Australian Measurements

[FoxLee2]

My neighbour has given me a recipe for Coconut Bread which she claims is wonderful. Thought I'd have a go at it today and the recipe calls for 2.5 cups of flour. She's not in so I can't check with her - it's an Australian recipe so I googled how much a cup would be equivalent to and it's 8oz. That would mean 20oz for the bread in a loaf size tin. Seems a lot of flour to me and I wonder if anyone can confirm the quantity or tell me the right amount. Also I haven't got any baking powder - can I use bicarbonate of soda instead?

[THECORBYLOON]

An Australian cup is a wee bit more than an American cup and weights vary according to the ingredient. From this site, https://www.dovesfarm.co.uk/resources/conversion-tables/us-cups-conversion-table/ a cup of flour is 120g so 2.5 cups will be 300g. A cup of water is about 8 fl oz so is that where the weight come from?

[THECORBYLOON]

If you use the same physical cup to measure the ingredients, they will be in the same proportion as in the recipe so you needn't weigh anything.

[FoxLee2]

The problem was that the flour and sugar were given in cup measurements but everything else was in gms or teaspoons. Anyway, it was solved by my neighbour coming back - she has a set of 4 cups which she lent me and I filled the 1 cup with flour and it was 6.5oz

Thanks for your response though.

[jennyjoan]

was it nice after all that trouble and was it it baking powder or bs.

[dannyk13]

I think the Aussies use American cups.Conversion table here :-
https://www.dovesfarm.co.uk/resources/conversion-tables/us-cups-conversion-table/

[FoxLee2]

jennyjoan - just seen your post. It turned out okay but I wouldn't rave over it like my neighbour did. It was like a heavy coconut cake.

Apparently there is a difference between baking soda and bicarb of soda so I popped out and bought some baking powder.