Portions for Eating Cake or Cookies
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Question
A person who eats cake or cookies and the like, how much should they eat to avoid doubt in the first and last blessing?
Answer
Either eat less than 200 cubic centimeters [the size of a regular cup] and recite the blessings 'Mezonot' and 'Al HaMichya'. Or eat more than 800 cubic centimeters [the size of more than three-quarters of a milk bag] and recite the blessings 'HaMotzi' and 'Birkat HaMazon'.
Source
Siman 168, s"k 24.
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