Cake without eggs?

westcoastscot

just seen this thread - I never bake with eggs or dairy, and our usual cakes include choc, banana, iced ginger, sticky ginger, apple/sultana, lemon maderia - all the usual favs - can I help with any particular recipes or did you go shopping already :-) ???
Pauline :-)

thriftlady_2

Try this thread Egg-free Cakes Recipes

A basic muffin recipe works well if you substitute the egg for 3-4 tbsp of milk.

kadazza

hi i need some help my daughters 2nd birthday is coming up and a wee girls in her nursery is allergic to eggs so i need to make a fantastic birthday cake with out eggs...
the choc one sounds great but does any one have any other ideas will be appreciated thanks

elfen

Bananas? Especially ones that are going a bit black and sticky, they'd make a cake stick together nicely.

ETA: And reading the 2nd page, I think I know what I need to add to make my fruit cake less dense...and maybe try it with the bread...maybe put the yeast in water not milk next time, add a little bicarb into the milk and then try it that way round.

melie3

been having terrible trouble baking a cake without eggs. have tried a banana cake, but was just gooey and sticky...

we've tried the orgran egg replacer to no avail. my friend has had good results with muffins, cake mix and egg replacer, when i try a big cake in a big tin, ive got rise, as it completely covers my oven in cake mix, but it either isnt cooked at all after and hr of baking, or it has hollowed out like a doughnut... im looking to make an iced engagement cake, like i would bake a normal cake and ice, but i need a deep cake, is it acheiveable?

westcoastscot

I do all my baking without eggs, and with soy milk - we have severe allergies - and don't have a problem. What sort of cake would you like to make and ice? let me know, i'll probably have a recipe. A good banana cake recipe is:
2 oz marg, 2 bananas, 5 0z sugar, 8 oz self raising flour - either white or brown. Mash bananas, cream in marg and sugar, add flour and mix with milk - you need about quarter of a pint - keep it quite stiff. Bake in a loaf tin at 180 degrees - lovely and very reliable.
WCS

melie3

westcoastscot wrote: »

I do all my baking without eggs, and with soy milk - we have severe allergies - and don't have a problem. What sort of cake would you like to make and ice? let me know, i'll probably have a recipe. A good banana cake recipe is:
2 oz marg, 2 bananas, 5 0z sugar, 8 oz self raising flour - either white or brown. Mash bananas, cream in marg and sugar, add flour and mix with milk - you need about quarter of a pint - keep it quite stiff. Bake in a loaf tin at 180 degrees - lovely and very reliable.
WCS

im really after either choc or plain vanilla, gonna try thriftladies cake recipe.. the person who wants the cake has just made a nice looking one with egg replacer, but is a cake mix from costco, but she has sandwiched 2 cakes together, i make cakes all the time, using deep tins, im not sure if thats where my problem is... the trouble with separate sandwiched cakes, is when iced you see the filling worse than on a deep cut cake...

rubytuesday

Waxy_Bean wrote: »

Probably a bit late but I love Delia's banana and chocolate chip slice which is made without eggs. I use my brown bananas for this!!! I often make it without the topping and eat it warm with ice cream.

I made this cake tonight and it was delicious although next time I would use less sugar.

Waffle_On

I've made this diary and egg free recipe many times and it's delicious. I thought it was going to be a disaster the first time I made it, it seemed a vey dry mix until I'd given it a good beating! It's a bit more moist than a standard cake, but not as gooey as proper brownies. I never add the nuts.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1297031/Courgette-glut-Use-recipe-chocolate-brownies-yes-really.html

If you are making it for a veg-phobe, peel the courgettes first so there isn't any telltale green visible!

Oliver14

Most recepes with eggs an dairy can easily be adapted. Milk can easily be replaced with Soya or almond milk, butter with Vegan Margarine (vitalite or Stork in the gold packets. Stork in the tubs strangely has buttermilk in). As for eggs experimentation is the best way. I use a mixture of egg replacer, Bananas, Apple sauce or soya flower and Xanthum gum. I have yet to find a recipe I have been unable to adapt satisfactorily with one of these methods. It occasionally takes a couple of goes to find the best method.

Once you have found the best method it normally just shows that eggs aren't really needed. My non vegan friends are normally so surprised and they are the sort of friends that if it was noticeable would take great joy in telling me such.