Weighing ingredients has changed my baking life! If you're stubborn like me and didn't want to purchase a scale and weigh everything, CHANGE YOUR MIND RIGHT NOW! I have pretty successful cupcaking business on the side, and when I first started making cupcakes, I refused to weigh. It seemed so pretentious and I was just fine with using the established old-fashioned way of using measuring cups. Lets just say my first six months of cupcake baking brought tons of frustration and tears. Tough, dry cupcakes or cupcakes that fell flat due to lack of structure. I was ready to give upon the whole cupcake business idea when I decided to give it a shot with an inexpensive food scale on the recommendation of a favorite food blogger. Suddenly my cupcakes were PERFECTION. Light and fluffy, perfectly moist. Consistent EVERY TIME. I cannot imagine baking ANYTHING now without a scale. If I find a recipe I want without weights, I convert it immediately. Scaling is one of the three best pieces of cake advice I follow, along with making sure ALL your ingredients are room temperature, and investing in King Arthur Flour's Cake Enhancer. Word.

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