Some of my friends said I belong to no onion and no garlic Family and I have not talked about baking without eggs. In general if given an option of making cake with eggs I would prefer. But I have noticed elders and now even with lot of flu happening in birds and vegetarian diets catching on, people are preferring cakes without egg.
In my mom times she was lot of time forced to make a cake without egg due to elders or traditional reasons and she slowly figured out how to do it. I have followed some of those tips and you will find your choice does not not become restrictive. I do make lot of cakes and cookies without egg.
Let us follow the simple rule which my mom followed to replace egg. The first thing that comes to mind is condensed milk but see below what other things can be used –
- 1-1/2 tablespoons vegetable oil mixed with 1-1/2 tablespoons water and 1 teaspoon baking powder per egg.
- ¼ cup yogurt or butter milk approximately for 1 egg. They are very good for muffins, cake and cup cakes.
- ¼ cup of pureed fruit like banana, dates, raisins . You can puree then with milk. Fruit puree gives a little dense nature
- 1 teaspoon of baking soda along with 1 tablespoon of vinegar for an egg. Best results come from apple cider vinegar but you can use any white vinegar.
- All time favorite Condensed milk – 1/4 the cup for an egg
- Arrowroot powder-2 tablespoons of the powder mixed with 3 tablespoons of water can used to replace egg.
- Nowadays you have commercial egg replacement products also available in various brands (Ener G is one of the popular ones)
- Lot of people use Chia seeds or flax seeds powder but I have not used it. Whisk/blend together 1 teaspoon of flax seed or chia powder with 1/4 cup of water for each egg to be replaced. I have not personally used this but have eaten the same. They are good for cookies and cake where you need nutty flavors.
There are many more ideas you can find on http://www.egglesscooking.com/
Hope this time I have kept some of my friends and family happy with this post.
Thank you Deepti, the world is thankfully moving animal cruelty free mentality which shows advancement (though we Indians have always been super advanced as can be seen, following animal cruelty free ways for ages since the beginning). Great ideas. I would like to add, water from chickpeas in a tin, take out chick peas and use the water from them, whisk it for 10 minutes to get an egg white looking mixture.
thanks deepti… its a really useful information with many options to replace eggs… loved it!
Nice tips, very useful.
Very informative and useful
Very useful information for the people who don’t use eggs