1917: 55 Ways to Save Eggs, How Royal Baking Powder Saves Eggs
Royal Baking Powder Company
Many housewives are aware that the use of Royal Baking Powder, a cream of tartar powder, permits a considerable saving in the number of eggs….In nearly all recipes in which eggs are used the number may be reduced one-half or more, and excellent results obtained by using a small additional quantity of Royal Baking Powder, about a teaspoon, in lace of each egg omitted. The recipes in this book illustrate how this may be done….
The tables of ingredients under the Old Way show by comparison the saving in eggs, shortening and other expensive ingredients by the New Way. The directions apply to the New Way.
Sponge Cake
Old Way
5 eggs
1 cup sugar
1 teaspoon extract
1 cup flour
1/4 teaspoon Royal Baking Powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
New Way
3 eggs
1 cup sugar
4 tablespoons cold water
1 teaspoon extract
1 cup flour
1 1/2 teaspoon Royal Baking Powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
Beat yolks of eggs with sugar and stir in water and flavoring; sift dry ingredients together and add to previous mixture, beating well for five minutes; fold in well beaten whites of eggs and bake about 40 minutes in moderate oven.
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