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Eggless Cakes Made Easy

Published 04 April 2012 by Tamara Sass

Learning to bake eggless cakes is a good trick to have up your sleeve, even if you do use eggs in your own baking. When baking for a kids birthday party or any other kind of gathering, there's a good chance that there will be a guest who can't eat eggs. 

There are various reasons that some people don't eat eggs. A person might be a vegan (meaning they don't eat any animal products at all, including eggs and dairy) or they might have an allergy or intolerance that makes coming into contact with egg products potentially dangerous.

What can I use instead of egg? 

Ready-made egg replacer is very easy to find and should be available at a local supermarket that has a special diets section. If your supermarket doesn't carry special diet ranges then a high street health food store is likely to come to your rescue. Traditionally, eggs have been used to bind and leaven (make the dough rise) and these pre-prepared powder formulas do an excellent job in making sure egg-free cakes rise and cook just as well as their eggy counterparts. Bear in mind that the egg whites cannot be replaced as yet, so meringue is off-limits to allergy sufferers and vegans.

Allergycare - Vegan Whole Egg Replacer (£2.99 for 200g)
Buy it from Goodness Direct:
http://www.goodnessdirect.co.uk/cgi-local/frameset/detail/471310_Allergycare_Whole_Egg_Replacer__200g.html

If you find yourself with no time to go to the shops, you can experiment with the following kitchen-cupboard ingredients to replace egg in your recipes. Just check the amounts and make the right substitutions.
•    2 tbsp cornstarch = 1 egg
•    2 tbsp potato starch = 1 egg
•    1 heaping tbsp soy powder + 2 tbsp water = 1 egg
•    1 banana = 1 egg in cakes.

What can I bake with egg replacer? 

Whatever you like! There is virtually no cake that can't be made without real eggs. Vegan baking has been a huge trend on online baking blogs for a couple of years. These are our picks of the best vegan baking blogs and recipes:

An Oreo 'cookies and cream' cupcake from the bestselling book 'Vegan Cupcakes Take Over The World' http://vegancupcakes.wordpress.com/

A vegan cheesecake? This clever food blogger replaces all of the dairy and egg elements with vegan substitutes. Give it a try and see how it compares to the real deal: http://bakingbites.com/2005/09/imbb-19-i-cant-believe-its-vegan-cheesecake/

This vegan, chocolate birthday cake would be fantastic for a kid's birthday party. It's so good that nobody will guess it's vegan if you don't tell them.  Check out the recipe here: http://www.instructables.com/id/The-BEST-chococlate-cake-ever...that-happens-to-be/