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Scaling cake recipes up and down

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  • daska wrote: »
    Doesn't help that all my pans are loose bottomed so I can't work out how much they hold LOL.

    GCSE maths will help :)

    If they're circular, the volume is pi (aprox 3.14159 :p ) multiplied by the square of the radius, multiplied by the depth.

    If they're rectangular, the volume is the edge lengths multiplied together, multiplied by the depth.

    Does that make sense :D
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  • anguk
    anguk Posts: 3,412 Forumite
    I'm too lazy to work things out (and my poor brain would probably explode) so I would just double or triple the recipe to make sure I had enough to fit the big cupcake tin. :o

    Any mixture left over would be made into smaller cupcakes and frozen. :D
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  • daska
    daska Posts: 6,212 Forumite
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    Of course, and me the one who taught the dunces in the class as well, should have thought of that :o Thank you!

    So now I just have to convert the cup size (I'm guessing it'll be american cups being a Nordicware pan so that's straightforward).

    And in the meantime I also found How to Convert a Cake Pan Size, in order To fit a Recipe
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  • daska wrote: »
    Of course, and me the one who taught the dunces in the class as well, should have thought of that :o Thank you!

    I'll add this to the exisitng thread now :)

    If you're looking to convert cups, we have a thread on American Terms where that's explained :)
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  • zippychick
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    GCSE maths will help :)

    If they're circular, the volume is pi (aprox 3.14159 :p ) multiplied by the square of the radius, multiplied by the depth.

    If they're rectangular, the volume is the edge lengths multiplied together, multiplied by the depth.

    Does that make sense :D

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    :rotfl:
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  • Pink.
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    Penny, do you think zips may have partaken of a glass of cider or two tonight?? ;):D
  • Penny, do you think zips may have partaken of a glass of cider or two tonight?? ;):D

    :beer::beer::beer: I've had a glass of wine, and that pic of La Vorderman is quite disturbing (notwithstanding that she's Enemy Number 1 with CAB, following her championing of dubious lending companies :mad: )
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  • zippychick
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    :beer::beer::beer: I've had a glass of wine, and that pic of La Vorderman is quite disturbing (notwithstanding that she's Enemy Number 1 with CAB, following her championing of dubious lending companies :mad: )


    hhhhhhhhmmmmmmmmkay! I just thought it was funny :p
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  • daska
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    I'll add this to the exisitng thread now :)

    If you're looking to convert cups, we have a thread on American Terms where that's explained :)

    Cups per se aren't really the problem LOL - I actually possess (and understand) UK, American and Australian cups (which are all different sizes) as well as UK/American and Australian tablespoons (again, different sizes). The recipe I've done today used cups, sticks, tablespoons and teaspoons and gave no indication of what country it originated in so I had to assume America because of the 'sticks'. I know some people love cups but I loathe them because there is so much scope for mistakes. Bleugh! :mad:
    Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants - Michael Pollan
    48 down, 22 to go
    Low carb, low oxalate Primal + dairy
    From size 24 to 16 and now stuck...
  • rachbc
    rachbc Posts: 4,461 Forumite
    Hi all - anyone got a foolproof way of working out how much cake mix is neded for larger tins? I need to make a large round cake 18" or so and want to work out how many ingredients I need and how long it will take to bake?

    Thanks
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