Welcome to
Eggless Cooking!
I'm Madhuram, founder & author of Eggless Cooking, where I share my passion for egg-free and vegetarian recipes. My journey into eggless baking began in 2007, born out of necessity and curiosity.
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Growing up in India in a lacto-vegetarian household, we never used eggs in our cooking. Store-bought cakes and desserts containing eggs were allowed, but bringing eggs home was a strict no. When I moved to North America after marriage, I was captivated by the world of baking through Food TV shows. The idea of creating baked treats at home intrigued me, but my upbringing left me hesitant about using eggs.
I started from scratch, with no background in baking. Armed with the Baking for Dummies book and a basic baking set from Walmart, I began teaching myself the fundamentals. My initial attempt at baking a chocolate chip cookie with eggs was a disaster—both due to technique and my aversion to eggs. That’s when I turned to the internet in 2007, searching for eggless recipes, at a time when vegan and eggless baking were not as mainstream as they are today.
I found inspiration in an eggless banana-carrot cake recipe from a fellow Indian blogger, and its success gave me the courage to explore further. As I discovered a community of food bloggers, I realized there was a growing demand for egg-free baking recipes, particularly from those with dietary restrictions, allergies, or personal preferences. This inspired me to create a one-stop destination for eggless baking: Madhuram’s Eggless Cooking, launched on March 15, 2008.
From a Hobby to a Community
My initial goal was to curate eggless recipes from across the web, but as I honed my own baking skills through trial and error, I began developing original recipes. One of my proudest moments was baking an eggless chocolate cake with silken tofu as an egg substitute for my son's third birthday in 2008. That success fueled my passion for experimenting with egg substitutes like yogurt, silken tofu, flaxseed, aquafaba and more.
Over the years, I have perfected the eggless version of classic recipes and created the best eggless pancakes, eggless vanilla cake, eggless chocolate chip cookies, eggless blueberry muffins, eggless omelette, and eggless mayonnaise to mention a few. Many of these recipes have been featured in various media outlets, including Fox TV. I also take pride in creating signature desserts like the eggless rasmalai cake, eggless red velvet cake, and pumpkin kulfi.
Experience and Expertise You Can Trust
I have spent over a decade testing and perfecting recipes, ensuring that every recipe I post is thoroughly tried, tested, and refined. Not all of my baking experiments were successful—many attempts ended in failure—but I believe in transparency and only share recipes that meet my high standards.
To support bakers of all experience levels, my recipes include detailed sections on Ingredients and Substitutes, Taste and Texture, and My Notes, so readers can easily follow along without feeling intimidated. I know what it’s like to be a beginner, and my goal is to make eggless baking accessible and enjoyable for everyone.
In addition to eggless baking, I also blog about vegetarian recipes that are our family favorites, simple and healthy. Food is my love language, and I want to spread that joy to as many kitchens as possible.
Looking Ahead
After 16 years of blogging, my passion for creating eggless recipes remains strong. With my boys now 19 and 14, I have more time to explore new projects and ideas. I am excited to expand my blog, share more recipes, and continue connecting with my wonderful community of readers.
Alongside my love for food, I am also in the process of becoming a Certified Lactation Educator. Having breastfed both of my children, I am passionate about supporting new and expectant mothers through personal experience and evidence-based information. I have another blog, NursingMoms.net, dedicated to this cause.
I’m incredibly blessed to have found my purpose—cooking and nurturing—and to have a supportive husband who has been the backbone of this blog from day one and any other avenue that I want to explore.
Thank you for visiting Madhuram’s Eggless Cooking. Whether you are a seasoned baker or just starting out, I hope my recipes bring joy to your kitchen.
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Theresa says
Thank you for this doing this website! It means so much to me to find so many recipes to try for my egg-allergic son. I made some brownies for my other kids and I started googling for an eggless brownie recipe so I could make brownies for my egg-allergic son. I found several to try and will do so as soon as I finish typing. I just wanted to thank you for all the eggless recipes. I'll also be trying some of your cupcake recipes soon also. And others. 🙂 THANK YOU
Madhuram says
You're welcome Theresa. Do try the recipes and get back to me if you have any questions.
subha says
Hi, hats off to your effort. Today is the first time I am visiting your site. I'm very happy I gained so much knowledge on alternate cooking methods. Will continue to browse your site and learn lots about eggless cooking. Just like you I have been wondering how to make use of the oven.:)
Madhuram says
Welcome to my blog Subha. Hope you start using the oven pretty soon.
puvi says
Hi Madhuram,
I am glad I came across your website :-), you've put in a lot of effort here which helps a lot of us. Till date I have not baked anything, since I did not have oven back home. Now i want to bake a cake for my husband's birthday. I have been looking online regarding which type of cake I want to bake. I have shortlisted 3 type of cakes. Checkered cake, topsy turvy cake and swiss roll ice cream cake. I want to bake any one of these without egg. I want to use vanilla and chocolate flavors in my cake. Many of the recipes and bakers say denser the cake, easier it is to handle the cake with cutting and frosting. I need help from you about how make a dense eggless cake. I dont want to use cake mix, because I have read it makes the cake very spongy and crumbles a lot when we cut it. Could you please tell me which of the vanilla cakes from your recipe index is dense and moist or what changes do i need to do to your recipe to get a denser cake. I am thinking since I have 2 months time, I can experiment with just vanilla eggless cake so that I can get some confidence to bake for the big day. 🙂 Your reply will be very much helpful to me.
Thank you,
Pushpa
Madhuram says
Thanks for writing to me Puvi. It's interesting to note that all your cake choices require quite advanced level skill. Actually I have been thinking of trying a swiss roll cake for quite sometime now. I think you should be trying this Eggless Vanilla Cake. It slices well without crumbling. Try it out and see.
nakshatra shenoy says
Hey I was browsing the net for eggless cake recipes and I found your site. I'm dumbstruck seeing your website. Great work. I will definitely try your recipes and let you know.
Madhuram says
Welcome to my blog, Nakshatra.
Ami says
Hi,
Stumbled upon ur site and am so glad for it! Being a Jain I dont use eggs at all; yet being an avid baker am always on the prowl for new eggless recipes.
My daughter is also into it, and does a great job with brownies and carrot cakes; she takes orders on them and they go like hotcakes!
Hope to share a lot and learn a lot together!
Madhuram says
Thanks Ami. Welcome to my blog.
Ayelet Lavee says
Hey Madhuram,
Thanks for the effort and information , Just found you today but will keep coming back
Jaga says
Your site is delicious as your name. I was a pastry chef. That means I quit that profession past 4 years. I wasnt showing much on eggless, but sugarless. Recently I've been pushed to know about eggless. Guess what, your site is the first one. I didn't go to anyother yet. Such an inspirational recipes! You made me to give a thought about going back to pastry. I never thought that eggless makes such a creative journey though I have made products. Well I worked in a commercial place afterall. After I saw your site, and my current boss's eggless craze, I'm stunned and speechless!
It may help me in near future. Thanks!
Madhuram says
You are very welcome Jaga. Thank you very much for your generous compliments. Coming from a professional and experienced pastry chef it means more and motivates me even more.
Lynda says
Hi there!
Greetings from Singapore.
I came across yr site while browsing YouTube for eggless cakes and cupcakes recipes:)
I'm so glad I found your web becos I am trying to be vegetarian and looking for ways to eliminate eggs from my food and bakes.
Thank you very much for your sharing. I'm going to try your recipe for the vegan chocolate cookies for my son's teacher for teacher's day.
Madhuram says
Thank you very much Lynda.
Shubha Satish says
Hi Madhu,
Thanks for making my day!
Now for the story,which will take some of your time.
I had not decided about the gift & then remembered ur eggless cakes.Checked some of ur recipes & asked for your suggestion.
My item checklist was done & prompted me to go ahead.Until afternoon,I was still apprehensive of trying it on my own, that too on his birthday & with my ILs.Finally, with a prayer & determination, started the cake.After the batter spread in the tray, I realised that I did not have a cake pan. I tried it to even it but then stopped everything altogether in disappointment.
But again, I put the tray in the oven. After 20 mins, I felt it was done and switched off the oven. 5 mins later i took it out.
Then I went out shopping,but did not want to buy the icing for the shapeless cake, instead bought a small cake for my hubby.
Finally, after some thinking I decided to cut the cake with the help of a round lid and knife. Now I was happy that atleast it looked good.Then I spread a little French Vanilla icecream which was at home.Later my hubby came home & cut the store-bought cake. He said the cake and icing was too sweet & heavy.
Now for the best part of the story.I presented him my creation. He was very happy that I had baked for him. And his feedback:soft,spongy and tasty!!!
Now that made me guilt-free , b'cos I didn't buy any gift for him!
Thanks again for a sweet & successful day!
Shubha
Madhuram says
Thank you very much for sharing your experience Shubha. Happy Baking. Do feel free to ask any baking questions and I'll try it answer it to the best of my knowledge.
Shubha Satish says
Hi Madhuram,
I came across ur delicious website. I must say that I was surprised when I read about u and found some common things.A vegetarian(no garlic,eggs @ home!) ,came to US after marriage(almost 1 & a half years back), now staying in Philadelphia with two loved ones: my wonderful hubby & a handy Magic Bullet! Last year I got a cake as a surprise for my hubby's b'day. But this year it falls on one of the festivals and I can't get it. I am thinking of baking a simple beginner cake & put his name on it. Please suggest me one. Thank you very much in advance!
Shubha
Madhuram says
I guess a lot of us share a similar experience. This is the simplest and most delicious cake you can bake: http://www.egglesscooking.com/2009/02/16/whacky-vegan-chocolate-cake/
You can readymade icing too in the grocery stores and icing pens for writing on cakes. You could get that. I have a couple of posts about cake decoration in the blog, which I updated when I took the Wilton's Cake Decorating course. You can find those posts here: http://www.egglesscooking.com/eggless-baking-recipes/eggless-cake-recipes/
shilpa says
hey madhuram.. m frm india.. new delhi :)m big fan of ur cooking...
going thru ur recipes.. ven i came across cake flour.. oops.. bt i don hv ne idea from where i wl get it in delhi.. by any chance.. do u hv ne clue. :)tc.. n keep posting more.. luv dem all
Madhuram says
Thanks Shilpa. You can use 3/4th cup of all purpose flour (maida) plus 2 tablespoons of white cornstarch in place of 1 cup of cake flour.
dotty says
hello there madhuram, greetings from malaysia! i came across this wonderful site of yours while looking for an eggless cake recipe for a friend...and i was hooked! this is a wonderful site and i hope to see and try some of your recipes soon. keep it up!
Madhuram says
Thank you very much Dotty.
Richa says
I keep coming back to your site for some amazing recipes.. the sheer number, variety and now the new indexing is amazing..
I was wondering whats stopping you from going completely vegan.. :). You already have a lot of experience in vegan cooking now.. and since it is such a ethical, healthy, environmentally friendly solution, i was hoping that the site will someday transition to that. Milk is full of cholestrol and hormones and has already been deemed not necessary for children. Also it takes 21 lbs of milk to make 1 lb of butter, and 10-15 lbs to 1 b of cheese.. just imagine the amount of dairy cattle we will not need and the calves we will save by eliminating just butter, ghee and cheese.
Just a thought:)
Madhuram says
Thanks for sharing your concern Richa.
sl says
Hi Madhu
I love your blog. Its amazing the way you created so many eggless recipes and thanks for sharing all these mouth watering recipes. You are doing a great job and wish that you share more and more recipes with us!!
Madhuram says
Thanks SL.
priya says
Hi Madhu
What a nice and useful blog you have !
My hearty wishes for yr all receipes....
charu says
Hi Madhu,
Im amazed to see a lot of variations in eggless cooking. I
could relate myself when I saw ur intro. I wantto make waffles
and mainly pancakes without using eggs. Can u help me out on this.
Thanks in advance.
Madhuram says
Thanks Charu. For pancakes, I use about a cup of all purpose flour, a teaspoon of baking powder and little sugar. I keep making some additions like mashed bananas, applesauce etc. I don't have a waffle iron, so don't have a go to recipe for that. Maybe you should google and you can get some eggless recipes.
G says
Hi
I absolutely love your website. I have tried few recipes like cauliflower fry,
tofu bake and it was a hit at my home.
I remember you mentioned somewhere ( I have also visited that website couple of times) that you blog also at a different website. can you pls. mention that websites name . I dont remember that website name but it was awesome(you blog with other bloggers I believe)
Thanks
G
Madhuram says
Thanks for you compliments G. The blog you are referring to is http://www.beyondcurries.blogspot.com. I also have another blog of my own for vegetarian recipes and it is http://www.vegcorner.com
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sathiarani says
Hi Madhu,
chance upon your blog when googling for eggless cakes...very informative, full of pictures and interesting blog. FYI I too store my cooking/baking utensils in my dishwasher, never like the dishwasher...will post you on those recipes tried...keep blogging
Selvina says
Dear Madhuram,
It's so good to see such a wonderful website full of nice and yummy recipes. My mother is a vegetarian so I feel very bad when I eat or bake nice cakes and mum doesn't eat. I have only one eggless cake recipe (that i make with semolina)so it becomes quite dull to bake the same thing over and over again. I'm glad that now i got so many recipes to try out. Thanks for the recipes and keep the good job going.
Take care
Selvina
Thank you very much for your feedback Selvina.