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Comments (13)I've tried it and haven't loved it. When I used it for sticky but liquid items like honey, once it was filled the stuff would sometimes slosh out when lifting it from where I had filled it on the counter into the mixing bowl and then as I started tipping it over some might also drip down the side before I got it upside down. It might be nice for semi-solid stuff like peanut butter or shortening but I don't measure those often enough by volume for it to matter. Sometimes for shortening, I'll use the water displacement method in a measuring cup - if you need 1/3 of a cup of shortening, you put 2/3 of a cup of water in the cup and then put lumps of shortening in until the water level gets up to about a cup. That works particularly nicely when you needed the liquid in the recipe anyway. More and more, I've been figuring out what a cup of something is by weight. Put the bowl on the scale, tare it out and add the ingredient. No packing, no scraping. Depending on what I'm making, I sometimes use Annie's method too....See MorePound Cake - a new challenge
Comments (142)I just received the two recipes below in my email. Think they sound interesting. Sara Lee Pound Cake Author: CopyKat Recipes Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 45 minutes Serves: 10 Sara Lee Pound cake was one of my first recipes at CopyKat.com, after reading the ingredients on the package; I set out to re-create this famous pound cake just like the original. 1/4 pound or 1stick unsalted butter 3/4 cup sugar 3 eggs 1 cup cake flour 2 tablespoons dry powdered milk 1 tablespoon corn syrup Juice of half a small lemon 1/4 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon vanilla 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon mace (optional) Allow butter to reach room temperature, if you can try to use unsalted butter. Cream sugar and butter together until light and fluffy. Add eggs one at a time and mix well. Add in flour, powdered milk, baking powder, and corn syrup. Beat each in well. Add juice of half a lemon, salt, vanilla, nutmeg, and mace. Make sure everything is well blended, and pour into a greased loaf pan. Bake at 325 degrees for 45 minutes, checking for doneness by inserting a toothpick and seeing if it comes out clean. You almost want to under bake this. Triple Coconut Pound Cake 2 cups flour 1/4 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp salt 1 stick (1/2 cup) unsalted butter at room temperature 1 cup sugar 2 large eggs, at room temperature 1/2 cup evaporated milk or coconut milk 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 1 tsp coconut extract 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut plus more for garnish for the glaze 1 heaping cup confectioner's sugar milk, cream or coconut milk to thin 1/2 tsp coconut extract Set oven to 350F Whisk together the flours, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside. Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, one at a time. Mix the evaporated milk with the extracts, and add alternately to the bowl with the dry ingredients, beginning and ending with the dry. Don't over mix the batter. Stir in the shredded coconut and turn into a greased and floured loaf pan. Smooth out the top and bake for about 55 minutes until risen, golden, and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out without wet batter clinging to it. (Moist crumbs are ok) Let the cake cool for 10 minutes before turning out onto a rack. let cool completely before glazing. Make the glaze by mixing the confectioner's sugar and extract with enough liquid to make a spreadable glaze. Top the glazed cake with more shredded coconut....See MoreAccurate measurements in recipes...
Comments (19)Love the cartoon! Today, I captured my niece, and got her protein healthy cookie recipe. She was taught to bake by look and feel, a little of this, some of that. Her DH is on the road a lot, and she didn't want him to eat just a bunch of junk food. She took a basic chocolate chip cookie recipe (still using her some of this and a little of that), and then added protein powder, dried fruit, sometimes chocolate chips, sometimes not, peanut butter. She actually tried to measure for me! I took my kitchen scale so we got a good approximate measurement. I still need to re write it. They figured it out that 3 cookies is actually a full meal! I cook with some of this, and a bit of that, but never bake that way. This same niece is the one who finally took the frustration out of making the candy cane Christmas cookies. And all I needed to do was add one egg white! And that egg white was not in my recipe. Steph has made them for years with her grandmother, and all she had to do last year was take one look at my dough. Once we added the egg white, they rolled beautifully! Mom always hated making them because they were so crumbly and fragile. I loved the cookies, but hated making them for the same reason. I will be making some again this year, and do it with out the frustration!...See MoreLooking to replace a object that "sparks joy" - hedgehog measuring cup
Comments (2)Those are adorable. I have a similar set, but mine are owls ... and mine are right-side up, not upside-down. Have you tried ebay?...See Morechangeling
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