Baking Ratios From Cakes to Cookies

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Baking Ratios From Cakes to Cookies

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You’ve mastered the basics of baking. Now, baking ratios are all you need to free yourself from recipes and bake like a pro.

Baking Ratios From Cakes to Cookies

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Baking ratios are the amount of one ingredient relative to another. There are standard ratios for cocktails, meatloaves, and, of course, baking.

Baking Ratios From Cakes to Cookies

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Different baking ratios can give different results because of the different ingredients or baking method.

Baking Ratios From Cakes to Cookies

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Pound cakes are probably your first thought when you think of baking ratios. Pound cakes have a pound of butter, sugar, eggs, and flour.

Baking Ratios From Cakes to Cookies

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You should know that most baking ratios are based on weight. Baking by weight gives you more precision and consistency.

Baking Ratios From Cakes to Cookies

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The 1-2-3-4 cake is a yellow cake with 1 cup butter, 2 cups sugar, 3 cups flour, and 4 eggs. Mix and match your filling and frosting.

Baking Ratios From Cakes to Cookies

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Or make cupcakes! A two-layer 9 inch cake makes three 8 inch layers, one 9 by 13 inch sheet cake, or about 24 cupcakes.

Baking Ratios From Cakes to Cookies

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According to the book Ratio, the muffin and quick bread baking ratio is 2 parts flour, 2 parts liquid, 1 part egg, and 1 part butter. or oil.

Baking Ratios From Cakes to Cookies

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But muffins aren’t just cupcakes without frosting! Quick breads and muffins are traditionally made using the “muffin method.”

Baking Ratios From Cakes to Cookies

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Pancakes use the muffin method with 2 parts flour, 2 parts liquid, 1 part egg and a half part fat. For waffles, add a bit more butter and sugar.

Baking Ratios From Cakes to Cookies

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Making melt in your mouth shortbread cookies is as easy as 1 2 3. That’s because that’s the baking ratio for shortbread.

Baking Ratios From Cakes to Cookies

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Change the sugar to water and you've got an all-butter pie crust with a ratio of 3 parts flour to 2 parts butter to 1 part water,

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