2026-09-26 08:26 UTC
@PhilthyPierre@mastodonapp.uk @uc@mastodon.scot @Fasgadh@mastodon.scot @kibcol1049@mstdn.social
American pound cake/ Victoria* sponge in England
Was called that because the recipe is 4 ounces of butter, sugar, flour with two eggs. The average weight of two eggs is 4 ounces. Total 16 equals a pound.
And you can use the eggs as a counterweight to weigh the other three.
*Renamed after Queen Victoria
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@outinthehills@mastodon.scot 2026-09-26 11:57
@tiggy@mastodonapp.uk @PhilthyPierre@mastodonapp.uk @uc@mastodon.scot @Fasgadh@mastodon.scot @kibcol1049@mstdn.social my mum always used the 2 eggs as weights to measure the other 3 ingredients. When I tell people that, I then have to explain how traditional balance scales work 🙄