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1 cup flour/sugar (AmE)

English translation: all measures here

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English term or phrase:1 cup flour/sugar (AmE)
Selected answer:all measures here
Entered by: franglish

11:24 May 27, 2011
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary / recipe
English term or phrase: 1 cup flour/sugar (AmE)
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)!
franglish
Switzerland
Local time: 12:49
all measures here
Explanation:
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!
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Liz Dexter (was Broomfield)
United Kingdom
Grading 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
3 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



SUMMARY OF ALL EXPLANATIONS PROVIDED
3 +61 cup = 1/2 pint = 240 ml
Cilian O'Tuama
5 +1all measures here
Liz Dexter (was Broomfield)
5 -1236 ml
Donna Stevens
5 -2114g
Amanda Jane Lowles
Summary of reference entries provided
Info
Kim Metzger
Maria Fokin

  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
1 cup flour/sugar (ame)
all measures here


Explanation:
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
Liz Dexter (was Broomfield)
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 3
Grading 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
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks loads, Liz. Exactly what I needed!

Asker: www.food.com/recipe/moosewood-brownies-5227 - Cached - Similar


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
1 cup flour/sugar (ame)
1 cup = 1/2 pint = 240 ml


Explanation:
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
Cilian O'Tuama
Germany
Local time: 12:49
Native speaker of: English
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you, Cilian.

Asker: 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 comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -1
1 cup flour/sugar (ame)
236 ml


Explanation:
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
Donna Stevens
Norway
Local time: 12:49
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): -2
1 cup flour/sugar (ame)
114g


Explanation:
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...

Amanda Jane Lowles
Italy
Local time: 12:49
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, Amanda.

Asker: You're right on, Amanda!


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
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

Reference information:
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/

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Note to reference poster
Asker: Thank you, Kim.

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3 mins peer agreement (net): +2
Reference

Reference information:
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.

Maria Fokin
Italy
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in RussianRussian
Note to reference poster
Asker: Great, Maria, the second link suits my purpose perfectly. Thank you!


Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
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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