What does 3# mean on a cake recipe...?

SUGAR 3#


YOLKS 2#


VEGETABLE OIL 12 OZ.


EGG WHITES 2#


HAZELNUTS - toasted %26amp; finely ground 1#


CAKE FLOUR - sifted 2# 4 OZ.


BAKING POWDER 1 OZ.


WATER 6 OZ.What does 3# mean on a cake recipe...?
Recipes such as this one are specifically scaled up for institutionalized baking, specifically in huge amounts to make a great number of cakes (or whatever) in very large amounts. Professional chefs do not use cups or teaspoons when scaling up a recipe, but pounds and ounces of the dry and wet ingredients..........that way the consistency is a standard........Enjoy, and good question!!





ChristopherWhat does 3# mean on a cake recipe...?
that is the symbol for pound. must be big.
I hate to say it means pounds but with 12 oz. of vegetable oil its obviously meant to be a big recipe so it very well could mean pounds........the # that is.
# = pounds or number. ~
At first thought, I was going to tell you that 2# meant '2 lbs'... however, that would be a huge cake if that's what it means!





Then, I thought it might mean ';cups';... however, why would you need 2 cups of egg yolks???





Maybe it does mean lbs, and it's just a gigantic cake...
My first thought would be ';pounds';. This looks like a REALLY big cake recipe. Definitely will make more than one cake. You may need to cut down the recipe if it is one like from a bakery or something. It really looks like not a regular home recipe. Often times bakery recipes are listed in pounds because they make enough all at once to make more than one.





It looks kind of interesting though. Where did you get it? What is it's name?





Hope this helps and that you are able to use it. I once was able to obtain the recipe for a pie crust that I thought was really good at a place and...well, let's just say, it was enough to make 51 pie crusts, so it had to be cut down -- and it was all listed in pounds and ounces.





Good luck.
3 pounds sugar, 2 pounds yolks, 2 pounds whites, 1 pound hazelnuts, 2 pounds four ounces flour