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How to Make Eggless Cakes Eggs add flavor and richness to a cake, but more important, they are responsible for much of the structure of the cake. So it is a challenge to bake an eggless cake. The BBC’s fluffy online Ask the Chef feature would tell you to make him some cookies. But we dug deeper and our thoughts turned to a group that shuns eggs by choice those devil-may-care vegans (vegetarians who don’t eat anything derived from a creature, including eggs, milk, butter, cheese, or honey). If anyone knows how to make a cake without eggs, it must be them.
And indeed, we turned up several recipes for eggless cakes. We haven’t tried any of them ourselves, and leave the experimentation up to you. Since you’re not necessarily looking to become vegans yourselves, you might replace the soy milks, vegan margarine, and other vegan choices with cow’s milk, butter, and other traditional ingredients.
An important note: The first of these recipes call for egg replacer or egg substitute. The most commonly available egg substitutes are not substitutes at all, but cartons of egg white, mixed with a little vegetable oil, flavoring, color, and other ingredients. That is obviously not a solution for your friend. There are egg substitutes on the market that do not contain any egg, but in our experience, they are hard to find. Health food stores may be your best bet. But be sure to read the label carefully before you buy an egg substitute for your friend’s cake. Most of the following recipes do not require an egg replacer.
White Vegan Cake
Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups flour
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Grease a cake pan. In large bowl, mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Combine remaining ingredients, and add to flour mixture. Beat for 2 minutes. Bake for 30 minutes
in cake pan, or until a toothpick inserted in center of cake comes out dry.
Chocolate Cake
Ingredients:
1-1/2 cup flour
Preparation:
Preheat oven to 375°F (190°C). Use a small brownie-size pan (no greasing required). Mix all the dry ingredients right in pan. Mix all the wet ingredients in separate bowl except the vinegar (important!). Add wet ingredients to dry and stir until all dry ingredients are mixed. Add the vinegar quickly and stir in immediately put the pan in the oven and bake for 25 to 30 min. Cool thoroughly.
Optional: after you add the vinegar, you can put some frozen cherries, raspberries or cranberries on top of the batter (or you can mix them in beforehand)
Applesauce Spice Cake
Ingredients:
1/2 cup molasses
Preparation:
Combine the molasses and applesauce in a large bowl. Combine remaining ingredients and stir into the liquid. (If the batter seems very dry, add a little more applesauce or a little water.) Bake in a nonstick 8 x 8-inch baking pan or one sprayed with a non-stick spray, in a 350° F (175°C) oven, for 30 to 45 minutes, or until it tests done.
The optional ginger makes an acceptable gingerbread. You can also leave out the ginger and add 3 or 4 tablespoons of cocoa to make a tasty but not very sweet or rich chocolate cake.
Lemon Tofu Cheesecake
Ingredients:
Crust:
2 cups graham crackers
Filling:
1 lb. firm tofu
Preparation:
Crust: Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C). Crush the crackers and mix them with the syrup and almond extract in a bowl until moistened. Pour into a 9-inch pie plate, press evenly to form a crust and bake for 5 minutes. Cool while preparing filling.
Filling: Blend all ingredients in a food processor or blender until smooth (about 30 seconds). Pour the mixture into the crust and bake until the top is slightly brown, about 30 minutes. Cool and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled, about 2 hours.
Vegan Cake
Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups flour
Preparation:
Mix all ingredients together until smooth. Grease and flour a loaf pan, and bake for 45 minutes at 350° (175°C). You can also add chocolate chips and/or nuts.
Great Vegan Cake
Ingredients:
1-1/2 cups flour
Preparation:
Mix ingredients and bake at 375°F (190° C) for 30 minutes in a greased pan.
Variations:
Sweet and Light Lemon Cake:
Orange Cake:
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