eggless cake

[dsneybride]

Has anyone successfully made an eggless cake? I am trying to make one for my dd and dn (who is allergic to eggs). Today I tried making a coco cola cake (cake mix and a can of cola) but it wasnt very good. Too dense. Any suggestions?

 

[DISNEYNV]

I did not have eggs one time and we used applesauce to make cupcakes. They came out pretty good! If you dont mind the mild apple flavor that is. I have also read that you can use mayonase to substitute for eggs, but I have never tried that. I think real real mayo has egg in it though.

It would be cool to see what other people have tried and worked well too

 

[ntink]

this is my favorite chocolate cake/cupcake recipe - no eggs & best of all, can be made in one bowl.

sometimes I sprinkle mini chocolate chips over the cupcakes before baking - outrageous.

These are super moist!!

3 Cups flour
1⁄4 Cup COCOA POWDER
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. vinegar
2 Cups water
2 Cups sugar
2 tsp. baking soda
3⁄4 Cup vegetable oil (we used canola)
1 tsp. PURE VANILLA EXTRACT

Preheat oven to 350°. Mix all ingredients together until smooth and bake in a greased 9x13 pan or two greased and floured round cake pans. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes for a 9x13, 22-25 minutes for layers .
Cupcakes bake in about 18 minutes - check them a little before that depending on your oven. Cool on a wire rack. Frost when completely cool.

 

[tripletmommiesrock]

I use a box of cake mix and 12oz of Diet 7up. It has to be diet. I've used a couple of different kind of cake mixes. They turn out good every time. It's so easy. Just pour in the cake mix and 12 oz of diet 7up. Bake as the back of the box says. It's awesome!

 

[graceesmom]

I've used this recipe as well for chocolate cake. I haven't found a vanilla or white cake that is as tasty without eggs. Noone would ever suspect this chocolate one is vegan.

this is my favorite chocolate cake/cupcake recipe - no eggs & best of all, can be made in one bowl.

sometimes I sprinkle mini chocolate chips over the cupcakes before baking - outrageous.

These are super moist!!

3 Cups flour
1⁄4 Cup COCOA POWDER
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. vinegar
2 Cups water
2 Cups sugar
2 tsp. baking soda
3⁄4 Cup vegetable oil (we used canola)
1 tsp. PURE VANILLA EXTRACT

Preheat oven to 350°. Mix all ingredients together until smooth and bake in a greased 9x13 pan or two greased and floured round cake pans. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes for a 9x13, 22-25 minutes for layers .
Cupcakes bake in about 18 minutes - check them a little before that depending on your oven. Cool on a wire rack. Frost when completely cool.

 

[marmalade]

Has anyone successfully made an eggless cake? I am trying to make one for my dd and dn (who is allergic to eggs). Today I tried making a coco cola cake (cake mix and a can of cola) but it wasnt very good. Too dense. Any suggestions?

You can also try a carrot cake mix with a can of pumpkin pie mix (you may need to add a little water), or any flavor cake and a can of any flavor pie filling.

For example: white cake mix with a can of blueberry pie mix, or devils food mix with a can of cherry pie mix, lemon cake with lemon filling, yellow cake with pineapple filling and coconut... you can make countless combinations.

 

[clanmcculloch]

My 14yo is allergic to eggs. I just use apple sauce in any of my baking that can handle sweet (I don't use it for breads, just cakes, cookies, cupcakes, etc). I think the substitution is 1/4 cup unsweetened applesauce per egg. Make sure you're using unsweetened apple sauce. I've never noticed any kind of apple taste to my baked goods but you really do want to make sure you use the unsweetened stuff of it will affect the taste of the final product.

 

[kkandaj]

this is my favorite chocolate cake/cupcake recipe - no eggs & best of all, can be made in one bowl.

sometimes I sprinkle mini chocolate chips over the cupcakes before baking - outrageous.

These are super moist!!

3 Cups flour
1⁄4 Cup COCOA POWDER
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. vinegar
2 Cups water
2 Cups sugar
2 tsp. baking soda
3⁄4 Cup vegetable oil (we used canola)
1 tsp. PURE VANILLA EXTRACT

Preheat oven to 350°. Mix all ingredients together until smooth and bake in a greased 9x13 pan or two greased and floured round cake pans. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes for a 9x13, 22-25 minutes for layers .
Cupcakes bake in about 18 minutes - check them a little before that depending on your oven. Cool on a wire rack. Frost when completely cool.

Mom of an egg allergic child here (among other food allergies). This is our go to recipe. It's an old recipe from the depression when they had to ration milk/eggs. People rave about DS's birthday cakes and this is the exact recipe.

You can also use applesauce like suggested, but the recipe above is easier if you have the ingredients. Good luck!

 

[roxysmum123]

A vegan friend of mine uses this egg substitute stuff. It's weird, but it works.

 

[bonjourmickey]

We made zucchini brownies recently and they didn't have any eggs. They were delicious!!! That's my only experience with eggless recipes.

 

[kkandaj]

A vegan friend of mine uses this egg substitute stuff. It's weird, but it works.

Probably Ener-G egg replacer. It's a powder made from chemicals that you mix with water. We use that for other baked goods all the time, but a box of it is about $9.

 

[HFred]

Ditto the cake recipe, use of applesauce and the Ener-G Egg Replacer. Bananas also work nicely in sweet breads and in pancakes or waffles. My son has been allergic his whole life so I do most of my own baking. If you do an online search, you can find "chemical" reactions that emulate the egg in recipes (i.e baking soda and vinegar). Ener-G is basically this formula mixed for you that you add water too. It is not cheap but will last a long time. Do an online search for "Wacky Cake" which makes an awesome chocolate and a spiced version. Baked goods will not rise as much but people who don't know I never bake with eggs do not know the difference unless I tell them.

 

[dsneybride]

I use a box of cake mix and 12oz of Diet 7up. It has to be diet. I've used a couple of different kind of cake mixes. They turn out good every time. It's so easy. Just pour in the cake mix and 12 oz of diet 7up. Bake as the back of the box says. It's awesome!

the receipe did say to use diet cola...I used regular. I wonder if diet makes that much of a difference?

 

[dsneybride]

this is my favorite chocolate cake/cupcake recipe - no eggs & best of all, can be made in one bowl.

sometimes I sprinkle mini chocolate chips over the cupcakes before baking - outrageous.

These are super moist!!

3 Cups flour
1⁄4 Cup COCOA POWDER
1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. vinegar
2 Cups water
2 Cups sugar
2 tsp. baking soda
3⁄4 Cup vegetable oil (we used canola)
1 tsp. PURE VANILLA EXTRACT

Preheat oven to 350°. Mix all ingredients together until smooth and bake in a greased 9x13 pan or two greased and floured round cake pans. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes for a 9x13, 22-25 minutes for layers .
Cupcakes bake in about 18 minutes - check them a little before that depending on your oven. Cool on a wire rack. Frost when completely cool.

Thanks! I will try this one next!

 

[tartemis]

Probably Ener-G egg replacer. It's a powder made from chemicals that you mix with water. We use that for other baked goods all the time, but a box of it is about $9.

I think this what we use -- its a powder, but we buy it at whole foods. And I wouldn't say it consists of "chemicals" anymore than baking soda is a "chemical," but I digress.

It works great -- I haven't found anything that compares. And while expensive, a box lasts us 6 months or more. We use it for pancakes and other baked goods that aren't cooked for very long (see discussion below).

Speaking of which -- have you checked regarding whether your DN can have real eggs in baked goods? My daughter (who is very allergic to eggs) can tolerate 3-4 eggs in cakes or cookies as long as they are baked for 350 degrees for 15 minutes or longer. It breaks down the egg protein so much that her body doesn't recognize to fight it. (She could never have a souffle or something, though.)

 

[kkandaj]

I think this what we use -- its a powder, but we buy it at whole foods. And I wouldn't say it consists of "chemicals" anymore than baking soda is a "chemical," but I digress.

It works great -- I haven't found anything that compares. And while expensive, a box lasts us 6 months or more. We use it for pancakes and other baked goods that aren't cooked for very long (see discussion below).

Speaking of which -- have you checked regarding whether your DN can have real eggs in baked goods? My daughter (who is very allergic to eggs) can tolerate 3-4 eggs in cakes or cookies as long as they are baked for 350 degrees for 15 minutes or longer. It breaks down the egg protein so much that her body doesn't recognize to fight it. (She could never have a souffle or something, though.)

The egg replacer in fact does consist of potato starch, tapioca starch, citric acid and some chemicals (calcium carbonate, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, methylcellulose) to create the foam. I never said it was "bad", just stated it was a powder made from chemicals which is true. DS has life threatening allergies to eggs, dairy, soy, peanuts and tree nuts, so I have to know all ingredients in products.

The only reason I would steer OP away from the egg replacer is because of the expense, unless she is going to give the rest of the box to DN's parents or make eggless cakes often.

OP--I agree about asking about DN being tolerant of baked egg. About 80% of egg allergic children can tolerate baked egg. Unfortunately, DS failed his baked egg challenge last year.

 

[mfulk]

Flax seed and water can be used in place of eggs. My kids have food intolerances and for a dairy/gluten/egg/soy free cake I use Bobs Red Mill GF chocolate cake mix (using almond milk, dairy/soy free margarine, and flax/water for eggs). I have a good recipe for chocolate icing from Living Without magazine. The end result is really good and no one realizes it's free of so many things unless I tell them.