Post by @PhilthyPierre@mastodonapp.uk

2026-09-25 22:27 UTC

@uc@mastodon.scot @Fasgadh@mastodon.scot @tiggy@mastodonapp.uk @kibcol1049@mstdn.social Absolutely not. Try using those abominations and all your cakes will come out flat and your gravy will smell of Castrol R! back in reality, I'll have a check of some old american recipe books to see if they have a standard number of spoonfuls that make a cup. If so, then you can work out the differing ratios.

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@wendinoakland@beige.party 2026-09-26 07:27

@PhilthyPierre@mastodonapp.uk @uc@mastodon.scot @Fasgadh@mastodon.scot @tiggy@mastodonapp.uk @kibcol1049@mstdn.social metrics is sooooo much better.

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@tiggy@mastodonapp.uk 2026-09-26 08:26

@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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@scrummy@jawns.club 2026-09-26 11:25

@PhilthyPierre@mastodonapp.uk @uc@mastodon.scot @Fasgadh@mastodon.scot @tiggy@mastodonapp.uk @kibcol1049@mstdn.social American here. Measuring spoons are standardized here. A teaspoon is ~5ml. A tablespoon = 3 tsp = ~15ml =0.5 fluid ounces. 16 tbsp =1 cup = 237ml= 8 fluid ounces My wife bakes, and she prefers to weigh flour instead of measuring in cups where possible. Not a lot of American recipes have flour instead weight, but most non-American ones do. (Edit for autocorrect mistake)

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