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Reading my grandma's 1950s cake recipe with 'a lump of butter' and 'a teacup of sugar' made me realize how much we overthink baking these days
I saw a post online where someone was complaining about their cake not rising right and it said they'd measured their flour to the gram with a digital scale, and I just thought, grandma never even owned a measuring cup with lines on it, yet her cakes were perfect every time, so why do we make it so complicated now?
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oscarw831mo ago
Truth be told most folks just overthink it... if your dough feels right in your hands that's way more important than some number on a scale.
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gonzalez.reese1mo ago
200 grams of water difference and your dough falls apart though.
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