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Why I ditched measuring cups and my baking got way more reliable
I found out that every time I used a cup for flour, the amount was different. This made my cakes dense or my cookies spread too much. Using a scale solved all my consistency problems. Most bakers don't want to hear this, but cups are holding you back.
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ben_jenkins617mo ago
Lily's point about it changing with your mood hits on the bigger problem, which is that the person writing the recipe was probably in a mood too. So many recipes are just someone scooping from their bag, meaning their "one cup" is already wrong. A scale cuts out their guesswork and yours.
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lily2307mo ago
Ugh, yes, this was my exact problem with cookies. They'd always spread into one giant sheet because I was packing way too much flour into the cup. My brownies were weirdly cakey for the same reason. Once I figured out that a "cup" could be 120 grams or 150 grams depending on my mood, I bought a scale. Everything comes out right the first time now.
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