Grams to Cups

It's 'Take our kids to work day' here in Ontario. Grade 9 kids get to spend the day at work with their parents. M's office has planned a special day for the kids, so K hopefully it will make a good impression on K.

A few nights ago, I found this simple (about 4 ingredients) pound cake recipe from 'Christine's Recipes: Asian and Western Cooking'. M said he would make it, and whipped it up in no time. The interesting thing about it is that the recipe is given in grams. So when I went to google to do the conversions I was surprised to learn that it's not a straight 'grams to cups' conversion. You are converting 'weight' in grams (or ounces) to 'volume' in cups (or teaspoons and tablespoons).

Wikianswers has a great explanation:

'Depending on the density of the material you are going to have in the cup, the weight in grams of the material will vary. For example, if you fill the cup with lead, the cup will weigh much more than if you fill with feathers. This is why the cup is considered an unnecessary value of measurement, created by America to make things simpler for people who cook by an average, rather than precision.'

Anyway, it's a great, light-tasting cake and we made it without the walnuts to satisfy all palates.

Here are my conversions if you would like to try it using the cup measurements:

Butter Pound Cake

1 cup self-rising flour
2 eggs
1/3 cup melted butter or margarine
1/2 cup sugar

Pre-heat oven to 350F
cream meted butter, sugar
whisk eggs in
sift flour into the egg mixture
bake in a loaf-size pan lined with parchment paper for 35 - 40 minutes.



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