Hi all,

Am very excited to have found CC!
I have been trying to convert cupcake recipes to cakes with disastrous results- - today I baked 5 cakes that had to be thrown out. They were all gummy and terrible no matter how long I baked them for. I tried four different recipes that work well as cupcakes. The batter measured approx 3 cups and I'm trying to make a rectangular cake - I baked it in 7"X9" and 12"x9" pans.. I tried using less batter but made no difference either.

One point - these cakes can not contain any egg or dairy products.

If anyone has any advice at all I would really appreciate. I wasted a LOT of ingredients today and am none the wiser..

I would just try searching for vegan cake recipes rather than trying to convert cupcake recipes to cake recipes.
Some websites:
www.veganbaking.net/
www.joyofveganbaking.com/
www.recipesforvegans.co.uk/baking.html
www.flickr.com/groups/veganbaking/
www.theppk.com/veganbaking.html

Hope this helps!

use an egg replacement mix. It works wonders!

thanks for the replies.

Lisapeps - I am familiar with those sites. The reason I tried converting cupcake recipes to cake is that I have tried many other vegan cake recipes (I own loads of books) and I have yet to find a go-to basic white /sponge cake type recipe.

Carol Fenster's cookbook might be helpful too - check on Amazon.

"Babycakes" - look for that book on Amazon - GF and I believe vegan recipes too.

Please also see:

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopicp-6882619.html#6882619

http://cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-688045-.html

HTH