Demerara Sugar
Demerara sugar weighs 200g per cup and has large, golden crystals with a toffee-like flavor. It holds its shape well during baking, making it ideal for crunchy toppings on crumbles, creme brulee, and banana bread. Because the crystals are coarse, it does not cream as smoothly with butter as finer sugars. For recipes that require creaming, pulse demerara in a food processor first. Store at room temperature in a sealed jar.
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03 // WHY IT MATTERS
If your cookies spread, your bread is gummy, or your cake sinks — flour weight is usually why.
A scooped cup of flour can weigh anywhere from 125g to 180g. That's a 44% range — enough to wreck a cake.
Modern recipes use the spoon-and-level method: fluff the flour, spoon it into a dry measuring cup without packing, then sweep flat with a knife.
The scoop method — pushing the cup directly into the bag — packs in 40-50% more flour.