Posted on 09/21/2012 7:03:36 PM PDT by married21
vanity question about food intolerance: What could the problem be with Costco birthday cake? I have had a piece every day since Tuesday, and have also had miserable chest discomfort/gas/burping discomfort almost immediately afterwards. Which ingredient could be the culprit? The shortening in the frosting? Soy of some sort? I am quite ready to give up and never eat this again, despite the fact that I really like it, but I need to know which part is the problem, so I can make other plans the next time we have a birthday around here.
Does the package provide the cake’s ingredients?
Probably the cake.
Gall bladder....
gluten intolerant? allergic to one of the listed ingredients? really need professional advice on this.
You could always bake your own.
their cakes gives me the wind too. it’s probably the frosting and the filing. Did the cake need to be kept in the fridge?
Wheat? There is some amazing info on the following site if you dig a little.
http://www.wheatbellyblog.com/
Normally I would suspect soy, but Costco is a leftist operation, so if you’re a conservative, it’s probably a normal reaction.
if there is lard in it that may be the problem. I have the same reaction as you with baked goods, especially pie crust with lard.
Best bet? Next year have some real cook, that you know, make the cake for you. Custom.
May cost a little more, may be a little smaller, but real cooks need work, too.
/johnny
I would check the ingredients and see if it was made with canola oil.
I eat what I want — and lots of it! — and here’s the amazing thing:
When I eat something, or too much of something, or too fast, sometimes it makes me feel like I need to burp.
So I BURP! And then I feel OK and get back to it.
If you’re not a chick, give that a try. (Apparently there are different rules for chicks, according to my wife. And different rules for men, too, when chicks are around.)
Well, you may want to read the ingredients as there is something that causes complete loss of sexual desire, bitchiness and constant nagging.
Wedding cake. (not birthday cake)
That is factory-food. God knows what is in it. Make a real scratch cake. Takes a little while and tastes so good!
Check the ingredients list! If you feel like typing, you might list the ingredients here.
What known allergies, intolerances?
Have you had it before without issue? if so, how old are you and have you had a check-up recently? The heart can mimic heartburn sometimes. Better safe than sorry.
Was the icing or any part of the cake labeled as “Sugar Free”? We bought some “sugar free” cookies at Walmart which gave all of us such gas we dumped the rest in the trash.
Google flavor enhancers and see what you get. A food diary is how I was able to sort things out. Write down what you eat so if you have a problem a few hours later or the next day you can go back and see what caused it. It takes a while but you will figure it out eventually.
Most likely you bought a cake with sugar-free ingredients. Some people are very sensitive to maltitol and lactitol. It won’t hurt you, but it causes the symptoms you describe.
Sorry you are having heart burn.
Really, some cakes are super easy to make; frosting, too. Follow the recipe for frosting on the chocolate chip bag and look up “hobo cake recipe” on google for a great, easy choc. cake. You mix the ingredients in the 9x12 pan you bake it in. No sifting of regular flour/dry ingredients. Just put everything in there and mix it up with a fork. We add peanut butter to the frosting. Yum.
God only knows what ingredients are in mass produced factory food these days. Give your body a break! Make a hobo cake and see if your body reacts in the same way. If you have a bad reaction to home made cake and frosting, it might be sugar.
I agree with you, sounds like it could be GB.
All your cake are belong to us...
How ‘bout scraping off the frosting next time and just eat the cake
It has been theorized that women don’t fart because they don’t keep their mouths closed long enough to build up pressure. I am not advocating that position, I am just reporting some theories I have heard voiced.
It is also fun to bake your own cake. And the delicious smell of a cake in the oven is wonderful.
You can go to a doctor and have allergy testing.
And everyone who eats it, thinks you are wonderful for making a cake from “scratch.” Big whoop!
Sara, I googled the recipe for hobo cake, but could not find a chocolate one. Everything I found was more of a fruit cake...either with raisins or more of a cherry pineapple cake. I even googled chocolate hobo cake. Do you mind sharing your recipe? Thanks!!
I would guess the soy. I’ve had issues with soy that are about the same. It now makes me pretty uncomfortable. Cannot have soy sauce, teriyaki sauce, not even non-dairy creamer, no energy bars, etc.
You really have to read the labels because almost EVERYTHING has soy in it of some sort, especially a food that is claimed to be low calorie/fat.
(as anything from Costco should be)
I feel your pain! I can’t eat any cake, cookie, or baked good that isn’t baked by my own hands. It’s not much fun! Canola kills me and too much baking powder also bothers me. They have started replacing everything with Canola which really annoys the heck out of me. Even french fries now are being made with it. I guess they feel it’s healthier for you, but what about those of us that can’t handle it. UGH!
Best of luck!
Try belching, root beer works for many people, One good belch dose wonders for the chest pains and those little burps.
Hobo Cake
Preheat oven to 350
Get out a 9/13 baking pan. Mix the ingredients in there in this order:
2 cups sugar
3 cups flour
2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
2/3 cup cocoa
2/3 cup veg. oil
2 cups water
2 tbls. vinegar
2 tsp vanilla
This is the hardest part. LOL Mix up with a fork pushing batter on the ends into the middle so it's all mixed up good. (the vinegar will make a volcano with the baking soda so if you have children...big thing!) When all mixed bake clean the slopped up batter from the lip of pan (it will burn) and bake for 25 minutes. When toothpick is dry after you stick it in the middle, it's done.
Easier than pie!
Make frosting as directed on semisweet choc. package or look it up on the net.
Thank you!!! I am making this tomorrow! (Then I am starting my diet. I was going to start tomorrow but I have to make this cake first.) LOL :)
lol
Or if you like a hint of coffee, add a teaspoon of instant coffee crystals to it AND the almond extract. The coffee intensifies the chocolate.
Great idea.
I abhor fake sugar. Unless one absolutely has to have it (like my mother who was a diabetic) then IMHO you should use the real thing. Chemical sweeteners just aren’t good for you. I don’t know if that is what’s causing the original poster’s symptoms - I just know that when I taste a “fake sugar” item it reminds me of plastic - especially some of the store frostings. [I see “fake sugar” like a medicinal item for those whose consumption of real sugar is even more dangerous, but not one that should be consumed for lengthy periods of time, or in great quantities by others. All JMHO. I’m also a “real butter” vs. margarine person, too... Everything in moderation.]
Maybe it’s the pizza, burgers, french fries, fried chicken, burritos,etc. that you ate BEFORE you ate the Costco cake.
Seriously, I would bet that there are very few healthy ingredients in that cake, especially the frosting, which is probably solid grease of some sort. Do you ever wonder why the frosting is dazzling white? If it had butter it would be ivory.
I remember the old days when store-bought stuff used to taste good-—Hostess, chips ahoy, Hershey bars, etc. Now all of that overpriced stuff is made with the cheapest
ingredients—quality doesn’t even matter to these companies. I threw away a Hostess pie the other day because it tasted like chemicals. Cookies taste like sawdust. Everything has grease. It’s a pity because none of this stuff will ever get better, only worse than it already is.
Thanks. I’m going to look at canola, maltodextrin/sorbitol/sweeteners, soy, wheat and corn as potential problems.
My “gut” instinct is that it might be soy or corn, which have a bit of a “tract” record with me.
This is not really new. I’ve had the “Costco cake effect” before, so I don’t think it is a heart symptom. It is just feeling much worse now, and I am forced to admit that this treat is really not a treat for me any more.
The next birthday in the family is mine, in a couple months. I can bake my own cake, maybe with the suggested “hobo” recipe, hopefully leaving out the problem ingredient.
Thanks again for all your help.
Costco cakes are awesome because they feature butter cream frosting.
That means real frosting made with butter and powdered sugar...
Cake in this country took a turn for the worse when everyone decided that tasteless whipped cream frosting was so much HEALTHIER for you...
A) No, it’s not healthier. It still has a ton of calories. And no taste.
B) It’s FROSTING. It’s supposed to be bad for you.
There are under-thrities in this country who’ve never tasted REAL cake. When they do, their eyes light up.
So yay, Costco, for keeping the butter cream torch burning when many real bakeries won’t even make butter cream anymore.
Women don’t fart, belch, or snore!
(...if they didn’t b1tch they would explode!)
Women don’t fart, belch, or snore!
(...if they didn’t b1tch they would explode!)
Women don’t fart, belch, or snore!
(...if they didn’t b1tch they would explode!)
Those crunchy things on top are candles and when eaten are hard to digest. It is recommended they be removed before eating the cake.
Very well could be. My husband had the culmination of this problem just this month. In fact, with his last attack—the one that was the last straw, he ate my daughter’s birthday cake (Sam’s Club) over Labor Day weekend. No frosting on his. The GB is bye bye now.
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