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Kay2's avatar

Thank you for these lovely recipes as well as the information on historical use of eggs. The book covers were a really nice touch.

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Jamie Schler's avatar

Thank you!

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Katy M's avatar

Thanks for the no-egg recipes! I truly enjoy your jaunts into the history of cookery and ingredients, too!

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Jamie Schler's avatar

Thank you so much, Katy!

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Susan  Olson's avatar

These look delightful as much as I'm sure they are delicious! My auntie called her raisin spice cake, war cake, baked without eggs. I'm sad we are in similar times. Your articles and recipes lift our spirits !

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Jamie Schler's avatar

Now I need to look in the couple of old American cookbooks I have that have war recipes !!

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Rachel Rodgers's avatar

Jamie, thank you SOOO much for these eggless recipes! I'm ready to start baking! And thanks you mentioning me by name, what a hoot.

Someday, if it's ever safe to travel (I'm currently in Chemo for Lung/Brain Cancer), I want to come and stay at your hotel and give you a big hug!

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Jamie Schler's avatar

Be well, my friend, be well ❤️

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Doug G's avatar

Jamie, I can still buy a dozen large eggs from pasture-raised hens for $4.99 in New Hampshire, although some markets charge more. Regular eggs can be gotten for less, including cage-free. Even if they were $6.99/dozen, that's less than $0.60/eggs, which is still a bargain when you consider their versatility and nutritional value.

Your recipes look wonderful even without eggs.

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Jamie Schler's avatar

Thank you 🙏

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Belinda Smith-Sullivan's avatar

Jamie, Thank you so much for this recipe! I am allergic to eggs and never get to eat cake. I can not wait to make and enjoy this eggless chocolate cake.

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Jamie Schler's avatar

Belinda!! I never knew you were allergic to eggs! Now I need to find you other recipes!! When are you back in my area!!

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Cheryl B's avatar

Love this! Thank you, Jamie!

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Jamie Schler's avatar

Enjoy!

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Emily Elliot's avatar

OMG. Who needs eggs, anyway? These recipes taste amazing!

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Jamie Schler's avatar

Agree!!!

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Pierre E's avatar

Thanks for these, Jamie. That coffee concoction has my name on it! :-)

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Jamie Schler's avatar

I love it and it’s so simple… and coffee is always my go-to dessert!

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meD's avatar

Wonderful history and recipes. I love the images!!

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Rose L Beranbaum's avatar

the cake looks terrific! what kind of flour do you use--bleached? unbleached?

do you have a problem with shrinking egg yolks in france the way we do here? wuat used tp be close to 19 grams for yolks is often around 15 grams!

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Jamie Schler's avatar

Gosh, Rose, now I’m going to have to weigh a whole bunch of eggs! I do feel like they’re getting smaller in general.

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Rose L Beranbaum's avatar

oh no.....i held out hope in france it would be better than here! making a génoise without separating the eggs to ensure that the yolk is the right weight ends up with a coarse texture unless you jsut add a yolk!

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Jamie Schler's avatar

I use regular French all-purpose flour!

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Carol-Ann Dearnaley's avatar

Every one of these is absolutely beautiful. Trés beau, trés, trés beau. Merci.

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Jamie Schler's avatar

Merci!

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Gundy Walton's avatar

In the last two days we’ve had nine inches of snowfall ❄️ and more coming today! A perfect reason for a hygge day! On the menu is Shepherd’s Pie and now this wonderful chocolate cake - so easy! I love chocolate cake and brownies that are denser and chewy.

Thank you and have a great weekend!

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Jamie Schler's avatar

Let me know how you like it!! Enjoy! And enjoy the snow!

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Ruth Stroud's avatar

All of these sound delicious, Jamie! I might have a hard time choosing one so will probably have to make all three. I’m still cooking with eggs, but being a little more sparing in light of the prices. Even though our local Trader Joe’s still offers them at a far more reasonable price than anyone else, they ration them to a dozen per visit and run out well before noon.

I never for a moment believed DT would make good on his promises to lower food prices and can’t understand why he hoodwinked so many. I guess they just wanted to believe—and many still do. It’s unfathomable—but then so is the appeal of most of the world’s dictators.

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KathyGori's avatar

I love this Jamie! Eggless is the way to go. I’m going to have to try the eggless cake!

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Marlene's avatar

We loved the chocolate cake! I frosted it with a some mocha icing, yum! Thank you for sharing.

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