Alright girls Im ready to face the truth. Tell me why I need to give up eating eggs. - Page 2

[meowee]

Originally Posted by HelloKitty

Here's the thread:
http://www.mothering.com/discussions...chocolate+cake

Which chocolate cake recipe is the good one? There are a few on that thread.

The crazy cake recipe there is similar to the one I use.

[HelloKitty]

Originally Posted by meowee

Which chocolate cake recipe is the good one? There are a few on that thread.

The one that I posted thanking christacular and telling her that it was really good! The link she had posted doesn't work right now though so I had typed out the recipe for everyone in post #11.

Actually I'll just copy and paste it... here you go:

2 cups sugar (can use unrefined brown sugar or beet sugar if desired)
1 3/4 cups flour
3/4 cup cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
Equivalent of 2 eggs
1 c. soy or nut milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup boiling water

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans or one 9 x 13 square baking pan.

Combine all dry ingrediants in a large bowl, add egg sub., soy milk, oil and vanilla and beat for 2 minutes on medium speed. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin).

Pour into pans and bake for 30-35 minutes (round pans) and 35-40 minutes for the square pan.

[pooh-tiggermom]

Using bananas instead of eggs for cookies & cakes etc is a good alternative. I've used them in sugar cookies, & in cakes. One good thing about not using eggs in cookie or cake recipes is that you can lick the beaters & eat the RAW cookie dough! I always loved doing that when I was a kid........then when I found out how bad that is for us I stopped. It's nice to be able to let my kids lick the bowls & utensils clean after we're done (or stick fingers in when they think Im not looking......or pick up the crumbs that accidentally fall outta the bowl). One night a cpl weeks ago I didn't feel like baking but I wanted something sweet so I threw together the sugar cookie recipe & we ate some of the dough for dessert

Good with your decision!

vegan Mom to 3 vegan boyz : :

[lrlittle]

There are lots of good vegan choco cake recipes around. I made one from a recipe someone posted here. We also tried the Whole Foods vegan chocolate cake. Noone would know it didn't have eggs. So freakin' good.

Vegan with a Vengeance has a couple of pages written about which egg replacers to use in which situations. Egg replacers are definitely not a one size fits all. I recommend that cookbook. Some super yummy (but not always healthy) recipes.

[meowee]

What is sald?

[HelloKitty]

Originally Posted by meowee

What is sald?

Typo for salt!

[vermontgirl]

Originally Posted by HelloKitty

The one that I posted thanking christacular and telling her that it was really good! The link she had posted doesn't work right now though so I had typed out the recipe for everyone in post #11.

Actually I'll just copy and paste it... here you go:

2 cups sugar (can use unrefined brown sugar or beet sugar if desired)
1 3/4 cups flour
3/4 cup cocoa powder
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1 1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
Equivalent of 2 eggs
1 c. soy or nut milk
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1 cup boiling water

Heat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour two 9-inch round baking pans or one 9 x 13 square baking pan.

Combine all dry ingrediants in a large bowl, add egg sub., soy milk, oil and vanilla and beat for 2 minutes on medium speed. Stir in boiling water (batter will be thin).

Pour into pans and bake for 30-35 minutes (round pans) and 35-40 minutes for the square pan.

Wow thanks so much. One question. One of the ingrediants is Equivalent of 2 eggs and I was wondering what that mean. Do you do egg replacer equivalent to two eggs?

[vermontgirl]

Thanks eveyrone for your help. I am going to try much harder to find good recipes that dont use eggs.

[HelloKitty]

Originally Posted by vermontgirl

Wow thanks so much. One question. One of the ingrediants is Equivalent of 2 eggs and I was wondering what that mean. Do you do egg replacer equivalent to two eggs?

That's what I used! Although I assume it means any equivalent - so if you wanted to use flax and water or something else you could use that instead.

[Jade2561]

ack! 3 tbsp flax + 2 tbsp WATER = 1 egg

[Lisa Lubner]

^dont forget to grind your flax. nuthin' like eating cake and getting a whole flax seed stuck in your teeth!

so what happens to the unfertilized eggs if they aren't taken? i know at farm sanctuary they take the eggs and feed them back to the chickens. (or so i hear)

[mrsalf97]

Because you are eating a chickens ovulation.

I've been vegan for many years, but I have been craving eggs some this pregnancy so I've eaten a few. I actually stopped eating eggs when I was in the 6th grade and it still grosses me out to eat them.

[PikkuMyy]

I don't see any ethical issues with her sister keeping a specific number of hens as pets and since there aren't any roosters, they aren't fertilized. I have to disagree that eating an egg is just like taking a life. It isn't. That's like saying I'm having an abortion when I have my period.

If you want to stop eating them because of the health implications, there are definitely healtheir forms of protein that are vegan and don't contain cholesterol. But I'm not going to try to convince you that what you are doing is wrong other than that.

[amyleigh33]

Never-fail chocolate cake recipe, NO egg replacer

3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
6 tablespoons cocoa
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups cold water
2/3 cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons white vinegar
2 teaspoons vanilla

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix dry ingredients in large bowl. Mix wet ingredients in smaller bowl. Mix wet ingredients into dry. Continue mixing until you obtain an even batter (no lumps). Pour into a 9x11 cake pan and bake for approximately 40 minutes.

[vermontgirl]

Originally Posted by amyleigh33

3 cups flour
2 cups sugar
6 tablespoons cocoa
2 teaspoons baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
2 cups cold water
2/3 cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons white vinegar
2 teaspoons vanilla

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix dry ingredients in large bowl. Mix wet ingredients in smaller bowl. Mix wet ingredients into dry. Continue mixing until you obtain an even batter (no lumps). Pour into a 9x11 cake pan and bake for approximately 40 minutes.

What is the texture of this one like?

[vermontgirl]

Originally Posted by HelloKitty

That's what I used! Although I assume it means any equivalent - so if you wanted to use flax and water or something else you could use that instead.

I have a great cake recipe that has eggs. I thought you were giving me an awesome cake recipe that you didnt use eggs for. Isnt that what this thread is about?

[christacular]

commercial egg replacer only really works in baked recipes that call for 3 eggs or less - ie. recipes in which the egg's purpose is mainly to bind the ingredients together. any more than that and you are going to run into problems. any recipe that counts on eggs as it's main source of leavening (pound cake, madeira cake, etc) are going to give you trouble when you attempt to veganize them. you don't want to use chemical leaveners because of the aftertaste, and tofu/bananas/applesauce have no leavening abilities.

[wytchywoman]

This is kidn of off topic but because of the cake recipes I am going to ask it. Do you guys use frosting? What do you use if you do?Thanks.

Namaste,

Michelle

[christacular]

i make my own frosting using organic powdered sugar, earth balance, and non-dairy milk and flavourings.