Kitchen Conversion Guide

I habitually measure all ingredients in spoons and cups and not on a weighing scale. I get very put off if I have to dig out my weighing scale and actually weigh an ingredient. :) I knew that sooner than later, I would need to break away from my comfort zone and provide my readers with basic conversion for all elements so that they can measure ingredients basis on their own comfort level rather than mine.

Cooking Measurement Conversion Chart
Cooking Measurement Conversion Chart

When I was re-designing this site, the designer and I spent a lot of time trying the best way to present the conversion but realized that automatically converting each ingredient from one measuring system to another is very complicated and not easily doable – when we bloggers are prone to using new ingredients and fancy units like few, a pinch, sprinkling of leaves, etc every so often. I didn’t want to lose that personal touch and make it too structured, giving a bit of scope for our idiosyncrasies.

These tables present to you the measurements that I use on LiG. But nothing takes away the simplicity of digging out that scale and weighing the ingredients – I know I need to practice what I preach. So here we are.

Terminology

tablespoonTbsp
teaspoontsp
gramsgm
kilogramskg
millilitersml
ouncesoz

General Measurements

½ tablespoon1½ teaspoons
1 tablespoon3 teaspoons
¼ cup4 tablespoons
⅓ cup5 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon
½ cup8 tablespoons
⅔ cup10 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons
¾ cup12 tablespoons
1 cup16 tablespoons

Oven Temperatures

CelsiusFahrenheit
100ºC212ºF
120ºC250ºF
140ºC275ºF
150ºC300ºF
160ºC320ºF
180ºC350ºF
190ºC375ºF
200ºC400ºF
210ºC410ºF
220ºC425ºF
250ºC480ºF

Butter

MetricSticksCupsTablespoons
55 gm½ stick¼ cup4 Tablespoons
75 gmna⅓ cup5⅓ Tablespoons
112 gm1 stick½ cup8 Tablespoons
150 gmna⅔ cup10⅔ Tablespoons
170 gm1½ stick¾ cup12 Tablespoons
225 gm2 sticks1 cup16 Tablespoons

All Purpose Flour/ Powdered Sugar/ Icing Sugar

MetricCups
15 gm⅛ cup
30 gm¼ cup
40 gm⅓ cup
45 gm⅜ cup
60 gm½ cup
75 gm⅔ cup
85 gm¾ cup
100 gm⅞ cup
110 gm1 cup

Cake Flour

MetricCups
10 gm⅛ cup
20 gm¼ cup
25 gm⅓ cup
30 gm⅜ cup
50 gm½ cup
65 gm⅔ cup
70 gm¾ cup
85 gm⅞ cup
95 gm1 cup

Granulated Sugar

MetricCups
30 gm⅛ cup
55 gm¼ cup
75 gm⅓ cup
85 gm⅜ cup
115 gm½ cup
150 gm⅔ cup
170 gm¾ cup
200 gm⅞ cup
225 gm1 cup

Brown Sugar

MetricCups
25 gm⅛ cup
50 gm¼ cup
65 gm⅓ cup
75 gm⅜ cup
100 gm½ cup
135 gm⅔ cup
150 gm¾ cup
175 gm⅞ cup
200 gm1 cup

Unsweetened Cocoa Powder

MetricCups
15 gm⅛ cup
30 gm¼ cup
40 gm⅓ cup
45 gm⅜ cup
60 gm½ cup
75 gm⅔ cup
85 gm¾ cup
100 gm⅞ cup
125 gm1 cup

Chocolate Chips

MetricCups
190 gm1 cup

Honey & Other Syrups

MetricImperialCups
21 gm¾ ounce1 Tablespoon
85 gm3 ounces¼ cup
340 gm12 ounces1 cup

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