Correct. Cake and all purpose are milled differently, so you can't really
duplicate or substitute accurately. This I learned, and while the cake was
edible, it wasn't as fluffy as I wanted because I didn't have the cake flour.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Rawlings" <twosocks76@xxxxxxx>
To: <blindcooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2021 14:49:52 -0700
Subject: [blindcooks] Re: EQUIVALENT WEIGHTS and MEASURES OF FOOD
Marilyn,
While these amounts given here can get one started, they aren't all
entirely accurate. For example, how much whipped cream you end up with by
volume when you start with a cup of cold heavy cream rather depends on how
much the cream is whipped, and if any other ingredients, such as powdered
sugar, are added, which they often are. The measures regarding flour are
also somewhat misleading, because you can't duplicate the results of cake
flour by using a combination of all-purpose flour and cornstarch, in any
proportion. It may get you by, but the fact is that the all-purpose flour
is going to create more gluten during mising, which will result in a baked
item more chewy and a bit more tough than if cake flour had been used.
Sorry if it seems I'm straining at gnats here, but I just want people to
understand these are rough guidelines at best. And please, I don't mean to
discourage anyone from contributing thoughts or in any other way, nor that
what they have to say isn't appreciated, because it is. It just goes to
show there is a lot of confusion out there. Sometimes, the only way to
really figure these things out is to figure it out for yourself, if
possible. Asking Alexa also doesmn't hurt.
Jon
-----Original Message-----
From: Marilyn H
Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2021 12:35 PM
To: blindcooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [blindcooks] EQUIVALENT WEIGHTS and MEASURES OF FOOD
EQUIVALENT WEIGHTS and MEASURES OF FOOD
Bread crumbs, dry
1 cup weighs 1/4 lb
4 cups per pound
Bread crumbs, fresh
1 cup weighs 1 oz
16 cups per pound
butter or margarine or solid shortening
1 tablespoon weighs 15 grams
8 tablespoons equals 1/4 pound or 1 stick
Cheese, grated
1 cup weighs 1/4 lb
4 cups per pound
Flour, all-purpose, sifted
1 cup weighs 1/4 lb
4 cups per pound
Flour, all-purpose, unsifted
1 cup weighs 4 and 1/3 oz
3 and 2/3 cups per pound
Flour, cake, sifted
1 cup weighs 3 and 1/3 oz
4 and 3/4 cups per pound
graham crackers
11 crackers crushed equals 1 cup crumbs
Macaroni, 1-inch pieces, uncooked
1 cup weighs 1/4 lb
4 cups per pound
macaroni, 1 lb dry after cooking
yields 9 cups
6 oz uncooked pasta
yields 3 cups cooked
raisins
1 pound equals 3 cups
Rice, long grain, uncooked
1 cup weighs 6 and 1/2 oz
2 and 1/2 cups per pound
Rice about triples in volume while cooking.
saltine crackers
9 crackers crushed equals 1 cup crumbs
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Sugar, brown, packed
1 cup weighs 7 oz
2 and 1/4 cups per pound
Sugar, granulated
1 cup weighs 8 oz
2 cups per pound
Sugar, powdered, packed
1 cup weighs 4 and 5/8 oz
3 and 1/2 cups per pound
vanilla wafers
30 small crushed equals 1 cup crumbs
1 cup whipping cream equals 2 cups whipped cream
