Overcoming the fuss of baking

There are plenty of recipes online and many baking books on the shelf to choose from, in fact, too many that I often don’t know which one to choose! The only way to know if a recipe works is to try it at least once. And many times, the different measurement systems make it seem so daunting... well, that’s what I find anyway.
I am used to the metric system, and to find a recipe in pound (lb), ounce (oz) etc. annoys the heck out of me. First, you have to know the conversion and then do the math. Ok, no big deal, anyone can do the conversion with a little bit of effort. But to make things easier, next time, try this – select a main ingredient, in most cases, the flour, then calculate the percentage of other ingredients to the main ingredient. This way, you can still use the measurement system that’s familiar to you and compare two different recipes. Sometimes they seem different but in essence, they are the same. Bear in mind that the percentage system requires all ingredients to be in the same units of measurement ie all in grams (weight) or litres (volume), so some calculation is still needed but at least you’ll work with something familiar in the end.