Comments on: How much yeast is in a “cake of yeast”? http://etherwork.net/blog/?p=543 blog from our kitchen - an eclectic mix of recipes kitchen-tested and/or created by us - TPH and EJM Fri, 03 Sep 2010 07:20:54 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Baking Soda http://etherwork.net/blog/?p=543&cpage=1#comment-9054 Baking Soda Tue, 27 May 2008 19:59:06 +0000 http://etherwork.net/blog/?p=543#comment-9054 I really don't want to spoil the fun....cakes of yeast in the Netherlands (and Germany I think) weigh 42 grams..... So sorry ! ;-) <small class="ejmnote"><i class="note">You're not at all spoiling the fun, Baking Soda! In fact, you're just confirming that the term "cake" is just too imprecise. (I think, but I'm not certain, that a "cake" of yeast in Sweden may be 50gm) -ejm</i></small> I really don’t want to spoil the fun….cakes of yeast in the Netherlands (and Germany I think) weigh 42 grams…..
So sorry ! ;-)

You’re not at all spoiling the fun, Baking Soda! In fact, you’re just confirming that the term “cake” is just too imprecise. (I think, but I’m not certain, that a “cake” of yeast in Sweden may be 50gm) -ejm

]]> By: Susan http://etherwork.net/blog/?p=543&cpage=1#comment-8982 Susan Sat, 24 May 2008 14:04:55 +0000 http://etherwork.net/blog/?p=543#comment-8982 Just another reason why weight measures are the way to go - cakes and cups and packets and handfuls are too ambiguous in this age of instantaneous recipe sharing across continents (IMO, of course) ;) <small class="ejmnote"><i class="note">I couldn't agree more about "cakes", "packets" and "handfuls", Susan. But, I'm a little reluctant to pass on the weight measures I come up with. My scale is a rather inexpensive (let's call a spade a spade: it's cheap!!) spring model - not the most accurate. As a compromise, I try to make sure that I state the volume measurements of the cups I use. However, I might just start to use weights more, now that I've read your Baker's Percentage series and finally understand it. -Elizabeth</i></small> Just another reason why weight measures are the way to go – cakes and cups and packets and handfuls are too ambiguous in this age of instantaneous recipe sharing across continents (IMO, of course) ;)

I couldn’t agree more about “cakes”, “packets” and “handfuls”, Susan. But, I’m a little reluctant to pass on the weight measures I come up with. My scale is a rather inexpensive (let’s call a spade a spade: it’s cheap!!) spring model – not the most accurate. As a compromise, I try to make sure that I state the volume measurements of the cups I use. However, I might just start to use weights more, now that I’ve read your Baker’s Percentage series and finally understand it. -Elizabeth

]]> By: ejm http://etherwork.net/blog/?p=543&cpage=1#comment-8959 ejm Fri, 23 May 2008 16:56:25 +0000 http://etherwork.net/blog/?p=543#comment-8959 Glad to be of service, Val and Ivonne. Do bear in mind though that the size of cakes of yeast varies drastically from place to place. The cakes of yeast that I can buy at our local deli weigh about 100gms each... According to Carol Field in "The Italian Baker": <blockquote>2+1/2 tsp (one package) active dry yeast = 18 gm cake fresh yeast</blockquote> And Sydny Carter wrote the following in <a href="http://allrecipes.com/HowTo/Yeast-the-Basics/Detail.aspx" title="allrecipes.com (offsite link)" rel="nofollow">Yeast: The Basics</a>: <blockquote>A .6-oz cube of cake yeast is roughly equivalent to 1½ to 2 tsp. instant yeast or 2 to 2¼ tsp. active dry yeast.</blockquote> Glad to be of service, Val and Ivonne. Do bear in mind though that the size of cakes of yeast varies drastically from place to place. The cakes of yeast that I can buy at our local deli weigh about 100gms each…

According to Carol Field in “The Italian Baker”:

2+1/2 tsp (one package) active dry yeast = 18 gm cake fresh yeast

And Sydny Carter wrote the following in Yeast: The Basics:

A .6-oz cube of cake yeast is roughly equivalent to 1½ to 2 tsp. instant yeast or 2 to 2¼ tsp. active dry yeast.

]]> By: Ivonne http://etherwork.net/blog/?p=543&cpage=1#comment-8958 Ivonne Fri, 23 May 2008 16:13:07 +0000 http://etherwork.net/blog/?p=543#comment-8958 You have no idea how long I've been trying to figure out the equivalent of a cake of yeast in active dry yeast terms ... thanks so much for this! You have no idea how long I’ve been trying to figure out the equivalent of a cake of yeast in active dry yeast terms … thanks so much for this!

]]> By: Bellini Valli http://etherwork.net/blog/?p=543&cpage=1#comment-8956 Bellini Valli Fri, 23 May 2008 13:55:00 +0000 http://etherwork.net/blog/?p=543#comment-8956 Thanks for taking the mystery out of the yeast issue E :D Thanks for taking the mystery out of the yeast issue E :D

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