Seventy-Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes, and Sweetmeats/Weights and Measures

by Eliza Leslie

WEIGHT AND MEASURES.

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As all families are not provided with scales and weights, referring to the ingredients generally used in cakes and pastry, we subjoin a list of weights and measures.

WEIGHT AND MEASURE.

Wheat flour	one pound is	one quart.
Indian meal	one pounds, two ounces, is	one quart.
Butter—when soft	one pound is	one quart.
Loaf-sugar, broken	one pound is	one quart.
White sugar, powdered	one pound, one ounce, is	one quart.
Best brown sugar	one pound, two ounces, is	one quart.
Eggs	ten eggs are	one pound

LIQUID MEASURE.

Sixteen large table-spoonfuls are	half a pint.
Eight large table-spoonfuls are	one gill.
Four large table-spoonfuls are	half a gill.

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A common-sized tumbler holds	half a pint.
A common-sized wine-glass	half a gill.

Allowing for accidental differences in the quality, freshness, dryness, and moisture of the articles, we believe this comparison between weight and measure to be as nearly correct as possible.