Eggless Vanilla Cake Recipe (how to make basic layers, + variations)

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Eggless Vanilla Cake is a more assertively vanilla version, with variations in creamsicle, eggnog, and chocolate chip. 

Without further ado, here’s the  Eggless Vanilla Cake recipe (a more compact, printable version appears below):

Eggless Vanilla Cake: Ingredients

• 2T. Bob’s Red Mill Egg Replacer
• 1/2c. water
• 2 1/4c. cake flour
• 2 1/2t. baking powder
• 1t. salt
• 1/2c. shortening
• 1 1/2c. sugar
• 2t. vanilla
• 9 oz. milk

How to Make an Eggless Vanilla Cake

1. Grease, flour, and line with waxed paper 2 9″ round cake pans.
2. Mix together egg replacer and water, and set aside. 
3. Sift dry ingredients and set aside.
4. Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
5. Cream shortening with sugar until fluffy and light, no more than 2-3 minutes.
6. Add egg replacer mixture and vanilla, and beat well.
7. Add the dry ingredients alternately in parts with the milk.  In between additions, beat well, being sure to scrape the bowl well each time.
8. Divide batter between pans.
9. Bake about 25 minutes, or until cake is starting to pulll away from the sides of the pan and the middle springs back when lightly touched.

Eggless Vanilla Cake Printable Recipe

Eggless Vanilla Cake Tips & Variations

• Top quality cookie pans will bake your Eggless Vanilla Cake with even results. I like these American made, heirloom quality pans (view here). 
• Need a fast way to soften butter? View helpful article here. 
• Orange Creamsicle: replace water with orange juice, decrease vanilla to 1t., and add the zest of 1 orange in Step 6. 
• Chocolate Chip: sprinkle 1c. chocolate chips over the batter, just before baking. 
• Eggnog: add 1t. nutmeg to the dry ingredients in Step 3. 

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