Originally Posted by
ArchaicArcane
The reason to weigh is that it's way more accurate for a dry measurement. You can cram a lot of brown sugar or flour into a "cup" but should you? Also, some people use a heaped cup, some use a level cup.... 300grams is always 300 grams regardless of how full the "cup" is.
Never thought of it the way you explained it, it does make so much sense to measure the ingredients. I am so guilty of the heaping cup, guess the scales will used each time I need to measure things.
Thank yo so much for bringing that up.