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by nayuki 1358 days ago
> learning that baking recipes are ratios of mass makes me feel more comfortable [...] It’s such a simple concept

Yes. Almost all recipes get the presentation wrong by using a mix of units and fractions, e.g.:

    1 cup flour, sifted
    2/3 cup water
    1 tsp salt
    0.5 g yeast
    1 large egg