Cake without Butter

[sun5hinez]

I have a friend coming over for afternoon tea and want to make her a cake, but she cannot eat butter. Is there any suggestions of a cake without butter or margarine? Thank you xx

[Therema]

Ok heres one for the microwave with no butter or marg
2 eggs - switch in a bowl
add :- 2 heaped tablespns S R flour
" :- 2 level " Drinking Chocolate *opt*
" :- 2 level " sugar
1 heaped teaspn Baking Powder
2 tablespns Veg Oil
2 " Cold Water
Mix altogether
Line bowl with clingfilm
Add mixture and cook in microwave 850 Watts for 3 mins
Voila A lovely cake in no time

[sun5hinez]

Thank you, but I don't have a microwave!!!

[Pigletion]

try Googling for 'cake oil recipe' or something similar. There are loads

Happy Eating! (I want cake now..)

[val.24]

As previous answer Google Fatless Sponges plenty of recipes on there

[FoxLee2]

It's too late for today but I make two slightly different fruit loaves with no fat.

1. Fat Free Fruit Loaf

8 oz. mixed dried fruit (any combination of raisins and sultanas)
4 oz. soft light brown sugar
5 fl. oz. hot tea.

8 oz. Self raising flour
cinnamon (optional)- about 1 teaspoon
1 egg, beaten
1 rounded tablespoon marmalade
chopped walnuts for topping (optional)

Put fruit and sugar in large bowl and pour over hot tea.
Leave overnight or for several hours.

Preheat oven to Gas 3.

Stir in egg, marmalade, flour cinnamon to fruit mixture

Mix well.

Put into greased and lined loaf tin (about 2lbs)

put chopped walnuts on top (if used)
Bake in centre of oven for 1� hours,
cool on wire rack

[beso]

You can substitute pretty much any fat or oil for butter or margarine. Lard, vegetable oil, peanut butter, tahini (sesame butter). Try a site with receipes for lactose intolerance.

If you don't use some form of shortening it isn't really a cake but a bread.

[FoxLee2]

2. Fruit Loaf with Weetabix

This is really moist and quite delicious.

4 Weetabix crushed into a large bowl
3 oz. Raisins
3 oz . Sultanas
2 oz.chopped cherries or dried apricots - whatever you like
5 oz. soft brown sugar
� pint milk

Mix above in large bowl and then stand for 1 hour.

Add: 8 oz Self Raising Flour
1 teaspoon cinnamon
2 eggs

Put into a 2lb loaf tin

Bake Gas 3, centre of oven for 1-1� hours - test after 1 hr.

[maggiefoodie]

i just made this cake and it was gorgeous - no butter, just oil:
http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipe/2761/glazed-man go-sponge.aspx

it does have yoghurt, though. if your friend can't have dairy at all, try allrecipes.co.uk's dairy free cake collection:

http://allrecipes.co.uk/recipes/searchresults. aspx?keywordGroup=10_Cake&keywordGroup=4_Dairy -Free

good luck!

[welshlibranr]

search for a fatless sponge recipe, they are fine, but don't keep well, so need to be eaten the day you bake them..........lots out there........