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"bill xx" > wrote in message
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> I found this recipe in "Cooks Illustated". It calls for 1 1/2 cups (6
> ounces) cake flour
> 1 1/4 cups (8 3/4 ounces) sugar My ? is "how can 1 1/2
> be less in oz than 1 1/4. What am i missing ?
> Thank you in advance Bill
>


You aren't accounting for density. A cup of marshmallows weighs less than a
cup of butter. You can search the USDA database and get some examples of
what various food substances weigh. They generally have the weight for one
cup of a given food.
http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/