October 2026

Eggless chocolate cake with a soft crumb that has not risen properly

Why Is My Egg-less Cake Not Rising? Causes & Easy Fixes Your cake goes into the oven, you wait for that lovely rise—and it barely moves. If your egg-less cake is not rising, start by checking the freshness and quantity of your baking powder or baking soda, the oven temperature, batter consistency, and flour-to-liquid balance.

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Eggless cake with common egg substitutes including yogurt, banana, flaxseed, aquafaba and starch

Best Egg Substitutes for Eggless Cakes: What Each One Does and When to Use It What should you use instead of an egg in a cake? Choosing the right egg substitutes for eggless cakes is not simply about replacing one ingredient with another. Eggs can contribute moisture, binding, structure, richness, emulsification and aeration. Yogurt? Flaxseed?

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Eggless cake sliced to show a gummy, sticky centre

Why Is My Eggless Cake Gummy in the Middle? Causes & Easy Fixes Your eggless cake looks beautifully baked on top, but when you slice it, the centre is sticky, gummy or almost pasty. If that sounds familiar, you are not alone. A gummy centre is one of the more common eggless baking problems, and

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Eggless chocolate cake with a sunken centre

Why Does My Eggless Cake Sink? Causes, Troubleshooting & Easy Fixes Why does my egg less cake sink? It rises beautifully in the oven—and then sinks in the middle. Or perhaps it looks perfect when you take it out, only to collapse as it cools. A sinking egg less cake usually means that the cake

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