Are there ANY egg brands that are humane? If not, what's a good alternative for baking a cake?

[Flaxbee]

My husband's birthday is coming up this week and he loves peanut butter cake/cupcakes.

Any suggestions for alternatives to eggs?

Any recipe ideas?

Thanks in advance...

[htuttle]

1. Local eggs?

We're lucky here in Madison, in that the City allows keeping up to 5 chickens per household. I have so many friends that keep them, they're usually giving the extra eggs away.

There are a number of local egg producers around the county as well. They cost more, but the chickens are free-range. Most of the coop groceries and health food stores stock them.

[Flaxbee]

2. Yes, I'd thought of that ... we don't have a lot of options here (that are easy for me to

get to) but if that's my default, that's what I'll have to do ... quickly

[lalalu]

3. Use Unsweetened Applesauce

It can be used as a substitute for eggs in many baked goods. Just do a search for "substituting applesauce for eggs" and you should find many recipes and advice on how to substitute. Good luck

[Flaxbee]

4. thank you!

[ginnyinWI]

6. applesauce will give you a more heavy result

It is good for things like muffins. You can also use several other substitutes:

http://vegetarian.about.com/od/vegetarianvegan101/f/eggsubstitute.htm

[Speck Tater]

5. Google "vegan cake" nt

[Flaxbee]

9. yeah, found a few online recipes that look good.

I just trust DUers for the best advice

Thanks!

[Coexist]

7. depends on the cake flavor

you can mash up half a banana per egg, until it has the consistency of ... well.. snot - but it will flavor the cake, so I use this for carrot cakes, etc.

You can use Ener-G egg replacer for white/yellow cakes - won't add taste to more delicately flavored cakes.

Applesauce.

[Flaxbee]

10. not sure if our local grocery has Ener-G; will check tomorrow or Tuesday...

Thanks. Saw it referenced in a recipe ...

Husband loves peanut butter cake, so that's what I'm going to try to make!

[nutshell2002]

8. Try this site

http://www.certifiedhumane.org/index.php?page=where-to-buy

It's how I discovered our local Whole Foods sells "Giving Nature" Certified Humane eggs.

[Flaxbee]

11. It says Costco's eggs are certified humane ... who knew? I'm not a member of Costco, but it's good

to know...

Our local produce stand may have some eggs this week; will check tomorrow or Tuesday when it's not supposed to rain.

Thank you very much for that website!

[LeftyMom]

12. You need this. Any health food store should have it. One box lasts nigh unto forever.

http://www.amazon.com/Ener-G-Egg-Replacer-16/dp/B0014DZGUQ

Humane eggs are not a thing. You can't skew an animal's reproductive cycles like that and call it humane. Even the best cared for laying hens are made malnourished and ill by the strain of making more than 20x more eggs than their cousins do in nature.

[Flaxbee]

13. If my local mercantile / produce stand doesn't have eggs tomorrow (from hens just kicking around

in their yard, doing happy hen things) then I'll get that ... I rarely bake and my husband doesn't like eggs (though I looooove them; if I can find someone who has happy, well-cared for hens and some extra eggs, I'll happily buy them) so I really probably only need 2-3 for this one recipe.

[WillParkinson]

14. Guess it depends on how you classify humane...

What happens to the chickens when they stop laying? (That's one of the things that pushed me from vegetarian to vegan.)

[flvegan]

15. and this is one reason why I love Will.

If he were here, I'd hug him.