[Sca-cooks] rich yeasted cake

[Johnna Holloway]

That should work. Yeast depends on the packet.
 From the Red Star website
A 1/4 -ounce packet of active dry yeast contains approximately 2-1/2 
teaspoons; the measurement will not be exact as yeast is packaged 
according to weight rather than volume. A packet of yeast is sufficient 
to raise 4 cups, approximately 1-pound, of flour.

Johnnae

devra at aol.com wrote:
> For a rich yeasted cake, if you don't have a bread machine, would you do something like this?
> 1 - Proof yeast with warmed ale & 1T sugar.
> 2 - Mix ingredients except currants. Let rise until doubled. (inside oven w/pilot light is what I used to use for bread)
> 3 - Mix in currants, let rise until nearly doubled.
> 4 - Bake
>
> And how many packets of yeast = 1T?
>
> Devra
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