Does anyone know how to convert pounds in pound cake?

Question

ie pound of butter, pound of sugar, pound of cake flour? What is that in cups?

this was in a recipe on the food network for wolfgang puck and it is online that way

thanks for the link to the conversion chart at angelfire...i saved it...it is AWSOME!!

recipe for individual baked alaskas

Answer 1

An interesting question indeed.

I looked on a new pound of butter package as a first step. It has markings on the wrapper for 1 cup = 250 ml. This marking represents a little less than 1/2 of the pound contents. With the little difference I would say you would be safe in using the whole pound of butter would equal to 2 cups. After finding the link below it verifies my estimation.

Now for the dry ingredients see the link below. Generally in the flour category it works out to be 1 lb = 4 cups.

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

Skip it until you buy a scale (each dry ingredient measures differently ie: weight to volume) So here is a very yummy (measured) pound cake recipe:
Cream Cheese Pound Cake
1 1/2 cups butter
1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese
3 cups white sugar
1 Tbs vanilla extract
1 tsp almond extract (optional)
6 eggs
3 cups cake flour

1 Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Grease one 10 inch tube pan.
2 Cream together the butter, cream cheese, and sugar until light. Stir in the vanilla and the almond extracts. Add the flour and the eggs alternately, beginning and ending with the flour. Pour batter into the prepared pan.
3 Bake at 325 degrees F (165 degrees C) for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean
Servings: 14
Yield: 10 inch tube pan.

Having a scale is worht it when baking. It is more precise for dry ingrediants ans you can use one or two bowls and keep adding ingredients. So faster clean up.

Answer 3

Ask in the bakery if they will weight it for you. Ok pay for it at the store then ask one of the clerks in the bakery to weight it out for you. Try to go when they're not busy and they'll probably humor this request for you especially if you are polite. If they won't maybe you have the wrong store. Some times you can actually find flour and sugar in 1 pound bags if you look. Butter is always sold by the pound. Get the one not in stick it's cheaper.

Answer 4

If you are measuring liquids there are 8 oz to a cup so 16 oz would be two cups. . If you are measuring dry ingredients (for instance bread crumbs) 16 oz would be about 4 cups. 1 oz of bread crumbs is 1/4 cup so it only takes 4 oz to make a cup. . Always check the weight of the dry ingredient you are using and it will say something like: serving size 1/4 cup (28g) or 1 oz

Answer 5

Why don't you just use a modern,tested recipe that gives you specifics?