The Pantry Quiz #3
Multiple choice
Can you bake a cake without eggs? Yes. In fact, only one of these cakes from The Perfect Pantry contains eggs. Which one is it?
1. Chocolate cake in a mug
2. Wacky cake
3. Apple spice cake
4. Chocolate dump cake
Extra credit question: what is the role of eggs (yolks and whites) in baking?
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Please leave your answer in the comments, and let us know whether you have eggs in your pantry.
[Last week's answer: Honey never spoils. It might crystallize, but it can be revived.]
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Posted by: elizabeth | October 6, 2012 at 01:00 AM
You can replace eggs in cake recipes. We use Ener-G egg replacer at times when doing vegan recipes. Some people use blended silken tofu or flax seed.
Recipe with eggs is #3.
We have 2 dozen eggs in the refrigerator right now.
The egg provides binding and aeration in baking.
Posted by: Megan O | October 6, 2012 at 08:20 AM
The apple spice cake has eggs in it.
Eggs act as binding, leavening and volumizing agents.
I have 2.5 dozen eggs in my fridge right now.
Posted by: Pauline | October 6, 2012 at 08:25 AM
I don't believe I guessed wrong all the way. Now, I would experiment if I liked chocolate but I'll just accept your results.
Posted by: Pattypro | October 6, 2012 at 09:46 AM
The Apple Spice cake calls for eggs, which serve multiple purposes in baking...leavening, binding, richness, color, texture, thickening, browning and shine, when used as a glaze, and probably a few more that I can't remember.
We currently have 16 eggs in the house, but not in the pantry. ; >
Posted by: CJ at Food Stories | October 6, 2012 at 10:06 AM
I always have eggs around. I believe that eggs provide structure and the yolks provide moisture :-)
Posted by: Kalyn | October 6, 2012 at 11:12 AM
Well I guessed this one wrong!! I usually have at least 3 dozen eggs in my fridge.
Another fact about eggs that many people may not know is that they don't really *have* to be refrigerated. When I was catering the houseboat trips and fridge space was so limited, we stored them on a shelf in the pantry!
Posted by: satonahat | October 6, 2012 at 12:04 PM
I love that Wacky cake recipe
Posted by: Angela | October 6, 2012 at 12:36 PM
The chocolate cake and eggs help hold things together.
Posted by: Mimi | October 6, 2012 at 01:48 PM
I cheated and read everyone's answers.
I say the apple spice cake, even though I might be wrong.
I just bought a dozen organic eggs at the farm market; I was down. But generally I have anywhere from 6-10 eggs on hand at any given time.
Posted by: Nate @ House of Annie | October 7, 2012 at 09:18 PM
Ah, the incredible, edible egg!
We use eggs all the time. Sometimes we buy 30 per week!
Posted by: carol,boston @ cabinetstew | October 9, 2012 at 12:09 PM
Ahhh - I have a little friend who is allergic to eggs and every year for her birthday her aunt (who is very good baker) makes her an egg-free birthday cake and that cake is SO much better with out the egg!! I think she uses apple sauce as a replacement for the egg and the moisture it provides. A substitute for the "leavening" that maybe egg gives... I don't know.
but I would eat all of those cakes, now, together!