Chocolate frosting with eggs, what to substitute?

[catnip13]

This is my mother's favorite frosting. She's being awesome and making all of the desserts and sides at her birthday party vegan, and so I'd love to make this icing as close to the recipe that she loves as I can

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[christinablue]

I have never used this in an icing, but thought I would suggest it anyway since I'm assuming the eggs in this recipe is to give a more rich and lucious texture.

I've pureed ripe mangoes and used that as an egg substitute and man, they sure do look like egg yokes once pureed. Very similar texture! Perfect sub. You will have to decrease the sugar as ripe mangoes are very sweet, but experiment a little! :)

[anythings]

That sounds really tasty!

[3mileislandr]

Xantham gum. I think it's 1 tsp xg to 1/4 cup of warm water...put the xg in a bowl and whisk in the water really vigorously. Really, really vigorously. I've done this before in place of eggs in a custard pudding and it worked out pretty darn well, I think it might work in this case as well.

[3mileislandr]

Just looked it up, probably should have done so before I posted, but it's 1/4 tsp gum to 1/4 cup water. As I said though, whisk it real well or else it clumps up and you get nasty gummy bits.

[emploding]

All I can say it - raw eggs on top of a cake? Ew :/

[supercarrot]

hmmm. how 'bout gelatinized tapioca starch? (or cornstarch)

(i would probably use 1/2 cup "milk" and 2 tbsp of the starch? mix starch very well into the cold/room temp milk and then cook on low heat til thickened.)

[laceyslostlove]

or soaked chia? i bet that would work perfectly.

[pincerna]

do you have egg replacer (like no-egg)? i would try using that because it would have less taste.