[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":152},["ShallowReactive",2],{"/blog/why-bakers-weigh-flour":3,"/blog/why-bakers-weigh-flour-related":135},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"category":120,"date":121,"description":122,"draft":123,"extension":124,"featured":123,"hero":125,"heroAlt":125,"meta":126,"navigation":127,"path":128,"seo":129,"series":125,"sitemap":130,"stem":131,"terms":132,"tools":133,"updated":125,"__hash__":134},"blog/blog/why-bakers-weigh-flour.md","Why bakers weigh their flour (and how to convert cups when you can't)",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":111},"minimark",[9,19,24,31,59,62,66,74,78,81,88,92,100,104,108],[10,11,12,13,18],"p",{},"Ask a baker for one tip and there's a good chance it'll be \"buy a ",[14,15,17],"glossary-term",{"slug":16},"digital-scale","digital scale","\". Here's why.",[20,21,23],"h2",{"id":22},"a-cup-measures-space-not-flour","A cup measures space, not flour",[10,25,26,27,30],{},"A ",[14,28,29],{"slug":29},"cup"," is a volume: in the US, 236.6 ml. How much flour fits in that space depends on how you get it in there.",[32,33,34,47,53],"ul",{},[35,36,37,41,42,46],"li",{},[38,39,40],"strong",{},"Spooned and levelled:"," you spoon flour into the cup and sweep the top flat. About 125 g of ",[14,43,45],{"slug":44},"all-purpose-flour","all-purpose flour",".",[35,48,49,52],{},[38,50,51],{},"Scooped:"," you dig the cup into the bag. The flour packs down, and you get 140 g or more.",[35,54,55,58],{},[38,56,57],{},"Sifted:"," aerated flour is lighter. About 115 g.",[10,60,61],{},"That's up to a 20% difference in the main ingredient of a cake, from the same recipe. Too much flour is the most common reason for a dry, dense bake.",[20,63,65],{"id":64},"different-ingredients-different-weights","Different ingredients, different weights",[10,67,68,69,73],{},"Even measured the same way, a cup of one ingredient weighs very little like a cup of another. A cup of granulated sugar is about 200 g; a cup of ",[14,70,72],{"slug":71},"powdered-sugar","powdered sugar"," (icing sugar) about 120 g; a cup of rolled oats only about 80 g. There's no single \"cups to grams\" number, so a converter has to know the ingredient.",[20,75,77],{"id":76},"cups-around-the-world","Cups around the world",[10,79,80],{},"Not every cup is the same size, either. Australia, New Zealand and Canada use a 250 ml metric cup, which holds about 6% more than a US cup. If a recipe is from one of those countries, convert with a metric cup.",[82,83,85],"callout",{"type":84},"note",[10,86,87],{},"UK recipes rarely use cups at all. When they do, they usually mean a 250 ml metric cup.",[20,89,91],{"id":90},"convert-any-cup-measure","Convert any cup measure",[10,93,94,95,99],{},"Type the amount, choose the ingredient and how it was measured, and get the weight in ",[14,96,98],{"slug":97},"gram","grams",":",[101,102],"tool-embed",{"slug":103},"ingredient-converter",[20,105,107],{"id":106},"worth-buying-a-cheap-scale","Worth buying a cheap scale",[10,109,110],{},"You don't need to weigh everything. Soups, stews and stir-fries are forgiving. But for cakes, bread and pastry, a cheap digital scale makes a recipe come out the same every time, and saves on washing up too: you can weigh everything straight into one bowl.",{"title":112,"searchDepth":113,"depth":113,"links":114},"",2,[115,116,117,118,119],{"id":22,"depth":113,"text":23},{"id":64,"depth":113,"text":65},{"id":76,"depth":113,"text":77},{"id":90,"depth":113,"text":91},{"id":106,"depth":113,"text":107},"kitchen-know-how","2026-10-14","A cup of flour can weigh anywhere from 115 g to over 140 g depending on how you fill it. Here's what that does to a cake, and how to convert cups to grams properly.",false,"md",null,{},true,"/blog/why-bakers-weigh-flour",{"title":5,"description":122},{"loc":128},"blog/why-bakers-weigh-flour",[29,44,16,97,71],[103],"9OYxbHZNPxT8SOsdOjlFpDXLwPF8Fj6gBh_gJvA_oQc",[136,141,147],{"path":137,"title":138,"description":139,"category":120,"date":140,"hero":125,"heroAlt":125},"/blog/why-your-salt-brand-matters","Why your salt brand matters more than you think","A tablespoon of Diamond Crystal holds half the salt of a tablespoon of table salt. Here's why, and how to season any recipe correctly with the salt you have.","2026-10-21",{"path":142,"title":143,"description":144,"category":145,"date":146,"hero":125,"heroAlt":125},"/blog/new-tools-ingredient-converter-and-kitchen-timer","New tools: the ingredient converter and kitchen timer","Two new free tools on the website. Convert cups to grams for over a hundred ingredients, and run several named kitchen timers at once.","from-gk","2026-10-22",{"path":148,"title":149,"description":150,"category":145,"date":151,"hero":125,"heroAlt":125},"/blog/welcome","Welcome to Guided Kitchen","Why I'm building a calmer home for the recipes you cook, what's in it today, and how you can help shape what comes next.","2026-10-20",1793287167957]