Cases in which cold eggs cannot be used: they will ruin baked goods

Everyone knows that eggs and butter must be chilled before baking. But no matter how many times it is stated in the recipe, most housewives still neglect this important rule, thinking that nothing will happen.

The FoodOboz editorial team will tell you when cold eggs can be harmful. Published on the Food52 website.

Classic butter cakes and sponge cakes

These products usually have a light and airy texture. The success of such baked goods is most often achieved at the kneading stage. This requires that all the ingredients be at approximately the same temperature. Otherwise, during the baking process, the dough may crack, split, and not contain enough moisture. And the crumb will generally be dense and sticky.

Chocolate cakes

This mostly applies to flourless chocolate cakes and chocolate candies. Unlike butter cakes, chocolate cakes are denser and more moist in texture, and the mixing process is easy. However, if the yolks are cold, they make the chocolate-butter mixture cool and thicken much faster. And while you prepare all the other ingredients, the dough will become thick and eventually fall off.

Custard

It's simple: eggs at room temperature come into contact with the other ingredients much more easily when cooking custard. While cold eggs can clot and the custard will not thicken enough and will resemble an oily liquid.