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    How big is a "cup" when making ice cream?

    Just about to make some ice cream for the first time with my daughter, we've got all the ingredients ready, frozen the bowl and got Ben & Jerry's recipe book, but they measure everything in "cups". How big is a cup? I have measuring cups which go from 60ml to 240ml - which one should I use?
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    A cup is 8 ounces.
    (I have the opposite problem)
    it comes out to about 250 ml, if this is of any help.
    236.5882375 according to online converters.

    now that I look at your measurements, your 240 ml is a cup.
    Last edited by MyLifeWithAndrew; 14-04-2012, 09:35 AM.
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      I have a set of plastic measures and the 240ml one is marked as 'a cup'
      Last edited by Thelma Sanders; 14-04-2012, 09:32 AM. Reason: typo

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      • #4
        BRILLIANT! Thanks both of you

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        • #5
          The real beauty of a "cup" is that as long as all the ingredients are measured using the same cup, the size doesn't matter (!)
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          • #6
            well, I know what you mean but it does matter for most recipes.....for example bread recipes have flour in cups but yeast in teaspns.

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            • #7
              An American cup is not the same as a UK cup - so depends on who wrote the recipe!
              Conversion table: Recipes: Good Food Channel

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              • #8
                I wouldn't have a clue when it comes to making ice-cream, but if serving ice-cream in a cup...it should be very big
                Tried and Tested...but the results are inconclusive

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Pa Snips View Post
                  I wouldn't have a clue when it comes to making ice-cream, but if serving ice-cream in a cup...it should be very big
                  "EE" do you?

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
                    "EE" do you?
                    Huh? Sorry, you've lost me there.
                    Tried and Tested...but the results are inconclusive

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Pa Snips View Post
                      Huh? Sorry, you've lost me there.
                      Ask Ma Snips!

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                      • #12
                        Ha...I must have had brain-freeze...EE will do nicely, so does that mean I get two big cups of ice-cream?
                        Tried and Tested...but the results are inconclusive

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                        • #13
                          With cherries?

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                            Originally posted by veggiechicken View Post
                            An American cup is not the same as a UK cup - so depends on who wrote the recipe!
                            Conversion table: Recipes: Good Food Channel
                            Thank for the link.
                            It takes me forever to convert between the two.
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                              I gave a cake book away recently as it was only in cups, find them a really annoying measurement - it's bad enough converting between ounces and grams

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