Moving to London - Packing Advice

[rifleman]

Originally Posted by Joppa

And you have to be 18 or over to post here (have read the rules!)

At 21 I just squeezed in there ;-)

[SilversMiller]

Originally Posted by Bevdeforges

Measuring cups and spoons is an excellent idea. The other thing, though, is that British flour may be different from the US type. I know the flour here in France is "moister" than US flour and really doesn't work well in baking recipes. (Made one of my favorite cake recipes and wound up with a cake pan full of goo rather than a nice cake.)
Cheers,
Bev

I'm an avid baker, so I appreciate the advice in the measuring tools & flour too. Perhaps...like here in the states there are different types of flour to choose from such as "self rising" and "pastry" flours, or maybe we'll need to adjust the baking soda/baking powder to give the recipes the rising agents needed. Oh well, my poor Fiance' will have to put up with my trials & errors when I get to England! lol Maybe we should stick with the cookbooks written for the area we live in which probably take their own ingredients into consideration...eh?

[nyclon]

Maybe we should stick with the cookbooks written for the area we live in which probably take their own ingredients into consideration...eh?

I am not a baker at all but I am a respectable cook. I recently wanted to make some brownies for an event rather than buy them or use a boxed version and that was the best advice that I received. I found a UK recipe with UK measurements and ingredients (obviously) so there was no need for interpretation and they turned out excellent. (If I say so myself.)

[SilversMiller]

Originally Posted by nyclon

I am not a baker at all but I am a respectable cook. I recently wanted to make some brownies for an event rather than buy them or use a boxed version and that was the best advice that I received. I found a UK recipe with UK measurements and ingredients (obviously) so there was no need for interpretation and they turned out excellent. (If I say so myself.)

Right on! but now I'm craving brownies....thanks!

[Liz in UK]

And here I thought it was my mathematical conversion skills and then my less than stellar cake baking skills that made my cupcakes into little bricks instead of tasty confectionery creations...Perhaps it is the flour and not me. Thanks for the tip!