Vegan, egg or milk intolerant? Then this cake is for you. We’re going to prepare it without animal proteins perfect for breakfast.
Cake baking with non-dairy alternatives
We assure you that a cake can be made without eggs and even without butter it can still be super soft. Many use chia seeds to provide elasticity to the mixture because when immersed in a liquid they become almost as gelatinous as egg white. In fact, even without this ingredient you can make a soft and somewhat moist cake that can be eaten simply with a cup of coffee or tea at breakfast but which can also be the basis of a cake with cream ... as long as the cream is also made without eggs (if you are curious and want to try it here’s the recipe to make the cream without eggs). Sure enough, by mixing dry ingredients such as flour, yeast and cocoa with liquid ingredients like vegetable milk (soy, almonds or coconut), oil and orange or lemon juice, you’ll get a consistency very similar to that of a classic cake made with eggs, milk and butter. The important thing is to always add a little baking powder.
Choosing the right flour
You can use 0 or 00 flour for the cake dough or even mix these two with rice or spelt flour. If you don't like very refined flours use wholemeal ones but the result will be a slightly less soft and more rustic cake. If you choose flour with yeast, obviously you won’t need to add other leavening agents. The important thing is to always sift both the flour and the yeast properly to avoid creating lumps in the dough and to obtain a lighter and softer consistency.
Dairy free Cakes
So, here are three recipes that we know you’ll love and have nothing to envy to the classic cake complete with all the ingredients.
Vanilla Cake without eggs, butter and milk
To prepare this cake separate the liquid ingredients from the powdered ones. Then mix 2 glasses of soy milk and a glass of seed oil in a bowl and mix a cup of flour, 5 oz brown sugar (or caster sugar) and half a sachet of yeast. Mix the two compounds together with a hand whisk and add vanilla pods or a tablespoon of extract. Pour the mixture into a mold lined with baking paper and bake at 350° for about 35 minutes.
Banana Cake
Crush the flesh of three ripe bananas with a fork until you get a cream. Mix with half a cup of brown sugar and cinnamon in quantity (if you like). Add a cup of flour and the yeast (vegan if you like) well sifted and stir with a hand whisk. Also add coarsely chopped walnuts and hazelnuts and stir. Fill a rectangular baking tray not too large, covered with baking paper. Bake at 340° for about 45-50 minutes.
Cocoa Cake without eggs
Sift a sachet of yeast (vegan if you prefer) with flour 0 and 3 oz of bitter cocoa and mix everything with 9 oz brown sugar. Separately, mix ½ glass seed oil with 3 glasses soy milk and the juice of half an orange (or lemon). Put the liquid and dry mixture together and mix with a wooden spoon. Add some vanilla beans and then pour the mixture into a mold lined with baking paper. Cook at 350° for about 30 minutes in a ventilated oven. If the cake is still too liquidy on the inside cover it with foil, select the lower oven baking option and keep it in the oven for another 5 minutes.