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Cookery conversion tables

Cooking in foreign lands with foreign recipes and ingredients can have its little challenges.  In this section you will find useful conversion tables for oven temperatures, weights for dry ingredients, liquid measures and tablespoon conversions for the Europe, US and Australia.

As a general rule, Europeans and Australians follow the metric measurement system and Americans follow the imperial system. The conversions listed here are approximate for imperial.

Weight conversions for dry ingredients 

Metric Imperial
7g 1/4 oz
15g 1/2 oz
30g 1 oz
60g 2 oz
85g 3 oz
110g 4 oz
140g 5 oz
170g 6 oz
200g 7 oz
225g 8 oz
255g 9 oz
280g 10 oz
310g 11 oz
340g 12 oz
370g 13 oz
400g 14 oz
425g 15 oz
450g 1 lb (16 oz)
500g 1 lb 2 oz
1000g  (1Kg) 2 lb 4 oz (2  ¼ lb)

Conversions for Liquid measures

Metric Imperial Australia US
25ml 1fl oz
50ml 2fl oz ¼ cup ¼ cup
75ml 3fl oz
100ml 3½fl oz
120ml 4fl oz ½ cup ½ cup
150ml 5fl oz
175ml 6fl oz ¾ cup ¾ cup
200ml 7fl oz
250ml 8fl oz 1 cup 1 cup
300ml 10fl oz/½ pint ½  pint 1¼ cups
360ml 12fl oz
400ml 14fl oz
450ml 15fl oz 2 cups 2 cups/1 pint
500ml 17fl oz
600ml 1 pint (16fl oz) 1 pint 2½ cups
750ml 1¼ pints
900ml 1½ pints
1 litre 1¾ pints 1¾ pints 1 quart
1.2 litres 2 pints
1.4 litres 2½ pints
1.5 litres 2¾ pints
1.7 litres 3 pints
2 litres 3½ pints
3 litres 5¼ pints

There’s a small difference between Australian (metric) cups and US cups. A standard metric cup holds 250ml of liquid whereas a US cup holds slightly less at 240ml. With most recipes, this slight difference won’t affect the final result.

Conversion for US cup measures to grams

 Many US recipes give ingredients measured in cups. Cups workwell for measuring volume but converting cup measurements to grams is difficult as the equivalent weight depends on the ingredient. For example, a cup of sugar will weigh around 225gm, but a cup of flour may weigh only about 150gm.

US cups  grams
1 cup grated cheese 110g
1 cup ground almonds 110g
1 stick butter 113g
1 cup icing sugar 125g
1 cup currants 150g
1 cup flour 150g
1 cup brown sugar 200g
1 cup sultanas/raisins 200g
1 cup uncooked rice 200g
1 cup butter/margarine/lard 225g
1 cup caster/granulated sugar 225g

Conversion for Spoon measurements to grams

 1 dessertspoon = 2 teaspoons

3 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon /15ml  in UK

4 teaspoons = 1 tablespoon /20ml  in Australia

Spoons ml
1 teaspoon 5ml
2 teaspoons 10ml
1 tablespoon 15ml
2 tablespoons 30ml
3 tablespoons 45ml
4 tablespoons 60ml
5 tablespoons 75ml
6 tablespoons 90ml
7 tablespoons 105ml

 

 Conversion of Oven temperatures

 European recipes usually give oven temperatures in Celsius.  US recipes usually give oven temperatures in degree Fahrenheit.  Older UK recipe books may also show Gas mark. Use the table below to find the UK equivalent. With fan-assisted ovens, remember to reduce the temperature by 20 degrees as shown below. 

Description Gas and Conventional Electric °C Gas and Conventional Electric °F Gas mark Electric °C Fan
Very cool 110 225 90
Very cool 120 250 100
Cool 140 275 1 120
Cool 150 300 2 130
Warm 160 325 3 140
Moderate 180 350 4 160
Moderately hot 190 375 5 170
Fairly hot 200 400 6 180
Hot 220 425 7 200
Very hot 230 450 8 210
Very hot 240 475 9 220
Very hot 250 500 230