article_snippet: Thanks to households being rationed to one egg per week, cakes like this one, right, had to be made with dried eggs, left, while dried eggs were topped with blancmange thanks to the lack of sugar available .
article_snippet: It meant there was only one fresh egg a week per household
article_snippet: housework had to cope with powdered eggs and a limited amount of variety to cook with.'
article_snippet: Dr Russell explained: 'A cake had to be made with dry eggs and icing with a blancmange topping because of the lack of sugar. 