Kake Lover
Veteran
Measuring anything more than a tablespoon by volume rather than by weight seems such an inexact science to me. It's ok for liquids obviously.
I know there are conversion charts for some of the most common ingredients and I have a set of cups to measure if I need to, but it is such a faff!! Especially dry ingredients such as flour or icing sugar. How on earth do you measure the flour without spilling it everywhere and where do you catch the stuff that overflows when you level it off? What about margarine or butter! —trying to squeeze and squash it into a cup has me seeing red! Whereas I can often judge exactly the right amount in weight to cut off the block.
Using scales is so easy in comparison. I have a set of each kind to choose from, depending what I'm making. The old fashioned balance scales are my favourite, I also have a flat digital set to measure all the ingredients into the mixing bowl or saucepan and a set with a dial that has its own mixing bowl. Great for measuring icing sugar straight into the seive sitting over the bowl.
I want to try and make one of the Marmite cakes tomorrow which is why I'm asking. The cheesey one is in grams but the other one is in cups.
I know there are conversion charts for some of the most common ingredients and I have a set of cups to measure if I need to, but it is such a faff!! Especially dry ingredients such as flour or icing sugar. How on earth do you measure the flour without spilling it everywhere and where do you catch the stuff that overflows when you level it off? What about margarine or butter! —trying to squeeze and squash it into a cup has me seeing red! Whereas I can often judge exactly the right amount in weight to cut off the block.
Using scales is so easy in comparison. I have a set of each kind to choose from, depending what I'm making. The old fashioned balance scales are my favourite, I also have a flat digital set to measure all the ingredients into the mixing bowl or saucepan and a set with a dial that has its own mixing bowl. Great for measuring icing sugar straight into the seive sitting over the bowl.
I want to try and make one of the Marmite cakes tomorrow which is why I'm asking. The cheesey one is in grams but the other one is in cups.