In the real world, even though you make adjustments to a recipe to accommodate the number of people you need to serve, you sometimes round the amount of an ingredient instead of using an exact amount. Which ingredient would it make more sense to round rather than coming up with the exact amount? Why?


Banana Cupcakes
makes 10 cupcakes

1 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup vegetable oil

1 large egg

4 tablespoons sour cream

2 medium-sized ripe bananas, mashed

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/8 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

pinch of nutmeg