On Sunday, April 2, 2017 at 11:34:20 AM UTC-6, cshenk wrote:
> U.S. Janet B. wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
> > On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 22:53:30 -0700, sf > wrote:
> >
> > > On Tue, 28 Mar 2017 16:22:53 -0600, Jon Danniken
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > >> Right now I'm just going on some recipes online. The one I would
> > like >> to try next is the chocolate cake recipe (not the frosting,
> > just the >> cake) by Ina Garten:
> > >>
> > http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/i...ocolate-cake-r
> > ecipe
> > >
> > > If it's an Ina Garten recipe, you can trust it. She's a stickler,
> > > as is Martha Stewart. If you want weights, use recipes on the King
> > > Arthur site.
> >
> > was I in error recommending that the poster follow her method of
> > measure as I have observed her doing?
>
> No, it's perfectly sane to follow a viewed method. Her recipes are apt
> to match that.
>
> Carol
>
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I have been using "Co-op" flour and when I use "King Arthur" recipes I am
guaranteed a failure. Your American flour is different from ours in its protein
content for one thing.

I don't know who manufactures the "Co-op" flour but it works well for most
bread recipes I've tried.

As far as measuring is concerned, I try to follow the suggested weights or
measures called for unless I know for a fact that there is an error.
Sometimes there are errors in transcription. Humans and computers are not
infallible, more's the pity.
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