Digital scales are cheep..you can find ones for 20-30 dollars and sometimes cheaper. With Google, you can look up gram weights of cups of flour easily for different type of flour.
For example Gold Metal AP flour is less dense at about 130 grams/cup.
King Aurthur is heavy. Weighing in 113 grams/cup.
Hi keenan -- in the very back of the ENYT Cookbook, under Handy Substitutions and Tips, Amanda says: "When measuring flour, first whisk the flour (in the bag or container). Never pack it into a measuring cup. Drop scoops of flour into the measuring cup until the flour rises above the rim of the cup. Then use the straight, dull side of a knife to sweep across the rim of the measuring cup to level the flour. This is called the 'dip-and-sweep' method. I use it for all dry ingredients."
We use the same method when we're testing recipes at food52.
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For example Gold Metal AP flour is less dense at about 130 grams/cup.
King Aurthur is heavy. Weighing in 113 grams/cup.
http://www.recipesource.com/misc/hints/flour-weights01.html
While you might not have a digital scale it has really changed my consistency when making baked good.
I especially like it for bread machine doughs. As I can set the container on the scale--zero out it's weight--and spoon in flour.
We use the same method when we're testing recipes at food52.