Planning Giggles' party was fun.....but the cake was a true baking challenge. He is allergic to everything. Well, at least it seems that way. I'm pretty good about figuring out what to substitute but no eggs in cake? That's a tough one. I've tried 4,237,923 different varieties of egg free cake recipes. Well, maybe not that many, but it sure seems close. Some are not so bad, but just don't have that cake feel. You know, the light and airy fluffy goodness.
So, I finally found a cake mix that is dairy free and has minimal soy (ironically it is the Duncan Hines Butter Golden cake mix). I tried making it with sprite, buy oh my that was so sweet. So, our final product was the cake mix and club soda. Not half bad. We know have an Egg Free Cupcake recipe we can live with.
Not so hard, either. Dump the cake mix in the Kitchenaid (no one should ever have to bake without a kithenaid). Then club soda in place of all the additions on the back of the box (water, egg, oil/butter). I ended up using about 10 or so ounces of club soda.
They didn't turn out half bad. Warning, though: You must use cupcake liners. These are a consistency almost of Angel food cake so a little harder to remove. Also, notice the centers sink in a little bit. Eh, no big deal. Extra spot for frosting.
Final decorated product. For the frosting I used the Wilton Buttercream Icing recipe. Instead of butter and traditional shortening I substituted Spectrum Shortening and used coconut milk. (it doesn't give any kind of coconut flavor but is a little sweet)My sweetest ever taste tester, Giggles, thought it was delicious.
