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[SweetSide]

My daughter, wanting to be independent, has looked up her own recipe for an icing for a Harry Potter cauldren cake. Far be it for me to substitute one of my own...

But, I don't know what a "D" is in the following icing recipe:

1D butter

1D boiling water

50g finely grated chocolate

225g icing sugar

Any help out there from across the pond? Or even not across the pond...

Thanks!

[srhcb]

Are you certain it was "D"?

[DerekW]

My best guess would be decilitres, although a capital D isn't the usual notation. [usually 'dl' in my experience] That would be 100ml each of butter and water. Decilitres aren't used much in 'the real world' but they're a part of the metric system as taught in schools &c.

cheers

Derek [transplanted from 'across the pond']

[andiesenji]

Could it be decaliter?

conversion site

[Chufi]

Dessertspoon?

I only thought this because I made a Delia Smith recipe today that called for a dessertspoon of cornstarch, and I had no idea how much that would be.

[DerekW]

Dessertspoon?

I only thought this because I made a Delia Smith recipe today that called for a dessertspoon of cornstarch, and I had no idea how much that would be.

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Hmm. On reflection, i think your suggestion is a bit more likely, and AFAICR, a dessertspoon is about 10ml. A more likely quantity for making a cake frosting, I guess.

cheers

Derek

[SweetSide]

Are you certain it was "D"?

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Yep, certain it was a D.

My best guess would be decilitres, although a capital D isn't the usual notation. [usually 'dl' in my experience] That would be 100ml each of butter and water. Decilitres aren't used much in 'the real world' but they're a part of the metric system as taught in schools &c.

cheers

Derek [transplanted from 'across the pond']

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Thanks -- that's what we thought too, and I wouldn't have been at all confused if I had seen a dl.

Could it be decaliter?

conversion site

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Thanks for the conversion site -- I've bookmarked that one!

We're on winter break, so we'll be making the cakes this week. If the frosting comes out a soupy mess, we'll know it wasn't deciliter!

[Sugarella]

It's definitely not decilitre, because you'd never measure butter by volume.

My first thought was Dessertspoon, too, and that's about 2 tsp. or so. Makes sense for the recipe, anyways.

[SweetSide]

Dessertspoon?

I only thought this because I made a Delia Smith recipe today that called for a dessertspoon of cornstarch, and I had no idea how much that would be.

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Hmm. On reflection, i think your suggestion is a bit more likely, and AFAICR, a dessertspoon is about 10ml. A more likely quantity for making a cake frosting, I guess.

cheers

Derek

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Hmm is right.... Now that I know what a Dessertspoon is -- other than a favorite eating utentsil -- that may make more sense. 10 ml is a far cry from the 100 ml for the deciliter. I'll start with the Dessertspoon and depending on what I end up with can always add more.

May have just averted that soupy mess!

[naguere]

My daughter, wanting to be independent, has looked up her own recipe for an icing for a Harry Potter cauldren cake.  Far be it for me to substitute one of my own...

But, I don't know what a "D" is in the following icing recipe:

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You may find your answer here:

Clickety

[helenjp]

I agree - dessertspoon/10ml. My grandmother's recipes and recipe books often used to include "dsp" for dessertspoon.