Orange cake

[mieronna]

I made a lovely orange cake today, from this recipe. It's delicious, even though I didn't use enough flour and butter (who the hell measures something that comes in chunks in a volume measuring unit?) because I had problems translating the measurements, and I would probably use more lemon and less orange juice next time since it's a bit too sweet

Comments

[accioslash]

(who the hell measures something that comes in chunks in a volume measuring unit?)

Hee! Well, everyone in the US.

A cup of butter is two sticks. Butter is typically sold in the US in packages of four sticks at a time and measurements are included on the labels so there is no math to worry about. The 1/2 cup and full cup measurements are printed on every stick.

Thanks for the recipe. ;D

[mieronna]

Hmm. Well, I still think it's rather illogical, but I guess if the measurements are on the labels, that's no problem ;)

[snakeling]

This is my favourite site when cooking foreign recipes :) It even has a converter between volume and weight, where you choose the product you're converting and get different densities.

[mieronna]

This is indeed a lovely site. I had no idea they had such specific conversions for cooking there. That's awesome! Thanks!

[mieronna]

It is. Desserts are good ;)

I usually want to make something on Sundays, especially when I'm alone at home. I hate people standing over me when I'm cooking.

[hlclark]

I know, I think it's weird Americans measure stuff in cups. I guess we used to in the UK as well, at some point, probably... But doesn't it make more sense to measure things in the same unit? In the same mathematical way? Cups, I feel, are a subjective thing, whereas numbers on a scale are fairly accurate. How are you supposed to put butter in a cup? Whereas you can just cut it up and plonk it on a scale and ta da!