I have a question. In yr baking measurement, you mentioned that 1/2 cup, for instance, equals 4 ounces. Is this only for liquid measurements or can we apply this for say, flour? Because I came across some recipes that measure flour in ounces. I don’t have a kitchen scale, so just wanted to be sure.

Aparna, I too am not sure about that but I too have considered the same because I don’t have a kitchen scale. I have not tried it though so I don’t know how it will turn out. Sorry.

Hi Marie, 5/8th of a cup will be 10 tablespoons.

You’re welcome. They can’t be used interchangeably.

I landed in your website when I was googling for a rava idli recipe. I had stopped eating cakes for almost 7 years and never knew eggless baking was ever possible. Thanks a ton for your awesome work. I have got everything ready to try my hands at baking now. I bought a 13 X 9 X 2 pan (though it read 12.8 X 8.8 X 2 ). I want to know, how much of all purpose flour is needed to get a good sized cake? As most of your recipes say 1 cup I just wanted to know if it will be too less for my pan.

Thanks Krisatham. I would suggest you to get two 8 inch cake pans and one 8 inch square pan first and try the recipes here as it is, because adjusting a baking recipe is not as easy as adjusting a cooking recipe. The pan size, the ratio of flour, baking powder and baking soda cannot be simply incremented or decreased like we double or half other cooking recipes. If you are really interested in baking I would also suggest you to get a bakeware set available in Walmart and other stores. It costs around 20-25$ and you get all the basic pans and sheets. That’s how I started. Please feel free to get back if you have any further questions.

Yes stick margarine measures exactly the same as stick butter. 1 cup is approx 225gm.

i really liked your website.i keep trying out new recipes often, also love to try those differently.i am new to baking, i am tempted to try out some of your recipes.

Thanks Meera.