Finally Found My Measuring Cup!

Omg omg omg I am so so excited!! You must be thinking I'm crazy to go crazy over a measuring cup, but it's no ordinary measuring cup okay! It's the kind that can measure all sorts of dry ingredients in pounds. My mum has it, but it's super duper ancient I thought they wouldn't sell these anymore.

Until!!!

I was browsing Bake King's website - how I came here, I'll explain in a bit - and I FOUND IT!!!

Here it is, the Tala Cook's Measure!

Very retro looking (totally love!) and freakin' made in England can! I am so gonna buy it!! I hope the shop has it if not I'll have to order online. I browsed the website and found lots of other things I am so tempted to buy! Heehee. Lucky thing I have loads of cabinet space that can store my baking utensils :)

So back to the point where I was directed to Bake King. Yesterday at Husband's grandma's house, she made for us marble cake which I totally love! So moist and soft and airy! So I asked for the recipe wahahhaha. And she said she used Optima Flour. I saw it being used before in one of the food blogs I frequent, it is flour with sugar. So I googled, and Bake King has optima flour!

Yayness! So that's how, the end.

Teeheehee!! Totally made my day :) And I'm gonna get measuring spoons and cups too. It's time I use more precise methods of measurement rather than the estimation by parts (ya, I measure the height of the flour pack and divide it accordingly to get the weight I want), or using normal spoons and my one and only plastic measuring jug.

Oh ya and Husband's grandma asked me for my banana cake recipe. I'm scared. She's quite the food critic and a wonderful cook, I'm afraid my cake won't be up to her standards. Hahaha.

Okay that's all for now! Toodle-oo!

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