Very Vegitarian Cake

[sfkong]

:huh: if you are really serious about being very serious vegitarian, and wanna bake a cake without using egg, yeah.. making a true vegitarian cake for your birthday, or give somebody, or to offer or watever.... you can try out this egg replacement flour available from Planet Organic shop.. cost GBP3.25... ya.. a bit expensive (that's why i anti organic stuff a bit).. but you could make quite a few cakes out from a box. It works quite well and end results very good, that's if you follow instruction correctly .

I would think Holland & Barrett would also stock similiar product, but havn't had time to investigate this.

If anyone else got any experience with this or alternative method which is cheaper or any vegitarian recipe to share... please comment then..

 :rolleyes:  

[Alexandra]

Maybe we could open a couple of threads here...
One for good, home-made all-natural-ingredient recipes, with meat content, the other for purely vegetarian or vegan tastes....
What say you guys?
 

[Vincent Lai]

I personally would like to have just the purely vegetarian threads . My friend and I did bake a cake with no eggs before, we found the recipe on line. And I think it's a very good idea to share how we can cook Buddhist Vegetarian dish in the UK.

I just did a search, it's not the one I made before but quite interesting.

Quote from http://www.recipesource.com/desserts/cakes/12/rec1266.html
Title: No-Egg Cake
Categories: Cheesecakes, Chocolate
Yield: 1 servings
 
       2 c  Flour
   1 1/2 c  Sugar
     1/2 c  Cocoa
       2 ts Baking soda
       1 c  Sour milk
     1/2 c  Melted shortening
            Or salad oil.
            = (i use canola oil)
     1/2 c  Boiling water
       1 ts Vanilla
 
Put all ingredients (in order) in one bowl and beat. Bake in greased tube pan for about 55-60 minutes in a 350 degree oven.  (some ovens may vary, so check the cake between 50 aand 60 minutes)  I frost my cake with a confectionary white frosting with a hint of real coffee put in, and it is absolutely delicious!
   
Hint:  To make sour milk, add one teaspoon of vinegar to the cup of milk and let it stand for a couple of minutes.

For the liquid shortening, I use Crisco canola oil; it is both healthy and tasty and makes the cake very moist.

[Khaki Buddha]

My knowledge of vegan food is limited but I understand that oil is generally used as a replacement for eggs in a cake. I'm told that you can achieve the same quality of cake though it is not very easy to do.