Ingredient units

Hi all!

I was reading some of the recipes posted here and noticed that the ingredient units vary from recipe to recipe, oz, gr, cups... I have some difficulty when I see a recipe using "cups", because there are volume variations between cups that can introduce weight/volume errors when executing a recipe. I never know if the cup I'm using is too big or too small (sorry, this is my scientific side working)

My suggestion is to everyone use the same units for the ingredients. I think this way the ingredient measuring precision would be increased. I usually work with international units like liter (l) and g (gram) but some people prefer other units like oz, for example.

Rui

I have a plastic measuring cup which tells you the measurements in cups eg 1/4, 1/2 cup and in mls so I find it easy to covert.

Whenever CUP is meantined it is always a STANDARD measuring cup. They can be plastic or metal, but they are always standard. They normally come in 1; 1/2; 1/3; 1/4 sizes to cover all combinations.

Hi micromys,

Unfortunately - CUPS is a standard unit of measurement here is Australia. It is not hit and miss - as these sets of measuring cups are purchased. They are different from the cups used to measure liquids.

There is a lot of conversion info on this site provided for our international friends. Try typing in Conversion into the Search function at the top of the page. Or check the GLOSSARY

Here is one that is specific to CUPS - liquids
http://cakedec.forumotion.com/glossary-f6/conversions-cup-spoon-sizes-t2050.htm?highlight=conversions

and another link to CUPS - dry ingredients (which will vary in weight with different ingredients)

http://www.donnahay.com.au/Section.jsp?sectionid=1160856

I have 2 measuring cups with different volumes and they both measure liquids and solids as they have 2 grades. Unfortunatelly the units are in ml and g only. I'll have to get one measuring cup with 1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4 sizes.

Thank you for your answers and informations!

Rui

Rui,

If you check the 2nd link I provided you will see the conversions for common baking ingredients ie. flour, sugar etc.

It gives the grams that are equal to the cup measures.
So it should be easy for you

Actually, last year in Germany I found it very frustrating as they do not have the measuring cups we have here. They have big 1 l jars with gr & ml measuring scale, but it nowhere close to our cups. I made a huge mess with dark chocolate raspberry cake measuring flours and liquid cups Keeping in mind I made that cake many time without any problems here.

Yana wrote:Actually, last year in Germany I found it very frustrating as they do not have the measuring cups we have here. They have big 1 l jars with gr & ml measuring scale, but it nowhere close to our cups. I made a huge mess with dark chocolate raspberry cake measuring flours and liquid cups Keeping in mind I made that cake many time without any problems here.

Yes, same here in portugal. The most widelly units used here and many other countries in europe is gr and ml. Yesterday I went to 3 stores and found some measuring cups... all in gr and ml. One had a grid for cups but it was huge measuring only 1, 1.5, 2, 2.5 and 3 cups.

I'll use the link Pam provided (thank you Pam) to convert cups to gr till I find a store or an online store that sells measuring cups.
It's very hot today and I think I'm going to do some gardening after work

micromys wrote:I'll use the link Pam provided (thank you Pam) to convert cups to gr till I find a store or an online store that sells measuring cups.

It's not a prerequisite that you buy the cups, if you just use the link which has the conversions you can continue to use gr and mls the same way you have been. You can simply print out the recipe and write the changes to suit your measurements directly on it!