Cocoa-Cola Cake

[absinthe at mad.scientist.com]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., aichambaye at y... wrote:
> Um, that doesn't sound right!
> 
> > 1 lb = 16 oz = 2.2 kg
> > 
> > Generally, a box of powdered sugar is what Jen said terms of cup 
> > measurement and it is also 1 lb or 2.2 kg in weight.
> 
> I way many fewer KG than LBs, so I think you've got it backwards. 
The 
> following is confirmed with reference to the box of borwn sugar in 
> the kitchen.
> 
> 2.2 lbs = 1 kg 
> 
> l lb = 453 g
> 
> Heather

You're correct! <sigh> that's the problem when you resist 
metrification....you can get things mixed up!

Anyhoo, I looked through some of my cookbooks. It seems the old copy 
of Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking" is the only 
book with a really good chapter about conversions and even the gas 
mark problem. Newer cookbooks seem to skip over these sections.

:-)Milz