4Oz Of P.sugar ='s ? Cups For Antonias Icing

Baking By jjbrink Updated 1 Mar 2007 , 6:13pm by ShayShay

jjbrink Posted 28 Feb 2007 , 8:13pm

in antonias icing is calls for 2lb 4oz of powdered sugar. i do not have a scale so could someone let me know what the 4oz would convert to in cups? i have the 2lb bag so that part is easy

15 replies

fooby Posted 28 Feb 2007 , 8:17pm

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Half a cup.

jjbrink Posted 28 Feb 2007 , 8:19pm

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thanks so much fooby for the fast reply !!!

fooby Posted 28 Feb 2007 , 8:20pm

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You're welcome

msmeg Posted 28 Feb 2007 , 8:51pm

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are you sure ???? seems off to me 2 lb = 32 ounces 2lb of p sugar is 8 cups right ??? or is it 9 so it it were 8 cups each cup would be 4 ounces. wouldn't it ?

jjbrink Posted 28 Feb 2007 , 9:02pm

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ugh oh, maybe that was why it was so thin. i sent a PM to fooby to ask her if my texture was suppose to be like that. guess she had already signed off before i got my PM to her. i was letting it sit- i thought maybe that might harden it up a little. should i go back and add another 1/2 cup since i have already put in there?

CIndymm4 Posted 28 Feb 2007 , 9:08pm

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I always use antonia's icing recipe....using a 2 lb bag of pwd sugar plus 1/2 cup more....I've never had it turned out wrong.....I am very precise on measuing the water though!

Beezaly Posted 28 Feb 2007 , 9:11pm

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just so you know...you can't say every box of p sugar is a certian amnt of cups. Each box settles differently and so do each brand. You really should go on weight and not volume-this is key! Jus tthought I would let you guys know, hope this helps.

-Ashley

chestercheeto Posted 28 Feb 2007 , 9:13pm

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1 lb powdered sugar = 16 oz = 4 cups, so 4 oz would be 1 cup.

jjbrink Posted 28 Feb 2007 , 9:19pm

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ok, so i am going to add another 1/2 cup to it. thank you all. i would of weighed it, but i do not have scales, so that i was i am relying on the conversion to cups method. thanks once again

jjbrink Posted 28 Feb 2007 , 9:25pm

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wow, the 1/2 c really thinckened it up! is the icing suppose to have a....weird taste? it seems like it is a little bitter, not sweet as i thought it was going to be. guess it is kinda hard to describe what something taste like i just thought it would of been more sweeter i guess...

fooby Posted 1 Mar 2007 , 3:22am

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I'm such a banana head!! I'm sorry I wasn't really paying attention when I replied to your question. I was supposed to type a cup but typed half a cup. That's what you get for working and logging into CC at the same time

It's a good thing I didn't type more than what's needed