General Conversion Tables for Baking and Cooking
May this information make your life much easier. As a Food Scientist, I have gathered this data over the course of 30-plus years to provide my students with more accurate measurements to ensure the success of their baking. Remember that each substance we work with has different densities, which is why there are such large variations.
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250 ml or 1 cup = How Many Grams (Sorted Alphabetically)
A
- All Bran flakes: 50 g
- Almonds (flaked): 150 g
- Apricot jam: 330 g
- Apricots (dried): 150 g
B
- Bread crumbs: 125 g
- Brown bread flour: 140 g
- Butter or margarine: 230 g
C
- Cake flour: 140 g
- Cheddar (grated): 100 g
- Cherries (chopped): 150 g
- Cherries (whole): 160 g
- Coconut (desiccated): 80 g
- Cookie crumbs (dry): 120 g
- Cookie crumbs (fresh): 125 g
- Cornflour (Maizena): 120 g
- Cream cheese: 250 g
D
- Dates: 150 g
F
- Fine cornmeal: 160 g
G
- Germ (wheat): 80 g
- Groundnuts (shelled): 150 g
H
- Ham (chopped): 125 g
K
- Kellogg’s Cornflakes: 50 g
M
- Margarine: 230 g
- Milk: 250 g
- Milk powder: 250 g
- Mixed peel: 150 g
- Mixed fruit: 150 g
- Mozzarella (grated): 125 g
N
- Nutty wheat: 150 g
- Nuts (unsalted): 100 g
O
- Oil: 250 ml
- Oats: 80 g
- Okkerneute (walnuts): 100 g
P
- Pecans: 100 g
- Peanuts: 150 g
- Poppy seeds: 150 g
- Prunes (pitted): 150 g
- Potatoes (raw, grated): 125 g
- Pumpkin (cooked, mashed): 225 g
R
- Raisins, currants, and sultanas: 150 g
- Rice flour: 160 g
- Rice (white or brown): 200 g
- Rice Krispies: 35 g
S
- Self-raising flour: 140 g
- Semolina: 160 g
- Sesame seeds: 150 g
- Spinach (raw): 200 g
- Sprinkles (nuts): 150 g
- Sugar (white, brown, yellow): 200 g
- Syrup: 350 g
V
- Vinegar: 250 g
W
- Water: 250 g
- Weet-Bix: 50 g
- White bread flour: 140 g
Y
- Yoghurt: 240 g
Oven Temperatures
100 ˚C = 200 ˚F
110 ˚C = 225 ˚F
120 ˚C = 250 ˚F
140 ˚C = 275 ˚F
150 ˚C = 300 ˚F
160 ˚C = 325 ˚F
180 ˚C = 350 ˚F
190 ˚C = 375 ˚F
200 ˚C = 400 ˚F
220 ˚C = 425 ˚F
230 ˚C = 450 ˚F
240 ˚C = 475 ˚F
Altitude Adjustments for International Recipes
If you live in South Africa, don’t worry. This information is applicable to our international members who want to use our recipes. I aim to help them successfully bake our recipes on their side. If you wish to use international recipes, I think you will benefit from the information below to make the necessary adjustments.
Let’s Do a Fun Test!
I live inland, and our water boils at 96 ˚C. Therefore, my oven temperatures for my baking are adjusted according to these conditions as per the recipes. Try boiling your water and see if you get a different result? If you live at the coast, your water will take longer to boil, and it will only boil at 100 ˚C. When you do the math, there is a 4-degree difference. So what now? You need to adjust by 4 degrees, either up or down. Happy testing!
Oven Temperatures According to Altitude
900 m: increase oven temperature by 5 ˚C / 25 ˚F
1500 m: increase oven temperature by 10 ˚C / 50 ˚F
2100 m: increase oven temperature by 10 ˚C / 50 ˚F
3000 m: increase oven temperature by 10 ˚C / 50 ˚F
Flour Adjustments per 250 ml / 140 g / 1 Cup According to Altitude
900 m: remain the same
1500 m: remain the same
2100 m: increase by 15 ml
3000 m: increase by 15 ml
Sugar Adjustments per 250 ml / 200 g / 1 Cup According to Altitude
900 m: decrease by 0 – 15 ml
1500 m: decrease by 15 – 30 ml
2100 m: decrease by 30 – 45 ml
3000 m: decrease by 30 – 45 ml
Baking Powder Adjustments per 5 ml According to Altitude
900 m: decrease by 0 – 0.5 ml
1500 m: decrease by 1 ml
2100 m: decrease by 1 ml
3000 m: decrease by 1 ml
Liquid Adjustments per 250 ml / 250 g / 1 Cup According to Altitude
900 m: increase by 0 – 30 ml
1500 m: increase by 30 – 45 ml
2100 m: increase by 45 – 60 ml
3000 m: increase by 45 – 60 ml
Metric Measurements
Teaspoons (t)
Tablespoons (T)
Cups (c)
Pinch = 1 ml
¼ t = 2 ml
½ t = 3 ml
1 t = 5 ml
1 T = 15 ml
⅓ c = 80 ml
⅔ c = 170 ml
1 c = 250 ml
1¼ c = 315 ml
1½ c = 375 ml
1¾ c = 440 ml
2 c = 500 ml
3 c = 750 ml
4 c = 1 kg
Ounces and Pounds
½ ounce = 15 g
1 ounce = 30 g
2 ounces = 60 g
3 ounces = 90 g
4 ounces = 125 g
5 ounces = 150 g
6 ounces = 180 g
7 ounces = 210 g
8 ounces = 250 g
1 pound = 500 g
2 pounds = 1 kg
Pints and Milliliters
30 ml = 2 T
60 ml = 4 T
150 ml = ¼ pint
300 ml = ½ pint
450 ml = ¾ pint
600 ml = 1 pint
900 ml = 1½ pints
1.25 liters = 2 pints
1.8 liters = 3 pints
2.5 liters = 4 pints
Links for Extra Help
Converting Grams to Milliliters
