Ingredient Weights and Measures

Appears in
Kaffeehaus: Exquisite Desserts from the Classic Cafes of Vienna, Budapest, and Prague

By Rick Rodgers

Published 2002

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When Kaffeehaus was first published, the vast majority of home bakers measured their ingredients by the American volume method (that is, with cups). With this edition, I am providing the most common weights so the baker can use them, or not, as desired. Note that the recipes were tested with the spoon-and-sweep method for measuring flour.

I am only giving the metric measurements. The amounts are given per cup or the most common unit. To derive multiples or fractions of the base amount, you’ll have to do a little math, multiplying or dividing as necessary.