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Vegan Baking Recipes

March 5, 2009 · Vegan Recipes · 1,876 views ·

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One of the key problems in Vegan baking recipes is replacing the eggs with something that creates a similar binding effect. We need something of a similar consistency that will give structure to our baked goods.

Lets start with common ingredients that are non-vegan, which are used in baking that we will need to find substitutes for. We have already mentioned one of the most important ingredients, eggs, so lets start with that one.

Egg Substitutes for Vegan Baking Recipes

Ener-G is a commercial vegan egg replacer which can usually be found in health food stores, and many larger grocery chains. I found that Ener-G works best with cookies or cakes, and is best used when only 1-2 eggs are required. The more eggs that are required seems to give the recipes a chalky taste when using Ener-G, although some have said that more water is needed than the Ener-G package instructions require.

Bananas are a great egg replacement for baking sweet recipes. Just smash up or blend about half of a banana per egg that is required in your recipe.

Tofu in my opinion is the best ingredient to replace eggs with when creating a Vegan baking recipes. Tofu can be used in sweet recipes as well as casserole type dishes. Silken tofu is best used in baked goods, just use 1/4 cup of silken tofu with your liquid ingredients until the tofu is smooth and creamy.

Tofu tends to make your baked items on the heavy side, so it is best used in brownies and pancakes, and not so well in light and fluffy items like angel food cake.

Next let’s tackle another baking ingredient that we will need to replace, and that is milk. This is the easiest to find replacements for, since there are many milk substitutes on the market. Soy milk is easy to find in just about every grocery store that you happen into these days, for the adventurous you can also try rice milk or almond milk, which can be found in your larger chains and most health food stores. baking

And last ingredient that is non-vegan that we will need to find a substitute for in most Vegan Baking Recipes is butter. This is another easy ingredient to find replacements for, in fact many of you are using a replacement for it everyday and probably didn’t realize it, margarine.

When using margarine to replace butter, you will need to cut your amount of margarine down 1/4 of a teaspoon per stick of butter that your recipe calls for. So there is the solution to vegan baking recipes, feel free to substitute these ingredients in your normal baking recipes, for a vegetarian friendly diet.

Another thing that I prefer to replace butter with is Canola Oil, although any vegetable oil will suffice. You will need to cut the amount down similar to using margarine as a substitute. If a recipe calls for one stick of butter which is equal to half a cup, you will use 1/3 cup of oil instead.

So there you have substitutes in your favorite Vegan baked goods, I mean why should we give up all of our favorite desserts just because we choose not to use animal products, and if your like me you hate being stuck with just vegan recipes.

It is very simple to develop your own egg and dairy free versions of your favorite Vegan baked goods by using some of the hints I have given you and a little test baking. Good luck on the following Vegan baking Recipes.

Coffee Cake

For the cake you will need:

4 cups of whole wheat pastry flour

1 tbl of baking powder

1 tsp of baking soda

1 1/2 tsp salt

1 1/2 tsp of cinnamon

1/4 tsp of allspice

1/4 cup of canola oil

1/2 cup of vanilla soy yogurt

1 cup of maple syrup

1 1/2 cups of plain soy milk

1 tsp of vanilla

For the topping:

1/4 cup whole wheat pastry flour

3 tbl of brown sugar

1/4 tsp of cinnamon

1 tbl of canola oil

1 cup of chopped walnuts

Preheat oven to 350 F, and lightly grease or spray a 9 by 13 baking dish with non stick cooking spray

Make your topping by sifting the flour sugar and cinnamon together. Drizzle the oil a bit at a time and mix with your fingers until crumbs form. Add the walnuts and mix.

Next make the cake by stirring the dry ingredients together in a large bowl. In a separate bowl, whisk together all of the wet ingredients until well combined. Add the wet to the dry and mix well.

Pour the batter into the prepared pan and sprinkle the topping over it.

Bake at 350 for 45 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean.

There are many other vegan baking recipes that you can find on the internet, take it as a challenge to perfect this art of vegan baking.