Baking
Made Easy
For good result in cooking or bakery, all your baking and cooking ingredients should be weight or measured with scale if available for better performance and in order to use the right quantity of ingredients for what it is needed for.
Many experienced cooks are capable of
estimating the correct amount of ingredients required without measuring, but
this idea is not recommended for starters at all. So take your time to get the
measurement right with scale.
I will be bringing to you all the things
you need for effective measurement of your baking ingredients, so grab a seat
and read on…
What is
Weight?
Weights are usually standard or physical
equipments for measuring dry things or ingredients. E.g scale
Types
of Weight
There are two basic types of weight:
- The Spring Scale
- Balance sheet scale
- The spring Scale: This is usually used in the kitchen. Make sure the indicator needle on the scale is pointed to zer0 before using it for measurement.
- The Balance Sheet Scale: This is the most accurate scale out of the two. It has a pan (stainless steak) which should be placed correctly before you start weighting your ingredients.
What is
Measurement?
Measurement refers to weighing your
ingredients to be sure that you have the right quantity for all your baking
process .It is the standard equipment used to check the weight of both dry and
solid foods and can be used as a replacement for weight.
Examples
of Measuring Materials
- Measuring Spoons e.g desert spoons, this gives about 25g of flour while teaspoon gives 10g of flour
- Measuring cups
- Measuring tins
- Measuring congo (local)
- Measuring olodo ( “ )
- Basket ( “ )
- Plastic ( “ )
- Standard measurement
You can use any of the materials or equipments discussed
above for all your baking and cooking measurements. Happy Baking!
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