On 6/18/2017 10:11 AM, Cheri wrote:
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
> news
>>
>> "Cheri" > wrote in message
>> news >>
>>>> I'd doubt that recipe... I've never seen
>>>> a recipe that indicates "2 Each Large Eggs"...WTF is an Each egg???
>>>> Without a photo of the cake I don't believe it was ever baked. I
>>>> studied that recipe, it's a definite FAKE.
>>>
>>>
>>> No, the recipe is not FAKE, I actually used this recipe this
>>> afternoon and made cupcakes, they are very good even without icing,
>>> and anyone with a brain would know that the recipe means 2 eggs, just
>>> like anyone (even you) would know that it's yellow cake and not
>>> *cale* too, but I'm surprised you didn't attack the typo either. At
>>> any rate I like the recipe a lot, and if you haven't tried it don't
>>> knock it with nonsense.
>>
>> I have not made this recipe but I have made yellow cake from scratch
>> and have seen many recipes. Most call for only the yolks of the eggs.
>> I remember one calling for 12 yolks! Perhaps it is written that way so
>> that the reader will know to use the whole egg as opposed to just the
>> yolk?
>
> That could very well be, I have old handwritten recipes where things are
> misspelled and directions are often something like the way the eggs were
> written in this one.
>
> Cheri
>
>
Older recipes are often amusing. One that sticks in my mind is a recipe
my grandmother jotted down. It calls for "butter - the size of a
walnut".

Jill