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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

1 cup flour/sugar (AmE)

English answer:

all measures here

Added to glossary by franglish
May 27, 2011 11:24
12 yrs ago
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English term

1 cup flour/sugar (AmE)

English Other Cooking / Culinary recipe
Hi everyone,
I need to know what liquid or solid measure 1 cup (AmE) corresponds to, so as to calculate the weight of flour/sugar needed in a recipe for fudge brownies:
1 cup flour
1 3/4 cups demerara sugar

Rather urgent, the brownies have to come out of the oven at 4pm (Switzerland)!
Responses
5 +1 all measures here
3 +6 1 cup = 1/2 pint = 240 ml
5 -1 236 ml
5 -2 114g
References
Info
1 cup 8 fluid ounces/½ pint 16 tablesp...

Responses

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2 mins
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all measures here

I googled for it BUT these also look right - I have a set of both at home but am not there at the moment! Hope this helps!
Reference:

http://www.hintsandthings.com/kitchen/weights.htm

Note from asker:
Thanks loads, Liz. Exactly what I needed!
www.food.com/recipe/moosewood-brownies-5227 - Cached - Similar
Peer comment(s):
agree writeaway : imo, takes less time to find than it does to post a question
2 mins
thanks
neutral Cilian O'Tuama : no mention of demerara sugar though
8 mins
soft brown sugar must surely do?
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3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "I used the conversion table from your link. The brownies were gone in a twinkle! Recipe from the Moosewood cookbook www.food.com/recipe/moosewood-brownies-5227 "
+6
7 mins

1 cup = 1/2 pint = 240 ml

but you want the equivalent in grams/ounces!?

that of course will differ from ingredient to ingredient. tricky tricky.
Reference:

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0001723.html

Note from asker:
Thank you, Cilian.
My mistake, Cilian. I should have asked for equivalt weights in this case. Easier and avoids more conversions, but of course you're right regarding liquids.
Peer comment(s):
agree Kim Metzger : In the case of flour, 5 oz = 140 gr (roughly)
22 mins
agree Michal Berski
59 mins
agree Sabine Akabayov, PhD
2 hrs
agree Stephanie Ezrol
3 hrs
agree eski : Makes sense to me! eski
4 hrs
disagree Donna Stevens : it's equal to 236 ml
6 hrs
Meine Güte! :-) You're telling me all housewives/cooks are really that accurate? How big is "your" pinch of salt?
agree Phong Le
21 hrs
agree Thuy-PTT (X)
2 days 21 hrs
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6 hrs

236 ml

in American recipes, most ingredients such as sugar or flour are given in units of volume, usually in cups, quarts, teaspoons, tablespoons, etc. You need to be careful that the cup measurement is not imperial (which is equal to 250 ml). An American cup measurement is 236 ml (which is not that different from 240, but if you are baking a special cake, that 4 ml difference might result in something slightly different.
Reference:

http://www.onlineconversion.com/volume.htm

Peer comment(s):
disagree Cilian O'Tuama : It's actually closer to 237. :-) Your special cake is doomed. - I'd say even the imperial cup would do the job nicely, even for a very special cake.
34 mins
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4 mins

114g

1 cup of flour = 114g

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Note added at 7 mins (2011-05-27 11:31:43 GMT)
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1 cup of butter/ marg = 227g
1 cup grated cheese/ flour/ chopped nuts = 114g



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Note added at 20 hrs (2011-05-28 07:38:49 GMT)
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This may be of use (for the future). Apparently the type of flour also comes into play as well! Hope your brownies came out well :)

http://www.traditionaloven.com/conversions_of_measures/flour...
Note from asker:
Thanks, Amanda.
You're right on, Amanda!
Peer comment(s):
disagree Michal Berski : cup is a mesure of volume, not weight
40 mins
I think the question was concerning flour. Flour is weighed in grams in recipes and lots of American recipes have the ingredients in 'cups' (saves weighing it out!):)
disagree Tony M : As Michal says, it is a measure of volume, so the weight will be different for flour (less dense) and sugar (denser). So this answer on its own isn't really a great deal of help
9 hrs
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Reference comments

5 mins
Reference:

Info

From my bread baking site:
3 cups bread flour (the above video used 1 cup (5 oz.) whole wheat flour and 2 cups (10 1/2 oz.) white bread flour

http://www.breadtopia.com/basic-no-knead-method/
Note from asker:
Thank you, Kim.
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3 mins
Reference:

1 cup 8 fluid ounces/½ pint 16 tablespoons 237 ml
http://www.convertalot.com/kitchen_measurements_converter.ht...

this information is very easy to find.
this is one of many websites that can be found doing a simple search.

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Note added at 4 mins (2011-05-27 11:28:42 GMT)
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here is another
http://www.dianasdesserts.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/tools.mea...

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Note added at 7 mins (2011-05-27 11:32:13 GMT)
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the second link also has cup to gram conversion tables for various materials (sugar, butter, flour etc.) as the exact conversion will vary a bit depending on what it is you are weighing.
Note from asker:
Great, Maria, the second link suits my purpose perfectly. Thank you!
Peer comments on this reference comment:
agree writeaway : imo, takes less time to find than it does to post a question
0 min
agree Thayenga : With writeaway all the way. :)
10 mins
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