Following these ingredient proportions will ensure a high-ratio cake that is not too dry or too moist: 1  The sugar should weigh the same or slightly more than the flour. 2  Eggs should weigh almost as much as or slightly more than the fat. 3  The liquid ingredients(including eggs), should weigh the same as or more than the sugar.
Definition of opiate. 1  1a : a drug (as morphine or codeine ) containing or derived from opium and tending to induce sleep and alleviate pain; broadly : narcotic 1ab : opioid 1. 2  2 : something that induces rest or inaction or quiets uneasiness regarded television as an opiate.
Opium is an addictive narcotic derived from the poppy plant. Extremely similar to the definition of opium, opiates are also derived from a poppy plant, but according to NIDA, these are specifically drugs such as heroin, morphine, and codeine. While opium is the actual substance derived from the plant, opiates are the drugs that are made and used as a result. For many years, opiates were used to relieve pain, and when prescribed properly by a physician and taken for a very short period of time they will not cause addiction.