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Oh metrics!🤔

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It is baking by weight and it is the way to go. It is much more precise. OXO makes a nice digital scale that’s not expensive.

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Download Global Convert if you want equivalents, but metrics are much more precise.

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The rest of the world uses the metric system. My sister lived in Canada for a lot of years and is fluent. Me? I have to Google the conversion. 🙄😂

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No conversions needed if you get hold of a digital scale! By the second time you use it, you’ll be aghast at your previous primitive volume measuring, especially for flour.

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I will have to give that a try. Thanks

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I am Canadian and work entirely in metric, although lots of cookbooks are still in either or both. That said, I do own a set of imperial cup measures from my mum and I use them with old recipes. The important thing is to not mix the two or strange results may happen! 😀.

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I agree with everyone here about measuring by weight (love my OXO scale). The thing I had to look up is: 180C is 350F.

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I just made this after a crappy day and now going to eat it with a huge mug of tea and a book. It looks so beautiful, thanks for sharing this recipe it’s an instant keeper 💕

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Never thought of frying a slice of cake. But the thought of preparing it with the olive oil and then giving it a little toasting in a pan with butter sounds quite lovely. With of course a great cup of tea. Looking forward to trying this.

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Love this cake -- a perfect afternoon snack with tea and / or wine. You can have this in the oven in 10 minutes and it’s loads better than anything you can get at the store. Yum!

The only change I made was to rub the zest into the sugar first to extract every bit of lemony flavor. Highly recommend. Thank you for the recipe which is absolutely a keeper!

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Most of this can be done with cupboard basics, but the lemon zest is a problem - what is a good substitute that can be kept in the cupboard????

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You can purchase lemon and orange peel in jars in spice aisle. Taste is milder than fresh but you’ll always have it on hand.

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Thank you, I had no idea!

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Chopped candied ginger would be nice and it keeps.

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I made this last night, and it turned out beautifully -- thank you for sharing a lovely recipe 🩷

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So glad you liked it!

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It looks like pound cake which I agree is very much an everyday cake. My mom makes a delicious hummingbird cake and after eating on it a couple days we start frying it in a pan with butter to change it up. It’s like an extra sweet French toast.

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I agree with using a digital scale. I've gotten so used to it that I don't want to make anything if I have to measure the ingredients .

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I love this perspective on cake! Thank you so much for sharing your recipe, a perfect Sunday morning cake to try. I can't wait. ❤️

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I came across this today and had to make it immediately. It did not disappoint! Thank you:)

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Sadly, there is no gluten-free version, nor will there ever be.

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King Arthur and Bob's Red Mill both make a measure-for-measure GF flour that has worked beautifully in every recipe I've tried! No adjustments needed.

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Maybe you could try it with something like almond flour?

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I made this today and it was so delicious!! Thank you 💕🙌😃

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That looks delish! I'm more of a savory guy. 👉 https://www.makepurethyheart.com

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In looks and composition it reminds me of a pound cake, though most I’ve tried don’t have oil or yogurt, but I’m eager to try it as I can tell it’s my kind of cake--the everyday kind! Thanks!

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I just took this cake out of my oven and it smells like HEAVEN! Perfect for the snow day we’re having here in Massachusetts.

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I just made this recipe and it's baking right now! I can't wait to try it! Turns out that, with my flour and caster sugar, it's about (just under) 1 1/4 cups of each. I weighed a stick of butter and, taking off about one tablespoon from the stick, was 100g. My only significant deviation from this recipe is that I used MCT oil instead of vegetable oil -- I hope that works out well. I'll know how it turned out in about an hour! 😊👍

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