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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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Shibani says
Hi madhuram,
I hope u remember me. I was checking a recipe in my blog and found ur commemts.Thought of checking with you. Love you awesome collections.
I have started blogging again.
Madhuram says
Oh is it!? Sorry my memory has failed me. Will check your blog. 🙂
Ashwini Shivanand says
Hi Madhuram,
I've been following your blog for quite some time and tried few of your recipes too - goes without saying they came out good :). I like the way you compose your recipes. In between my work at office I scribble away your recipes behind requirement docs 😉 to go home and try
This message was long overdue. Thank you for the wonderful blog. Keep up the good work.
Madhuram says
Aww...that's so nice of you Ashwini for leaving such a warm feedback. Thanks 🙂
Nanthiny Raman says
Hi Madhuram.
I have tried your carrot cake recipe. It's really superb! My family loves it a lot. Next I am gonna try your eggless choclate cake. Feeling so excited ya. Just a quick question. When I bake the carrot cake in 2, 8 inch tray, will the cake look taller? Do advice me. Take care.
Madhuram says
Thanks Nanthiny. Yes it will be a little taller when you use 8 inch pans.
Carol says
I've been baking eggless for several years. Thank you for your expertise.
Madhuram says
You're very welcome Carol.
Adrienne E says
It's very insightful to read about some more vegan lifestyle choices. As a private chef I'm required to be open minded and sites like these definitely help me improve my cooking efforts for clients.
Madhuram says
Thanks Adrienne.
Leena Pandya says
Excellent recipes with detailed information about the ingredients and all technicalities . Loved the information of the egg replacer and substitutes.Baked the vanilla cupcakes taking half the measures ,they turned out superb! Thanks a lot! Would love if you could share some authentic tamil cuisine too!
Madhuram says
You're very welcome Lenna. I started another blog for cooking recipes but have not been able to update regularly. Hope will be able to do so more in the future. http://www.VegConer.com
surpreet says
I really like your recipes and also worth trying it i was not good with baking before but after trying your recipes i am confident now .thaks
Madhuram says
You're very welcome Surpreet. Happy baking!
Priyanka says
Hi Madhuram!
I'm new in US. And I can totally relate to your earlier days. I did not know how to use the oven at first. But having watched Masterchef and many such cookery shows back in India, I always wanted to bake! So When I read a potato wedges recipe on Pinterest and tried to make it last week, the fire alarm started ringing because I kept the oven door open for long and the heat was on! That's scared me a lot! So I thought of giving up. Then my husband encouraged me to be careful next time (because he gets to eats things if I learn well) 😉
After that I have carefully prepared eggless cheese muffins, eggless veggie pie and eggless blueberry muffins!
Just today I found your wonderful food site. I'm happy I did. I started reading about you and got inspired. I'll be checking your site more often. Thanks for writing.
I have a baby girl who just turned 1. I'm sure she'll enjoy my baking more onwards.
Good job! Thanks again! 🙂
Madhuram says
Thank you very much for sharing your story Priyanka. 🙂 I remember having to fan the fire alarm quite often during the initial days of using the oven/range. 😉 All the best and happy baking.
Ujwala says
good initiative on eggless cooking.
lakshmi says
I too am in the usa and I have baked a bit in in india.. having 2 kids with younger one only 9 months old fives me less time to cook .. but still I am keen to restart baking.. I was wondering if a stand mixer will be of ant use..I am keen to bake cookies, pizza as well as eggless cakes and bread as well.. would you recommend a good stand mixer ans of no then any better alternatives ??
Madhuram says
I have been able to manage without one so far. But I have cut down baking a lot. Don't try too many yeast bread recipes etc...all I do is very simple, straight forward baking like cakes, cookies, muffins and cupcakes most of the time and electric hand beater serves the purpose.
Buni says
I am so glad I came across this site Egglesscooking.com
Just a question: what kind of egg substitute should I use to make either cookies or cake or breakfast muffins with Barley
flour?
What to consider whenever I use different recipes with different egg substitute??
Thanks,
Buni
Madhuram says
Barley flour has gluten in it, so you can substitute it in the recipes which uses all-purpose flour. But I think using barley flour entirely might affect the taste and texture of the baked item. So you may want to try incorporating half of each. Check out my egg substitutes page for further information about different egg substitutes. http://www.egglesscooking.com/egg-substitutes/
Sheetu says
Love your website and all the lovely eggless bakes. I have tried a few recipes and they all came out well. I am a Punjabi married to Tamilian currently in NJ. Your post bought a smile on my face as we share a bit similar story. Especially baking oven being a storage corner, watching Food TV together with hubby dear and loving DD egg sandwich. I attempted baking with eggs initially however couldn't bear the smell of eggs at home. I am so Thankful to you and some other websites for amazing eggfree baking recipes. Now I bake regularly for family and share it with friends too and get compliments.
Madhuram says
Wow! great to know that we share a similar story, Sheetu. 🙂
Aarti Doshi says
Heyya madhuram, I'm from tamil nadu too.. though not a tamilian but hard core south indian 🙂 and its nice to know that now I can easily open a site for all eggless recipes. Thank you for makin it easy for we vegetarians.. keep bakin..
Madhuram says
That's great to to know Aarti. 🙂 You're welcome.
Devendran Ramaiyan says
Hi Madhu
It is really interesting and inspiring to me since I am also a very cook u know. But since 2006, I keep our Oven in kitchen as u said same like that only.
But I like to use the same to do some baking items but I don't have time to do the experiment now but definately i will come back and do it.
Thanks for the efforts u have taken to build this platform for many people who will get good food with your ideas and innovation and new dimensional cakes and cookies etc.....
Keep doing and exploring to the new ideas and creativity....
God bless you
Deva
Madhuram says
Oh, thank you so much Deva, for your kind words. Baking is not difficult at all. All it needs is passion and patience. Do message me if you have any doubts. I'll be more than happy to help you.
Christina says
Hi Madhuram,
I just stumbled upon your website because we had no eggs left in the house and I've found myself for the past half hour browsing through all your delicious-looking recipes. I love how easy you've made it to follow your recipes and the simple ingredients you use, I've been on other vegan websites and they use all these fancy ingredients that I can't find in Hong Kong where I live. Thanks so much for sharing with us!
My only request is that you add a "save recipe" button so I can go back to them later because I'm so overwhelmed now with all the goods I want to make from your website :)!
Madhuram says
Thank you very much for your kind words of appreciation Christina. I will see what can be done about the "save recipe" option. Thanks for the suggestion.
Aadhya says
Hi Madhuram,
Nice to read abt u.. Am from Hyderabad living in Canada Mississauga city.. U r inspiration to many who donno how to start baking.. Even am worried and didn't try any time to bake as I don't have any idea on over spclly setting temperatures... Still finding a day wn I can start up baking...
Madhuram says
Great Aadhya. I will mail you. Please let me know if you have any questions, will be more than happy to help you with your baking escapade. If I can, you can too.
Huey says
Hi madhuram have tried many recipes fr u...love them. I have same issue being vegetarian cant stand smell egg in baked goods.tq for starting n continuing to blog even after motherhood.tq for sharing
Madhuram says
Thanks Huey.
Kamna says
Hi Madhuram,
I was hunting around for some eggless recipes for muffins and just came across yours . Iam going to try your banana muffins this week. They seem to be great. I've been making banana bread but it uses eggs and this time I wanted to make some eggless ones.
Loved to read 'about eggless cooking'. Thought I saw a bit of myself there ... All the best!
Madhuram says
Thanks Kamna.
jayashree says
Hello, a very nice collection of eggless recipes. Loved your collection as I too beleive in making them eggless.
Laxmi says
Hello
Loved reading your post about your history
I am a pinky that also loves to cook we strictly vegetarian and do not eat eggs
We mostly eat Indian food love just finished making DOHSA and Italy my family loves them
My husband Jai maha Dev has Indian relatives
Enjoyed your comment about the oven many of my Indian friends also put things in their oven like that and I could never understand why
Now I do thank you for that
Just made your vanilla cupcakes with the orange zest love them
Have a great day keep cooking !
Om..
Madhuram says
Thanks Laxmi.