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Default Boxed cake mixes - shrunk?


"Melba's Jammin'" > wrote in message
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> "Janet Bostwick" > wrote:
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>> How much have they shrunk in the last 30 years? I haven't purchased many
>> mixes in that time, but I did have one recipe that required a cake mix.
>> I
>> tried it tonight and could tell right away that there just wasn't enough
>> mix
>> to make the bar crust. I did some doctoring and the result is so-so. I
>> think I recall someone on tv going on about needed 1 1/4 or 1 1/2 boxes
>> to
>> replace the old boxes. Anyone know?
>> Janet

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> Used to be an 18 ounce box was the standard, I think.
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> -Barb, Mother Superior, HOSSSPoJ

Hmmmm, something is different. Maybe formulation. I wonder if the extra
moist mixes were available then. Thanks
Janet