Zealotte@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 days agoNobody ever seems to point out when they make a right-side-up cake.message-squaremessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up184arrow-down16
arrow-up178arrow-down1message-squareNobody ever seems to point out when they make a right-side-up cake.Zealotte@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 days agomessage-square17fedilink
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-26 days agoIt’s the default. Right-side-up-cake is just “cake.” 🤷♂️ Just like how most cakes don’t use a pound of butter so we have to specify between “cake” and “pound cake.”
minus-squareSwaus01@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 days agoWait but pound cake is specifically a pound of all ingredients, no?
minus-squareKristell@herbicide.fallcounty.omg.lollinkfedilinkarrow-up4·5 days agoYeah, that’s why. Pound of flour, sugar, eggs, butter, and then some rose water and spices to taste
minus-square🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 @pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·5 days agoI don’t remember, to be honest. I just remember the butter. 🤷♂️
minus-squareSwaus01@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoHah and then you add the other ingredients based on what ‘looks right,’ and voila, it ends up being a pound of everything anyway 😅
minus-squareZealotte@lemmy.zipOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoRight, but that’s less funny. I think I’ll start pointing it out.
It’s the default. Right-side-up-cake is just “cake.” 🤷♂️
Just like how most cakes don’t use a pound of butter so we have to specify between “cake” and “pound cake.”
Wait but pound cake is specifically a pound of all ingredients, no?
Yeah, that’s why. Pound of flour, sugar, eggs, butter, and then some rose water and spices to taste
I don’t remember, to be honest. I just remember the butter. 🤷♂️
Hah and then you add the other ingredients based on what ‘looks right,’ and voila, it ends up being a pound of everything anyway 😅
Right, but that’s less funny.
I think I’ll start pointing it out.