Fresh eggs are crucial for optimum aeration. They have the greatest capacity to hold in air bubbles and in the process build the cake’s structure (grain and texture) and flavor. You can tell a fresh egg by its appearance once cracked because it has a yolk that domes up, rather than lies flat, and a thick, translucent white that has body and is not runny.
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