How Many Cups Of Shortening Are In One Pound?
Decorating By sweettreat101 Updated 5 Aug 2014 , 8:01pm by sweettreat101
I need to purchase frosting shortening and the lady at the cake store wasn't sure how many cups of shortening are in a one pound tub. I use 1 1/2 cups per batch of butter cream and I thought there was almost enough for another batch minus about 1/2 cup. TIA
AI recently purchased a 3 lb. container of Hi Ratio shortening and was able to measure out about 7 1/2 cups packing it as much as I was able each time I measured.
By saying minus a half a cup that would mean three cups being short 1/2 cup. Solids don't measure the same as liquids that's why I was asking. Thank you.
Elaine that's what I thought your measurements sound right. I just remember when making a second batch of icing having to scrounge up about a half cup of hi ratio from another container. Thank you.
My mom used an unusual measuring method. If she needed half a cup, she'd put 1/2 cup water into a measuring cup and then added shortening until the water reached the 1 cup line.
But still, it's more accurate and less messy if you measure by weight. Especially when working with an ingredient like shortening.
1 cup of shortening weighs 6.50 ounces. I always weigh it out rather than measure, much easier so if you take 16 ounces divided by 6.5 a pound of shortening equals 2.46 cups. like I said, much easier to weigh it out and not as messy as trying to put it in a cup and then get it out.
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