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If you’re looking for a cake mix that is both egg-free and milk-free, look no further than your regular grocery stores. Lurking in the middle of the Betty Crocker and Pillsbury boxes are cake mixes from Duncan Hines that are dairy free!
I discovered this just recently after a tip given to me by a fellow mom. I’ve assumed that the regular cake mixes always contained milk and eggs, so I limited my search to health food stores. I also went the ‘from scratch’ route (and made some rather inedible cakes in the process!). But, finally, I went and looked very carefully at each box at the store, and found that there are some varieties of Duncan Hines that I can use for my allergic sons.
The instructions on these boxes do say to add eggs, but I use Ener-G Egg Replacer instead. I’ve tried the Moist Deluxe Lemon Supreme and Classic Yellow mixes, and both resulted in excellent cakes. There are even chocolate-flavored varieties that are egg- and milk-free. Just read the labels to find them!
In addition to the cake mixes, Duncan Hines also makes dairy-free frosting. I’ve used the French Vanilla Creamy Homestyle Frosting. It was a bit too sweet, but still pretty good.
I’ve been so happy to find a good cake mix that I can just whip up in a jiffy without worrying about allergens! Whoohoo! Thank you, Duncan Hines!
I recently found this cake and pillsbury whipped supremem vanilla frosting that is also dairy free!! My son has a milk allergy. I have made a facebook page called @Milk Allergy Awareness. Please some like us today and share your stories and recipes for Dairy free living.
Thank you soo much!!! We just discovered that my toddler has a severe milk allergy!!! We can still have an awesome easy birthday cake thank to this info!!! You made my day!!!
I’m SOOOOO glad we found this. DSD has her birthday party tomorrow and one of our nieces is lactose intolerant, so this has been EXTREMELY helpful!
My girlfriend is lactose intolerant and i wanted to surprise her with Duncan Hines Moist Deluxe Devil’s Food Cake. Does it contain any Lactose in it?
Yes, Cool Whip has dairy. There is an alternative product called TruWhip, which has no dairy.
yes, cool whip HAS DAIRY in it and is NOT SAFE for a milk allergic kid!!!
I’ve never tried it but instead of eggs you can use a can of 7-up and I hear it works well.
I use a home made cake that doesn’t have milk/eggs that I found at http://www.kidswithfoodallergies.com tastes SO good!
Thanks for the info about DH cakes!!
My daughter can’t have cool whip
I have a daughter that is allergic to milk. She LOVES it but unfortunately it doesn’t love her. Duncan Heinz cake mixes are just about the only ones she can have. We use the Classic Yellow and Spice cake mixes the most but she can also have the Devils Food cake. Off the Duncan Heinz topic, she can have Pillsbury Whipped Vanillia Icing…I recentyl descoved this and let me just say it beats the heck out of having to make vanillia icing from scratch ALL THE TIME.
we want the Dairy-Free Cake Mixes from Duncan Hines
My son is allergic to milk. I am always looking for new receipes. Please becareful when looking for box cake mixes. Some do not contain milk but are processed in a facilty that process milk.
Thank you for the information. I am making my son a 1st birthday a DF cake in 2 weeks! Can you tell me where I can find the egg replacemet you mentioned? I don’t know for sure if he’s allergic to eggs but I don’t want to test it out on his birthday and I have never came across an egg replacement before. Is it something you can find in a regular supermarket?
Thanks!
Is the cake mix a special Duncan Hines cake mix or is it the regular one? My friend has a son with dairy, egg and nut allergies and she’s baking him a birthday cake this weekend and came across your post.
They are regular cake mixes.I am severely allergic to milk and found that the duncan heinz cakes are great. there are only a few that dont have milk in them like the classic yellow and the spice i know for sure dont.
I have also found that Ducan Hines classic chocolate frosting and their fudge brownie mix is also milk-free (derivatives included).
Hi. My son, now 2.5 has a milk/dairy allergy. His gastro Dr. gave me a list of “hidden” milk products, by/products, i.e. caramel color, lactate, hydrolysates… I’ve read the labes on cake mixes, don’t recall if Duncan Hines was one of them, but none of them were truly dairy free and/or made the statement “processed in a facility that also produces products with milk”. I’ve never given my son anything that may be dairy free in the indredient, but contains that statement. I’m curious about anyone else? Tks, Sue
Has anyone had issue with using EnerG egg replacer and the Duncan Hines mixes? I have two sons with allergies including egg and milk. My cakes have been falling apart when using the EnerG egg replacers for 3 eggs. I am thinking about reducing the egg replacer but was wondering if anyone had a similar issue.
I am so domestically challenged & just recently developed a soy & egg allergy (at 40yrs. old)…can someone explain how to exactly make the soda DH’s cake?
Maricar,
Thank you so.. much for the Duncan Hines cake mix information. My son is turning two this January. I have been searching for an egg and milk free cake mix.
Monique
Do you bake the pop receipe as you would on the box?
Darlene, I’d use a clear soda like Sprite or 7-up.
if you want to make a yellow cake with the soda…..what kind of soda do you use?