placed loosely in the cup and then you are going to shave off the excess from the top. so, you are not going to have a really heavy cup of flour. this is a one half cup measurement.
we are going to do two and a half cup, so it we will take five of these, theres one. if the flour is packed into the measuring cup you are going to have a lot more flour in your cake.
so, theres one cup, two cups and two and a half cup. so, you see its nice and even on the top and its just loosely packed in there. so, thats your two 