Confetti Cake No Milk & No Egg
This is the best dairy-free and egg-free confetti fun cake for any occasion.
And nobody will even know this moist, delicious cake is allergy -friendly!
Just one bowl and basic ingredients. See the very easy recipe below.
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Since our chocolate cake and vanilla cake recipes are big hits here at Milk Allergy Mom,
I thought it would be fun to bring things up a notch.
Cue the confetti!
Just find allergy-safe sprinkles and add them to our easy, dairy and egg free vanilla cake batter.
So simple. And so fun for the kids.
Our confetti cake is always a hit!
Hubby likes confetti cake better than our plain vanilla cake because of the crunch from the sprinkles, a little extra texture.
And of course, the kids love seeing what sprinkle colors I'll come up with next.
CONFETTI CAKE REVIEW
"Can I just say. Thank You! Thank You!! This recipe was easy and delicious. I made the frosting as well. My son has numerous allergies and this was great for his first birthday!!!!"
GLUTEN-FREE REVIEW
"I made these cupcakes for some friends who have a lot of food allergies. I had to sub regular flour for gluten free flour but they turned out great! They were still moist and soft which I’ll be honest, I was not expecting from a recipe that used so many substitutions. I got a lot of compliments on them!"
WHAT SPRINKLES FOR CONFETTI CAKE
The best sprinkles we've found for confetti fun cake are chunky sprinkles.
By chunky, I mean larger sprinkles.
Fine sugar sprinkles are too small and don't work in this recipe.
For years, we've been using the sprinkles found on the lids of store-bought tubs of Pillsbury icing.
Of course, check labels as ingredients can change.
The containers we grab say the sprinkles contain soy.
Typically, I pick up two containers of the icing...even if just for the sprinkles that have been safe for our allergies.
One set of sprinkles goes in the cake batter.
The other set of sprinkles goes on top of the frosted cake.
I can find these in a few different fun colors which keeps things fun and exciting.
See our easy dairy-free and egg-free confetti cake and icing recipes below.
WHAT KIND OF ICING FOR CONFETTI CAKE
We definitely like vanilla icing for our confetti cake.
As much as I love me some chocolate, confetti cake is one time when vanilla cake with vanilla frosting is the way to go.
After all, the sprinkles are the star of the show!
So we let them shine inside the cake and on top of it.
You can make vanilla icing homemade or possibly buy it from the store if there's a brand that works for your allergies.
Here's our dairy-free vanilla frosting recipe, which works great for confetti cake.
DAIRY-FREE STORE-BOUGHT FROSTING
If you don't want to make homemade vanilla frosting for your confetti cake, check out this store-bought icing.
It's a double win when you find their vanilla frosting AND chunky sprinkles together that work for your allergies.
I often buy the vanilla icing with chunky primary color sprinkles. Both work great for our vanilla confetti fun cake.
Just always check labels because ingredients can change.
You may also want to check out this organic icing option.
Now see our dairy-free and egg-free confetti cake recipe below.
CONFETTI CAKE RECIPE
Heat oven to 350.
Grease pan(s) with dairy-free butter if you're making this for someone with food allergies. Or use non-stick USA pans (affiliate) that require no grease. Or use cupcake wrappers in a cupcake tin.
This recipe is for 12 cupcakes, a 9x9" cake, or an 8x8" cake.
Double the ingredients for 24 cupcakes, a double layer round cake, or 9x13" cake.
INGREDIENTS
1 and ½ cups flour
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vinegar
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
⅓ cup vegetable oil
1 cup cold water
2-4 tablespoons of chunky sprinkles for batter
2 tablespoons of chucky sprinkles for top
If you're using the sprinkles on Pillsbury Funfetti frosting containers, you'll want two containers to have enough sprinkles.
DIRECTIONS
Combine all ingredients well, except sprinkles, with a mixer or by hand.
Gently fold sprinkles into the batter with a large spoon.
Pour the batter into prepared pan.
For cupcakes, bake approximately 18-20 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean from the center.
For 9-inch cakes, bake about 25-28 minutes until a toothpick comes out clean from the center.
Try not to overbake so not to have dry cake. Keep a close eye and remove right when done.
Move to a wire rack to cool.
Once cool, frost and decorate.
Hope you love this milk-free and egg-free confetti cake as much as we do!
You can save this confetti cake on Pinterest for later.
And see more dairy and egg free cake recipes below!
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Wondering what you mean by “chunky” sprinkles? The ones that are little short logs rather than tiny round balls? Any guidance on the sprinkles would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
I'm sorry, Mae. Maybe "larger" is the word for it. 🙂 We use the ones on top of tubs of Pillsbury frosting. Hope that helps!
What kind of vinegar do you use ?
Just white vinegar is fine. 🙂
To I decided to use your recipe for my daycare class party because I have two children that have allergies to Dairy and eggs. When I mixed up the batter placed it in my cupcake pans they kind of became a volcano while baking. I threw them away made another batch that that's came out perfect. So I decided to make more I made another batch as well and that bats became of volcano as well. I followed the instructions step by step and that was my results twice. Is there anything that I should have done different?
Hi Sandra! I'm glad it worked, but not sure why the volcano. I'm stumped. 🙁
So my daughter can’t have egg, dairy , citric acid which includes vinegar, lime , lemon juice. Any alternative to that ?
I have noticed a lot of recipes call for Vanilla. If my daughter is allergic to dairy and egg. Is vanilla extract safe ??
Hi Lindsay, you are right. Vanilla is yummy! 🙂 We have never had a problem with it, but of course it can be easily left out. I link to our favorite because it's been tried and true for our milk and nut allergies. 🙂
I'm going to try this !! My son is egg milk PN TN
He can now have baked egg
What do you think if I add the egg
1 egg for the vinegar ??
Hi Lisa, the egg is the baking soda and vinegar together. But you will truly love the cake without the egg. It's how the recipe was originally intended back in the 1930's. 🙂 Hope you love it!
Hi, I'm planning to make cupcakes for my niece birthday. But she's allergic to milk, eggs, and nuts. Can I use the cake mix? Is there any specific brands? What frosting I can buy?
Sephora, some use Duncan Hines cake mix. Be sure to check with the family to make sure it's ok. And some Pillsbury frostings work, too. They have soy.
Plain flour or is it self rising flour? My son is highly allergic to eggs. Trying to find a great recipe for a birthday cake.
All purpose is fine, Elizabeth. 🙂
Hi Maggie,
The vinegar activates the baking soda to raise the cake like an egg. If you can test if lemon activates the baking soda, you would know. 🙂 People have done this gluten-free. Check comments in our cake recipes, maybe it's in the plain vanilla where someone let us know a good brand.
Hi, just wondering if lemon juice could replace vinegar (yeast allergy) and would gluten free flour work? I'm trying to find a cake for my son's dedication that is safe for everyone.
Aletha, that's tricky. I know our health food store has a good selection of oils. Maybe you could ask them which one is similar to a coconut or vegetable? I mostly use coconut but will use an occasional vegetable oil. I remember when people used applesauce for oil, wonder if that would work??? Sorry I'm not completely sure. Let me know what you decide.
What type of oil do you recommend? My son is also allergic to coconut and I don't like using canola or vegetable. Do you think grape seed oil would work? Thanks!
Roberts, thank you for reporting back! 🙂
My son can't have wheat either. Bobs red mill offers lots of wheat free flour blends!
My 2yr old has all those allergies plus wheat any options?
Thanks
Roberts, you are very welcome! So glad it worked well. 🙂 Thanks for letting us know!
Can I just say. Thank You! Thank You!! This recipe was easy and delicious. I made the frosting as well. My son has numerous allergies and this was great for his first birthday!!!!