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[C&T]

Can you help!

 

When a recipe says a medium egg - what sort of weight is a medium egg?

 

I am planning some baking using our own eggs for the first time, and wondered if the omleteers can help me!

 

I used to go out and buy a box of medium eggs. But now, I have all different size eggs on my stand... And not sure which ones to select, or if they are all a bit too small... (well, she has only be laying a week or so... )

[Patricia7455]

Hi there

 

Welcome to the forum. I haven't got eggs or chickens yet, but I have seen this page which might help you.

 

http://www.britegg.co.uk/beissection/beis_eggsz.html

 

Best wishes

 

Patricia

[C&T]

Perfect!!!

 

Thank you very much!

 

Now allI have to decide is what sort of cake to make with my eggs...

[Patricia7455]

Glad that was of help. The allrecipes website is quite good for different cake recipes ....

 

I am baking today as well, though not with eggs. Have made a couple of trays of yummy muesli and now am just doing a couple of dozen mince pies.

 

I might make a chocolate Christmas cake this year!

[C&T]

Is a good site! There are a few things on there that I might have to try...

 

I'll never get back into a smaller dress size....

[Saronne]

If a recipe calls for '3 large eggs' and I only have small or medium eggs, then I tend to use four medium or five small. It's a mixture of experience and guesswork for me! I haven't got one of those ultra sensitive digital scales that weigh in grams...hmmm, I've been good. Maybe I should ask Santa for one (Having said that, my recipes have come out okay using guesswork).

[Olly]

My speckledy hen lays quite small eggs, despite being the largest bird in the run, and I also tend to 'round up' if I'm making something that needs four eggs, and maybe add two small ones and three larger ones. I have got a digital scale, how can you live without one Saronne - when you get a monster double-yolker, you will want to know how much it weighs!

 

For a basic sponge recipe, however, I just weigh the eggs and then match the weight in fat flour and sugar - works every time for me.

[Saronne]

Ohhh...that's clever. Never thought about equal weights for eggs to fat flour and sugar. Right. Now I really want a digital scale. What make have you got?

[Snowy]

Ohhh...that's clever. Never thought about equal weights for eggs to fat flour and sugar. Right. Now I really want a digital scale. What make have you got?

 

I always use this method now and can throw together a sponge in minutes! I've not looked at a recipe since

[Ain't Nobody Here]

I couldn't live without my digital scales . Both for cake making and entries on my Egg Tally .

 

I got mine off Ebay for a tenner.