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[stinkky]

I want to make a cake but all the measurements are in 'cups'. I don't have the right utensils to measure this. How do I convert this to grams? Stupidly when I ask the site to show me the ingredients in metric, it calculates everything in ML. Lol.

http://www.food.com/recipe/vegan-banana-cake-420289?mode=us&scaleto=12.0&st=null

Comments

[crassy]

You google a cups to grams calculator. If one doesn't work, try another one.

Seriously, this type of thing can be found by simply googling. We do like to maintain a quality over quantity feel to the community. You don't have to ask every single question that pops into your head, especially if that question can be found through a google search (and, btw, that is one of the community rules).

[stinkky]

Going through google seemed to turn up a lot of different answers which was pretty annoying but i'll give the most legit looking one a go. I don't want to waste my precious baking materials OmO

'Logic and puzzles' lolololol

[crassy]

or 100... :)

[redaxe]

Considering that cups is a measurement of volume, and grams measures mass, a conversion between the two is essentially meaningless without knowing the density of your substance(s). (Ounces is the English system measurement most commonly used for weight, which most closely translates to mass.)

On the other hand, ml is a measurement of volume, which explains why your site converted cups to it.

[stinkky]

This is pretty much why I posted here rather than try out random google conversions. Every site says something different and most sites are converting water, not anything else :/
i cant find the recipe anywhere in grams either!

[redaxe]

That's my point: don't expect to find it in grams if the original is measured in cups. Even though the ingredient's density is known (more or less; we won't bother with pressure and temperature variations, provided it's still liquid), the recipe is clearly calling for a volume measurement, which would be in liters or some prefixed version of them. Why not simply get a wet-ingredients measuring cup (or other device) that's marked in ml?

[stinkky]

Ah, I see!
So .. if I used a measuring jug, and poured my flour / sugar / whatever into it to the specified ML, it would be right?
For some reason I just thought it totally wouldnt work. I feel dumb now.

[cityofmist]

If you google '[number] cups [ingredient] in g' it'll just come up with the number, provided it's a common ingredient like flour or sugar. Just make sure you include what it is you're measuring, because, as you said, cups are really measuring volume.

[mrflagg]

it appears you're too dumb to bake. consider taking up water colours or working with Geek Squad instead.

[stinkky]

Oooooh, better get some cold water on that burn ;)

[dobie]

I dunno... the fact that they thought to convert the cups to grams indicates a modicum of problem solving though patterns.

This would disqualify them from Geek Squad all together.

(and just to be clear, it's just a joke, no offense is intended)

[stinkky]

units of measurement or anything to do with numbers is seriously not my forte. I wouldn't even take an insult as an insult cuz its true!