us your feedback and we will let you know as soon as they are available.

Allergy & Gluten Free Show 2009

2009-05-12T08:53:00.000-07:00

We have just started our preparations for the Allergy and Gluten-Free Show in Olympia, London this year. Come and visit us at Stand 123 from 12th-14th June to see our extensive range for yourself.

Free Delivery!

2009-05-12T08:51:00.000-07:00

No Nuts...just Chocolate now offers FREE DELIVERY on all orders over £20.00 to a UK address. Check out our latest offers and new products.

Chocablog Review

2009-04-27T10:14:00.001-07:00

Chocablog have reviewed our Dammenberg chocolates. Follow this link to see their comments: http://www.chocablog.com/reviews/dammenberg-chocolate-buttons/

Nut allergies

2009-02-28T15:00:00.000-08:00

16 years ago at the age of 2 my youngest sister developed severe allergies to tree nuts and peanuts and has carried an epipen ever since. No one else in our family had any food allergies (she is the youngest of 4 girls).

Years later after starting my own family, I decided to set up a company to supply gorgeous allergy-friendly chocolate to the UK and was lucky enough to discover Dammenberg in Finland, whose chocolates were everything I was hoping to find and much more.

I launched No Nuts...just Chocolate (www.nonutsjustchocolate.com) in January 2008 and less than 3 months later my 13 month old son had a serious allergic reaction to eggs. We now have our fingers crossed that he will grow out of this allergy quite quickly and will not develop any other allergies. Time will tell, but at least he will never want for gorgeous chocolate!

Easter Eggs & Easter Bunnies

2009-02-28T14:42:00.000-08:00

Nut-free and Milk-free Easter Eggs and Easter Bunnies and now available from No Nuts...just Chocolate at www.nonutsjustchocolate.com