On Wed, 21 Jun 2017 08:51:18 -0400, jmcquown >
wrote:

>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

That was not uncommon, actually, and was considered about the same or
maybe a bit less in size as a "knob" of butter.