Egg allergy
A friend is allergic. I have Ener-G egg replacer. Do you like it or do you like alternatives for different applications? I'm going to use it for a meatball this week, but I don't like it for baked goods. I do know about the poor man's cake but what else am I missing when trying to cook for a friend? Is Xanthan gum used for this purpose? She doesn't have any other allergy like gluten.
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Keep in mind that egg leaven baked goods and many of the substitutes do not, so you may have to provide more leavening.
Xanthan gum is used as a texture modifier and stabilizer in many gluten free baked goods. I think you'd be better off without it. For your purposes, consider trying the flax seed trick, but I wouldn't recommend making anything egg-heavy with it (light-textured cakes, meringues, custards, etc.) as it is mostly a binder.