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Cooking measures converter
Convert between cups, spoons, millilitres, grams, ounces and pounds. Pick the ingredient when you go from volume to weight, and check the oven temperature table.
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How it works
Pick the ingredient
It matters when you convert between volume and weight, since a cup of flour weighs less than a cup of honey.
Read the result
And glance at the oven temperature table.
A recipe from another country
Recipes written in cups and tablespoons are common in the United States, while much of the world cooks by weight in grams. Following one of them with a kitchen scale, or the other with measuring cups, needs a conversion. Converting volumes to volumes, such as cups to millilitres, is simple arithmetic. Converting between volume and weight is not, because the weight of a cup depends on what is in it.
Volume to weight depends on the ingredient
A cup is a fixed volume, about 237 millilitres, but the weight of that cup varies a lot: about 125 grams of flour, 200 of sugar, 340 of honey and 237 of water. That is why a converter between cups and grams has to know the ingredient. This tool has a list of common ones, including flour, sugar, brown and icing sugar, butter, honey, rice, oats, cocoa, oil, milk, water and salt. When you convert between two volumes or two weights, the ingredient makes no difference and is ignored.
How accurate is it?
The weights are typical values, and real ones differ: flour packed into a cup can weigh 30% more than flour spooned in lightly, and different brands and grinds differ. For baking, where proportions matter, weighing ingredients with a scale is far more reliable than measuring with cups. Use this converter to translate a recipe and then adjust with your own judgement.
Spoons and cups are not the same everywhere
The units here are the US ones: a cup is about 237 ml, a tablespoon about 14.8 ml and a teaspoon about 4.9 ml. In other countries a cup can be 250 ml and a tablespoon 15 or 20 ml, so a recipe from Australia or the UK may use slightly larger measures. When precision matters, check which system the recipe uses.
Oven temperatures
Below the result there is a table of common oven temperatures in degrees Celsius, degrees Fahrenheit and British gas marks. It is a reference for recipes that give the temperature in a different scale from your oven's dial. Fan ovens run hotter than conventional ones, usually by about 20 °C, so lower the temperature if your recipe was written for a conventional oven.
What it does not do
It does not scale a recipe up or down, or convert ingredient names between languages. For other units, use the unit converter.
Frequently asked questions
How many grams is a cup of flour?
About 125 grams for plain flour, though it varies with how the cup is filled. A kitchen scale is more reliable.
Why does a cup of sugar weigh more than a cup of flour?
Sugar is denser: granulated sugar weighs about 200 g per cup, while flour weighs about 125 g.
How many millilitres is a cup?
A US cup is about 237 ml. In some countries a cup is 250 ml.
How many teaspoons are in a tablespoon?
Three, in the US system: a tablespoon is about 14.8 ml and a teaspoon about 4.9 ml.
How do I convert oven temperature to gas mark?
Use the table below the result. 180 °C is gas mark 4, and 200 °C is gas mark 6.
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