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Original Cake Recipe

Tripled

1 cup flour 1 cup sugar

3 square baking chocolate 1 teaspoons baking powder 3/4 teaspoons baking soda ½ teaspoon salt ½ cup milk ¼ cup vegetable oil 1 egg 1 teaspoon vanilla extract ½ cup boiling water 1 cup all-purpose flour 1 cup sugar

Now Lamar will need to be sure he has enough frosting to cover the cake. He probably won’t need exactly 3 times as much, but the cake will be bigger, so he’s going to needmore frosting. He decides to double the frosting recipe. Can you find the amounts he’ll need?

Original Frosting Recipe 1½ cups butter 1 cup cocoa 5 cups confectioner’s sugar ½ cup milk 2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Doubled

How many sticks of butter will Lamar need now for the frosting? Look back to page 17 if you need to.

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