Do You Weigh Or Measure Your Ingredients?
Decorating By mcalhoun Updated 14 Jul 2006 , 9:34pm by slejdick
I am thinking of buying a scale and start weighing my ingredients instead of the measuring. I was just wondering if everyone agreed that weighing is the best way and what type of scale do you use?
Melissa
I use a scale, can't remember the brand....it measures down to a gram, has a tare button. I love it, and use it whenever I bake.
I weight my ingredents. Its alot faster & less of a mess to clean up. I got the measurements from this website. Ill find it then post it back here. BRB.
When I took my Decorating Class, all of our recipes had to be weighed on a scale. The Chef explained that it's a much more accurate way of measuring, plus there are no measuring cups to clean up. I am thinking of buying a scale as well, but where do you get recipes with weight measurements?
Heres the link I was refering to. This was posted be Crimsicle. I use it all the time.
http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=favpics&cat=0&pos=-25279
Thanks Monica I put it in my favorites so when I get my scale I will be ready. By the way karateka what is a tare?
Thanks Monica! That will be a great help!
You really take the Cake!!! (You'll have to pardon the pun, I just couldn't resist!)
I really take the cake? shouldn't it be Crimsicle takes the cake? She's the one who posted the origional.
But thanks anyway .
I dont know how much more I can LOVE this site!!
I agree its a great site I am here all the time (shhh don't tell the boss). Its nice to know that people can still share ideas and help one another out without expecting something in return.
Thanks Monica I put it in my favorites so when I get my scale I will be ready. By the way karateka what is a tare?
The tare button will reset the scale to zero while something is on it. You can put your bowl on the scale, reset to zero, measure your first ingredient, reset to zero, measure the next ingredient, etc. It reduces the amount of math you have to do, and makes it easier to use.
I have a scale that I love, I got it at Bed Bath & Beyond. It has the tare feature, will weigh in either ounces or grams, and also has a liquid measure feature which I haven't quite figured out, but if I need a half cup of liquid, I can measure that directly with the scale instead of having to use a measuring cup. I think that will be especially handy for measuring vegetable oil and things like that, without getting a measuring cup greasy.
Laura.
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