Egg free cake recipe - anyone got a good one?

[hunkeydorey]

My friend has asked me to make her dd a birthday cake. Her dd has a dairy free diet and although I've got substitutes for milk and butter if necessary, I haven't got an egg one and just wondered if anyone had a great egg free cake recipe.

There are plenty of recipes online, but I'd rather try one that I know has had good results previously. Thanks.

but eggs aren't dairy...
are you sure it needs to be egg free as well as milk free?

Yep. I mistakenly thought she only avoided dairy products as she was lactose intolerant, it seems she can't have eggs either though.

oh, well that's me foxed - have lots of no-dairy recipes but they're all eggy. Hopefully someone more clued-up will be along in a moment...

We normally make this one from giorgio locatelli.

BUT obviously no whipped cream, and for butter, replace with soya (or other non-dairy) spread - that's all just for the topping though.

Otherwise carrot cakes are nice and usually dairy/egg free.

Torta di cioccolata alla Margherita.

Ingredients
450g/1lb plain flour (organic if possible)
6 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
2 tsp baking powder
2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
300g/10oz caster sugar
125ml/4fl oz vegetable oil
300ml/½ pint water
2 tbsp distilled white vinegar
2 tsp vanilla extract
whipped cream, to decorate

For the icing:
dark chocolate spread
OR
225g/8oz icing sugar
25g/1oz unsweetened cocoa powder
75g/3oz butter, diced
1 tbsp golden syrup
4 tbsp milk

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda into a large bowl and stir in the sugar.

1. Combine all the wet ingredients in another bowl. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients all at once and beat until smooth.

1. Pour the batter into a greased 23cm/9in springform cake tin and bake for about 1 hour, until a skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean (place a sheet of foil over the top of the cake if it becomes too dark). Remove from the oven and leave to cool in the tin.

1. Turn the cake out of the tin and spread the chocolate spread over the top. Or, if you are making your own icing, sift the icing sugar and cocoa powder into a bowl and make a well in the centre.

1. Gently heat the butter, golden syrup and milk until the butter has melted, then pour into the well in the dry ingredients and stir until smooth.

1. Beat with a wooden spoon until the icing has cooled and thickened slightly. Spread the icing over the top and sides of the cake with a palette knife. Decorate with whipped cream.

Chocolate Recipe by Giorgio Locatelli
from Tony and Giorgio

i should add that it doesn't taste as rich and nice as a regular chocolate cake... but that is inevitable with the good stuff taken out.

There was definitely a thread a couple of months back with some other recipes too...

this could be the thread I meant

Not sure that it was actually but some more ideas.