No eggs? No Problem!
Please allow me to show you How to Replace the Eggs in a Box Cake Mix!
I am in quite a few Foodie & Cake Decorating groups on Facebook and so many people have been asking
“How to Replace the Eggs in a Box Cake Mix?”
Reading through the comments section I cringe to see all the answers that even you are probably saying out loud right now!
“Use Flax!” “Use Applesauce!” “Use a can of soda!”
Believe me I have tried all of those and while technically they all “work” the real question is, “are they good?” I will have to say, “No they are not.”
But don’t worry! You can still make a box cake mix without eggs and have perfect results!
Spoiler Alert!
It’s not with flax, bananas or applesauce and please for the love of all things good in this world it is definitely not a can of soda!
Yes I know those things technically “work” but to me the results vary from heavy, rubbery, dense and all of them bake up flat.
But not here with my adjusted cake box recipe!
Trust me, you will have light, fluffy cakes and cupcakes that are not heavy, gummy or falling apart!
With just a few tweaks with ingredients that you already have in your pantry added to the ingredients that are already in the box you will be amazed at the results you bake up!
Easily make beautiful cupcakes too with this hack for how to Replace the Eggs in a Box Cake Mix
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Notes for Success:
I have gotten some pretty heavy flack for this box cake fix straight out of the gate.
Many people berated me for using a store bought egg replacer as the fix it with additional ingredients like added flour and sugar and others have said “why not just make a scratch cake?”
Touche. That’s a really great questions!
So yes I did use a store bought proprietary blend egg replacer for this hack with the ultimate of ultimate results!
In the video I specifically mention The Plant Based Egg by Freely Vegan
This product is no longer available so I now use Bob’s Red Mill just the same with no problems
Adding the dry egg replacer to the other dry ingredients is my preference so I do not reconstitute it first
Believe it or not I have even omitted the egg replacer all together and gotten great results
As long as you follow the other ingredient adjustments
Lastly after formulating this recipe I later began adding more sugar and some applesauce for even better results!
This is completely optional as you will see the quantities listed below but can omit them if you prefer
Check out the full video tutorial on YouTube for a visual explanation!
Keep in mind I am using Duncan Hines box mixes as this is the only 100% vegan verified box mix (I called the company)
I have also done the White Cake Box by following the instructions below for the Yellow Cake formula and it comes out GREAT!
CLICK HERE FOR HOW TO REPLACE THE EGGS IN A BOX BROWNIE
Yield: 3-7″ pans
Yellow Box Cake
THE INGREDIENTS BELOW ARE ALL THE INGREDIENTS YOU WILL NEED DO NOT ADD THE ADDITIONAL WATER & OIL AS SPECIFIED ON THE BOX, AS I HAVE INCLUDED THOSE MEASURES IN THE RECIPE BELOW
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
25 minutes
Total Time
35 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 Yellow Cake Box Mix
- Vegetable Oil 1/3 cup
- Water 1 cup
- Plant Milk *I use soy milk 2/3 cup
- All Purpose Flour 1 cup
- Egg replacer 2 Tablespoons **see notes in text article!
- Baking Powder ½ teaspoon
- Granulated Sugar ½ cup (100g) *see notes above
- Applesauce 2 Tablespoons *see notes above
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F
- Grease & parchment line your cake pan(s)
- Mix all the additional dry ingredients including the egg replacer into the box cake mix in a large mixing bowl then add all the liquid ingredients.
- Mix with an electric mixer on low speed to blend together evenly then mix on medium speed for 2 minutes.
- Bake in greased & parchment lined cake pans filling the pans no more than ½ way full
Notes
**Updated 2021
It seems that Duncan Hines has changed their box weight from the 468g shown in the video.
It is now 432g for a difference of 32g less cake mix per box.
I do not make any changes to compensate for this but some have found that by adding an additional 2 Tablespoons more flour AND the additional sugar added in the notes section of the ingredients list is the best way to compensate for what they have taken out.
Yield: 3-7″ pans
Chocolate Box Cake
THE INGREDIENTS BELOW ARE ALL THE INGREDIENTS YOU WILL NEED DO NOT ADD THE ADDITIONAL WATER & OIL AS SPECIFIED ON THE BOX, AS I HAVE INCLUDED THOSE MEASURES IN THE RECIPE BELOW
Prep Time
10 minutes
Cook Time
25 minutes
Total Time
35 minutes
Ingredients
- 1 Chocolate Cake Box Mix
- Vegetable Oil 1/3 cup
- Water 1 cup
- Plant Milk *I use soy milk 1 cup
- All Purpose Flour 1 cup
- Natural Cocoa Powder ¼ cup
- Egg replacer 2 Tablespoons **see notes in text article
- Baking Powder ½ teaspoon
- Granulated Sugar ½ cup (100g) *see notes above
- Applesauce 2 tablespoons *see notes above
Instructions
- Mix all the dry ingredients including the egg replacer into the box cake mix and mix on low speed with an electric mixer until incorporated
- Increase speed to medium and mix for 2 minutes
- Follow the instructions on the box for bake times and temperatures
Notes
**Updated 2021
It seems that Duncan Hines has changed their box weight from the 468g shown in the video.
It is now 432g for a difference of 32g less cake mix per box.
I do not make any changes to compensate for this but some have found that by adding an additional 2 Tablespoons more flour AND the additional sugar added in the notes section of the ingredients list is the best way to compensate for what they have taken out.
