Useful facts and figures

USEFUL FACTS AND FIGURES FOR BAKING

Baking is one area of cookery where you really do need to be very accuracy in your measuring of ingredient quantities, tin sizes and oven temperatures. The following charts  should give you all the information you need on cup and spoon measurements and conversions from metric to imperial.

CUP CONVERSIONS

·         1 Cup plain/self-raising flour                   125 g (4 oz)

·         1 Cup Butter                                         250 g (8 oz)

·         1 Cup Cocoa powder                           125 g (4 oz)

·         1 Cup Corn flour                                  125 g (4 oz)

·         1 Cup desiccated coconut                     90   g (3 oz)

·         1 Cup Flaked coconut                          60   g (2 oz)

·         1 Cup Currants                                    150 g (5 oz)

·         1 Cup Custard powder                        125 g (4 oz)

·         1 Cup chopped glace fruit                     240 g (7 ½ oz)

·         1 Cup grated chocolate                        125 g (4 oz)

·         1 Cup chopped chocolate                    150 g (5 oz)

·         1 Cup chocolate melts                          150 g (5 oz)

·         1 Cup chocolate bits                             175 g (6 oz)

·         1 Cup Hazelnuts                                   140 g ( 4 ½oz)

·         1 Cup chopped hazelnuts                      120 g (4 oz)

·         1 Cup ground hazelnuts                         110 g (3 ½ oz)

·         1 Cup ground Almonds                         185 g (6 oz)

·         1 Cup Mixed peel                                 185 g (6 oz)

·         1 Cup passion fruit pulp                         250 g (8 oz)

·         1 Cup raisins                                         125 g (4 oz)

·         1 Cup Sultanas                                      125 g (4 oz)

·         1 Cup caster or granulated Sugar           250 g (8 oz)

·         1 Cup Icing sugar                                  25 g (4 oz)

LIQUID CUP MEASURES

¼ Cup 1/3 Cup ½ Cup ¾ Cup 1 Cup

60 ml 80 ml 125 ml 185 ml 250 ml

2 fluid oz 2 ¾ fluid oz 4 fluid oz 6 fluid oz 8 fluid oz

SPOON MEASURES

¼ Teaspoon ½  Teaspoon 1   Teaspoon 1 Table spoon

1.25 ML 2.5 ml 5 ml 20 ml

INTERNATIONAL INGREDIENT NAMES

Baking Tray Bicarbonate Choc bits Chocolate melts Cornflour Cream Custard Dark chocolate Flaked almonds Flaked coconut Golden syrup Greaseproof paper Hazelnuts Icing sugar Madeira cake Mixed peel Plain flour Piping bag Sprinkles Thick cream

Baking sheet Baking soda Chocolate chips       Chocolate buttons Cornstarch Single cream Custard sauce Plain/bittersweet chocolate Sliced almonds Coconut flakes Light corn syrup       Waxed paper       Filberts       Confectioners’ sugar Pound cake       Mixed candied citrus rind       All-purpose flour       Decorating bag Hundreds&thousands       Double/heavy cream

WEIGHT                                                     LENGTH

10 g                    ¼ oz 30 g                    1 oz 60 g                    2 oz 90 g                    3 oz 125 g                 4 oz 150 g                 5 oz 185 g                 6 oz 220 g                 7 oz 250 g                 8 oz 275 g                 9 oz 300 g                 10 oz 330 g                 11 oz 375 g                 12 oz 400 g                 13 oz 425 g                 14 oz 475 g                 15 oz 500 g                 1 lb 600 g                 1 ¼ lb 650 g                 1 lb 5 oz 750 g                 1 ½ lb 1 kg                    2 lb

5 mm                           ¼ inch 1 cm                            ½ inch 2 cm                            ¾ inch 2.5 cm                         1 inch 5 cm                             2 inches 6 cm                             2 ½ inches 8 cm                             3 inches 10 cm                           4 inches 12 cm                           5 inches 15 cm                           6 inches 18 cm                           7 inches 20 cm                           8 inches 23 cm                           9 inches 25 cm                           10 inches 28 cm                            11 inches 30 cm                            12 inches 35 cm                            14 inches 46 cm                            18 inches 50 cm                            20 inches 61 cm                             24 inches 77 cm                             30 inches

USEFUL FACTS AND FIGURES

USEFUL FACTS AND FIGURES FOR BAKING

OVEN TEMPERATURES

The Table below gives recommented equilents

	Centigrade	Fahrenheit	Gas Mark
Very cool	110	225	¼
	120	250	½
Cool or Slow	140	275	1
	150	300	2
Warm	160	325	3
Moderate	180	350	4
Moderately hot	190	375	5
Fairly hot	200	400	6
Hot	220	425	7
Very hot	230	450	8
	240	475	9
British		American		Australian
1 teaspoon		1teaspoon		1teaspoon
1tablespoon		1tablespoon		1tablespoon
2tablespoons		3tablespoons		2tablespoons
3 ½ tablespoons		4tablespoons		3tablespoons
4 tablespoons		5tablespoons		3 ½ tablespoons

Notes for American and Australian users

In America the 8-oz measuring cup is used cup is used. In Australia metric measures are now used in conjunction with the standard 250-ml measuring cup. The imperial pint, used in Britain and Australia, is 20 fl oz, while the American pint is 16 fl oz. It is important to remember that the Australian tablespoon differs from both the British and American tablespoons; the table above gives a comparison. The British standard tablespoon holds 17.7ml, the American 14.2 ml, and the Australian 20 ml. A teaspoon holds approximately 5 ml in all countries.