What is the best egg substitute?

Question

What is the best egg substitute for baking a cake? Yogart, sour cream, apple sauce, butter, banana, mayo??? What taste the best? My 1 yr old is allergic to egg so I have never had to make anything without egg.

Answer 1

A nice eggless cake recipe :

Welfare Cake
"This cake is so moist that you would swear it was from a box!"
Original recipe yield: 1 - 9x13 inch pan.

INGREDIENTS:
3 cups all-purpose flour
2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
2 teaspoons salt
1 tablespoon baking soda
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 tablespoons distilled white vinegar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups water

DIRECTIONS:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13 inch pan.
In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, cocoa, salt and baking soda. Make a well in the center, and pour in the oil, vinegar, water and vanilla.
Mix well, then pour into a 9x13 inch pan. Bake at 350 degrees F (175 degrees C) for 40 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center comes out clean.

Answer 2

Depends on what type of cake. The book I'm copying this from is actually talking about fat substitutes but this is just to give you some ideas:

'Liqueur for some cakes, light sour cream for chocolate ones; fruit juice or purees work well with carrot, apple and spice cakes.'

Answer 3

Apple Sauce or Sour Cream

Answer 4

I don't like using eggs in cakes so I use applesauce and mayo to replace the eggs and oil, taste great.

Answer 5

Mayo usually, but check and see if the brand you use actually has eggs. Some still do.