Ran Out of Eggs for your Cake?

LauraLeeWasHere · Post by **LauraLeeWasHere** » 15 Dec 2019, 15:30

I grew up super poor and my mother had to cook and bake good things from just whatever was in the house and it threw me into a flashback thinking about it.

If you discover you wish to bake a cake but suddenly realize you don't have any eggs in the house, you can substitute with salad dressing or mayonnaise. But try to stir in as much of the powder as possible and then fold a few large TABLESPOONS of the salad dressing into the mostly moist batter. Don't beat it in because the eggs are pretty well beaten already within the salad dressing.

It works great with chocolate cake and gives it a bit of a tang, because of the vinegar in the salad dressing.

Save me a piece!

Love LLR

nfdoughe · Post by **nfdoughe** » 15 Dec 2019, 19:56

I have heard of using mayonnaise in cake before, but never would have thought of salad dressing. Very creative, thanks for sharing!

tannus · Post by **tannus** » 03 Jan 2020, 01:39

I knew about banana and various egg replacements but didnt knew about this. Thanks for the great hack. I will try this when baking next time.

abigailbridi · Post by **abigailbridi** » 03 Feb 2020, 12:00

Wow that's really interesting! I can definitely see that working for a substitute for eggs since it would provide moisture. Have you tried similar substitutions in recipes where the egg is acting as a binder? My boyfriend has a mild egg allergy so I usually use applesauce, flax seed meal, or almond butter as substitutes. It usually works but sometimes the recipe comes out flatter because it doesn't have the egg to help it bind and rise.

Queenyx · Post by **Queenyx** » 05 Apr 2020, 03:09

Wow, I never knew that this could be done. I've always had this happen severally and I just go ahead with baking it that way. The cake always comes out so hard like a stone. With this, I surely will never have to feel sad if I run out of eggs henceforth

leximutia · Post by **leximutia** » 10 Apr 2020, 10:55

I've actually never heard of these substitutions before. Thanks for sharing! If I ever do find myself short on eggs, I might give mayonnaise a try...

FInziani · Post by **FInziani** » 20 Apr 2020, 15:42

I didnt know that I can use mayonnaise as a substitute, thanks for the tip. I mostly use condensed milk when am out of eggs.

Netvigator72 · Post by **Netvigator72** » 23 Apr 2020, 00:50

This is extremely interesting. Although I have tried banana as an alternative to eggs and used mayonnaise but not as an alternative, the concept of salad dressing is both foreign and interesting.