Martin Sorge cuts a slice of his egg-free, yellow cake with chocolate frosting at his Chicago home on April 9, 2025. Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/TNS As a professional recipe developer focused on ...

As a professional recipe developer focused on baking, I am more aware of the cost of eggs than most folks. Try making a custard tart that calls for eight egg yolks, then testing it three more times.

As a professional recipe developer focused on baking, I am more aware of the cost of eggs than most folks. Try making a custard tart that calls for eight egg yolks, then testing it three more times.

That’s two dozen eggs for one recipe. Ouch. Many common bakes and desserts don’t need eggs: shortbread cookies, most bread, almost any fruit pie, even my go-to ice cream recipe. But what about those ...