When mixed with an equal proportion of water, it can be used
as an egg replacer just like chia seeds and flaxseeds can.
Not exact matches
as for the
egg, did you
just use
egg replacer?
I know you've probably already made the cake but I
just wanted to answer your question and say that
as of now I don't recommend flax meal
egg replacers in cakes, due to it not being a structure builder.
Given so many variables in which the whole adds up to more than
just a sum of its parts — with various ingredients and techniques in play -, the quest for a perfect
egg - free cake might be starting with a «depression cake» of sorts and seeing how certain properties (rise, crumb, flavour, stackability etc.) could be further improved by tweaking it, rather than trying to find an universal
egg replacer for
just about any recipe (convenient
as that would be).
I
just made them and used the trusty ol' flax seed
as my
egg replacer, but sad to say they fell apart when I tried to flip them.
I've read that the traditional substitutes work — such
as commercial
egg replacer like Ener - G, flax gel
eggs, and chia gel
eggs — but I've also read that some people
just use fattier meat and the fat acts
as a binder, some use a little tapioca starch or potato starch, some use a little ricotta cheese, and so on.
Just made these
as cupcakes with
egg replacer and it's amazing!
So far I've only used it
as an
egg replacer in baking recipes — with success in cookie recipes, not so much in a blondie recipe I
just tried.
You could
just use flour (although I think they may not turn out
as crispy) or one of these natural
egg replacers.