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Michele W.
April 10, 2021
I for one enjoy reading a recipe written such as this one. Fun! And adventurous to just throw it all in. BRB. Going to make this. 👍🏻👍🏻
KS
March 31, 2020
It's cruel, I tell you, cruel. To write so beautifully, so compellingly, about a cake that depends on butter, when there is no butter in the shops, even when we venture to the shops against all advice. I can still remember butter. I just can't buy any.
Phoebe I.
November 11, 2019
I used this recipe, quadrupled the streusel so I could use it as my ribbon and doubled the batter so I could make two. First if all quadrupling the streusel was waaay too much. I could have just doubled. Also there was not quite enough batter to make the top layers easy to spread. And finally, and most importantly but probably user error, my bottom layer of cake didn’t rise and may just be grossly underbaked despite them being in the oven for 65 minutes. Was it my glass bottom springform pans? Was it that the top layers prevented it from rising? Who knows? This guide gives me no indication as to my error and I’m afraid I’ll have to get much better at coffee cake with a traditional recipe before I try this one again.
Rosalind P.
August 20, 2019
Aaaargh! 2/3 cup of butter? PLEASE give weights. Please! Scooping butter into and out of dinky little measuring cups is a waste of time. Even when there's a butter wrapper with volume markers, it's not in thirds. Not to mention that weight measurements are better and faster for everything, or at least for all solids. Food 52 knows this and keeps promising to "do better". Why not both if you want to perpetuate the volume approach. And did I say "please"? I will certainly say "Thanks".
Rosalind P.
August 20, 2019
Yes. Got it. But improvising and substituting and switching are beside the point. Doesn't obviate a need to measure some or all ingredients. And weight measurement is faster and more accurate. Include both, yes?
Anne
March 31, 2020
Two sticks of butter is equal to one cup. You could take two sticks and line them up together and divide them each into thirds. That would give you six pieces, use four of those pieces and you have 2/3 of a cup.no mess. You’ll have 2 pcs left to do whatever you want with.
Rosalind P.
March 31, 2020
Thanks for the hint. I did actually figure out how to measure the butter by thirds and will keep adapting to however the recipe is written. My only point is that weighing is so much easier (including by the way, cleanup); and so much more accurate. Granted, for this cake precision on the butter isn't that critical. But overall weights are really a baker's friend. But again, your idea is great and thank you for it. Believe it or not some Food52 commenters have made the weights thing almost political -- kind of chastising those who ask for it because "serious" bakers shouldn't need it. But it just makes baking easier, for me at least. Bottom line here -- this cake is great and accessible to bakers at all levels. So once again, F52 geniuses -- thanks.
marie B.
January 28, 2022
Spray your measuring cup with Pam, or do the math from the markers on the butter sticks. OR Google and get this:
How many tablespoons Makes 2/3 of a cup of butter?
This means there are 10 2/3 TBSP in 2/3 of a cup. To measure this out, you can either eyeball it, or you can use 10 TBSP + 2 teaspoons (TSP) to get 2/3 cups since there are 3 TSP in a TBSP. In decimal form, this works out to 10.67 TBSP for every 2/3 cup. You're welcome.
How many tablespoons Makes 2/3 of a cup of butter?
This means there are 10 2/3 TBSP in 2/3 of a cup. To measure this out, you can either eyeball it, or you can use 10 TBSP + 2 teaspoons (TSP) to get 2/3 cups since there are 3 TSP in a TBSP. In decimal form, this works out to 10.67 TBSP for every 2/3 cup. You're welcome.
Rosalind P.
January 28, 2022
Two years later. Just saw this. Proves my point. All that tablespoon and teaspoon fuss. Throw it on a scale. Voila! :-)
Julie
July 6, 2018
This is a great guide for people like me who like to tweak recipes. I am constantly comparing recipes to get the right combo but sometimes get nervous about messing it up so I stick to the same old same old.
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