Willow Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 I've been looking for a set of American cup measures so I could easily try out some American recipes but I discovered that some cup measures are british measures and slightly different but also noticed that no one seems to state whether which their set is. I've even tried emailing some manufacturers but haven't had an answer. So does anyone have some measures they know are definitely American they could recommend ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted August 11, 2012 Share Posted August 11, 2012 Not sure of that one but beware that the cup measures are dry ones and for wet measures like milk its a different measure as I found out in america in March visiting my friends - thats where I must go wrong!. They use a jug to measure the cups of liquid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjp Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 I was told by someone that does a lot of baking that as long as the measures are the same ie you only use British or American and not a mix of the 2 then it should still be OK as it's the preportions of the measure not the weight that matters which is why American recipies use cups and not weights all households had a cup of some sort but not a set of scales Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurmurf Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 Here's the conversion that Delia uses (i've got sets of American cups and measuring spoons but don't use them as I prefer converting american recipes into grams) http://www.deliaonline.com/conversion-tables.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted August 12, 2012 Author Share Posted August 12, 2012 I was told by someone that does a lot of baking that as long as the measures are the same ie you only use British or American and not a mix of the 2 then it should still be OK as it's the preportions of the measure not the weight that matters The only problem is the butter is measured in sticks not cups Maybe I should forget about the cups and just convert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saronne Posted August 14, 2012 Share Posted August 14, 2012 A stick of butter is approximately 4 oz or 125 gms (there about). Sticks of butter tend to be sold in boxes of four. Hope that helps! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted August 15, 2012 Author Share Posted August 15, 2012 The only problem is the butter is measured in sticks not cups I meant in the sense that although in one way as long as you use the same cup it shouldn't matter what size the cup is when other ingredients are absolute measures like the sticks of butter you may end up with the wrong proportions of butter to other ingredients. Maybe I'm over thinking this and I should just buy some cup measures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue_F Posted August 15, 2012 Share Posted August 15, 2012 I really like mine... Don't know where them from though sorry... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
