Weighing eggs for baking

bltchef

it depends what u r making but if it was me i would just use what i have hope this help

marmiterulesok

BaileyB wrote: »

Found this online, is this correct?

4 large eggs =5 medium eggs
5 large eggs = 6medium eggs
6 large eggs = 7 medium eggs

I wouldn't use this as a guide.

small egg <53g
medium 53-62g
large 63-72g
very large >73g

Weight is a better guide.I weigh each egg and write the weight on the egg with a marker pen,as the weight can vary quite a lot in a box.Even if eggs are marked medium/large each egg will probably be off a slightly different weight.So you could easily have two medium eggs from the same box,with one weighing 53g and the other 62g.Quite a difference but they're still classed as medium.

Yesterday I bought some large eggs when I meant to buy medium.I need two medium for a cake recipe so I'll use the eggs weighing 62 and 64g-the smallest in the box.

peachyprice

I just use however many eggs it says, regardless of size. Can't say I've had any disasters yet/

krlyr

peachyprice wrote: »

I just use however many eggs it says, regardless of size. Can't say I've had any disasters yet/

Ditto this, have never specifically bought large eggs and always just use the amount of eggs regardless of size.

thelawnet

marmiterulesok wrote: »

I wouldn't use this as a guide.

small egg <53g
medium 53-62g
large 63-72g
very large >73g

We can say medium = 58, large = 68, and based on that, six large = 7.03 medium.

But the OP's approximations are not bad really, if you were going to use medium, then five smaller medium eggs for 4 large ones would make sense.

Darren_G

There is a site called egginfo.co.uk which gives weight approximations for the 'new' sizes (small, medium, large, ex.large) and also 'old' sizes (0-7). This is what they suggest:

Very Large (size 0-1) = 73g +over

Large (sizes 1-3) = 63 - 73g

Medium (sizes 3-5) = 53 - 63g

Small (sizes 5-7) = 53g + under

Just adds a little more information for those using recipes with the old numbered sizes (my Bero recipe book is full of them - '1 egg - size 3')

MrsCakeMaker

I was a little horrified when I read some of you mark your eggs with marker pens! :eek:

Egg shells are porous, marker pens are toxic!

Use an edible pen instead, they contain food colouring and are for drawing details on sugar characters and cake coverings, they cost a couple of quid and are much safer than potentially poisoning someone!

Little_Vics

Hi,

Please help me not ruin my gin & tonic cup cakes - the recipe says 2 large eggs but I only have medium.......how many shall I use?

Recipe is here - http://iheartkatiecakes.blogspot.co.uk/2012/02/gin-and-tonic-cupcakes.html

Ta muchly!

agreenmess

I've never found a "real" difference between large/medium eggs so I just use the same amount. Never ever had any problems. HTH

RAS

http://www.nigella.com/kitchen-queries/view/Egg-Sizes/3245