Hi everyone!
I was hoping that i could get some help. I dislike measuring out ingredients such as a cup of this or 2 large of that, so i am posting to clear up some questions
I remember a while back that there was a member who had a book telling you the weight of ingredients, for example: 1 cup of icing sugar is equal to ___g of icing sugar.
Basically i am trying to turn my recipes away from a cup of XX into __g of XX, i want it more specific.
So i would like some help, with either the name of the book or telling me how much 1 cup of icing sugar is equal to, flour, sugar, etc.
Thanks in advance!
The Bakers Companion from King Arthur Flour has a great table in the front of the book that lists these conversions...but be careful because I have often found that when using their weights in recipes that call for ingredients to be measured by the cup, I need to add more flour. For instance, they list AP flour as being 4 1/4 oz per cup- but I have learned that with most recipes (not including the ones in that book) 4 1/2 - 5 oz works better. Does that make sense?
You might be better off making your own chart. The next time you measure a cup of anything, put it on the scale and write it down- that way you know that your measurements will work 
Amber
ps- sorry- I just noticed you're in Canada- they do not list metric.
lol sweetamber.... yup ! all the way up here in Canada, dont use or understand oz..LOL
hmmm, not sure what the easiest thing to do is here...
Get new recipes . . . european and australian recipes tend to be written in weights. probably not the answer you were looking for. otherwise, i'd suggest measuring out your recipes each time you do it and writing down the weights as was already said, then dealing with those same weights in the future.
there is a handy dandy little tool called the kitchen calculator that converts things for you..from cups to ounces to grams to kilo grams...to fluid ounces and back and forth and it also increases your recipe or divides it and it's only about 30 bucks!
It's called the KITCHEN CALCULATOR I have one and I use it all the time!
and yes you can purchase one through Beryls!!!!
This site provides that info and more, almost too much:
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/cooking/faq/
HTH
wow, thank you everyone...
Risque, it was your post i was waiting for.
Hi sinderella
I've checked out a few sites and done my own little table of conversions. I hope you can understand it. They are all 1 CUP MEASUREMENTS ( Australian ) put into grams and ounces.
butter, margarine, and copha: 250g = 8.8oz
grated cheese: 125g = 4.4oz
desicated coconut: 90g = 3.2oz
sultanas, currants, raisins etc: 160g = 5.6oz
flour: 125g = 4.4oz
chopped nuts: 200g = 7 oz
rolled oats: 80g = 2.8oz
white sugar, castor: 250g = 8.8oz
raw sugar: 180g = 6.3oz
brown, confection/icing sugar: 150g = 5.2oz
Hope this helps
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