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Weights & measurement charts

Precise measurements can be vital to cooking and baking success. Keep our essential guide handy for all the weights and measures you might need.

Taste also now offers a series of calculators to help you with some of the conversions in these charts.

Does your equipment measure up?

Use Australian Standard measuring cups and spoons. The plastic ones found in supermarkets and kitchenware shops are a perfect choice. Check the metal ones and overseas brands as most are not Australian standard and therefore not suitable for Australian recipes.

Use cup and spoon measures for dry and solid ingredients and a measuring jug for liquid ingredients.

When measuring dry ingredients, dip the cup or spoon measure into the food and lift out. Use the edge of a knife to scrape across the surface, removing excess ingredients so the surface is flat. When measuring liquids, place the jug onto a flat surface and bend down to check at eye level.

Pan measurements | Oven temperatures | Metric cup & spoon sizes | Liquids | Mass (weight) | Cup conversions

Download our handy weights & measurement chart to stick on your fridge.

Pan measurements

muffin pans    
mini 30ml 1 1/2 Tbs
regular 1 80ml 1/3 cup
regular 2 125ml 1/2 cup
Texas 180ml 3/4 cup
     
cake pans    
20cm springform cake pan   8 inch
20cm square cake pan   8 inch
23cm springform cake pan   9 inch
25cm springform cake pan   10 inch


To check your muffin pan's capacity, for a mini muffin pan pour 1 1/2 tablespoons (30ml) water into 1 hole in your pan. If the water comes right to the top (with none left over) it is 1 1/2 tablespoon capacity. Use the same method to measure regular or Texas muffin pans.

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Oven temperatures

Celsius
(electric)
Celcius
(fan forced)
Fahrenheit
Gas
 
120º
100º
250º
1
very slow
150º
130º
300º
2
slow
160º
140º
325º
3
moderately slow
180º
160º
350º
4
moderate
190º
170º
375º
5
moderately hot
200º
180º
400º
6
hot
230º
210º
450º
7
very hot
250º
230º
500º
9
very hot


If using a fan-forced oven, your cooking time may be a little quicker, so start checking your food a little earlier

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Metric cup & spoon sizes*

cup metric
1/4 cup 60ml
1/3 cup 80ml
1/2 cup 125ml
1 cup 250ml
   
spoon metric
1/4 teaspoon 1.25ml
1/2 teaspoon 2.5ml
1 teaspoon 5ml
2 teaspoons 10ml
1 tablespoon (equal to 4 teaspoons) 20ml

 

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Liquids*

Metric Cup Imperial
30ml   1 fl oz
60ml 1/4 cup 2 fl oz
80ml  1/3 cup 2 3/4 fl oz
100ml
3 1/2 fl oz
125ml 1/2 cup 4 fl oz
150ml   5 fl oz
180ml 3/4 cup 6 fl oz
200ml   7 fl oz
250ml 1 cup 8 3/4 fl oz
310ml 1 1/4 cups 10 1/2 fl oz
375ml 1 1/2 cups 13 fl oz
430ml 1 3/4 cups 15 fl oz
475ml   16 fl oz
500ml 2 cups 17 fl oz
625ml 2 1/2 cups 21 1/2 fl oz
750ml 3 cups 26 fl oz
1L 4 cups 35 fl oz
1.25L 5 cups 44 fl oz
1.5L 6 cups 52 fl oz
2L 8 cups 70 fl oz
2.5L 10 cups 88 fl oz

 

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Mass (weight)*

10g 1/4oz
15g 1/2oz
30g 1oz
60g 2oz
90g 3oz
125g 4oz (1/4 lb)
155g 5oz
185g 6oz
220g 7oz
250g 8oz (1/2 lb)
280g 9oz
315g 10oz
345g 11oz
375g 12oz (3/4 lb)
410g 13oz
440g 14oz
470g 15oz
500g (1/2 kg) 16oz (1 lb)
750g 24oz (1 1/2 lb)
1kg 32oz (2 lb)
1.5kg 48oz (3 lb)
2kg 64oz (4 lb)

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Cup conversions for metric & imperial*

ingredient 1 cup 1/2 cup 1/3 cup 1/4 cup
breadcrumbs, dry 90g 2 3/4oz 45g 1 1/2oz 30g 1oz 25g 3/4oz
butter 250g 8oz 125g 4oz 80g 2 1/2oz 60g 2oz
cheese, shredded/grated 80g 2 1/2oz 40g 1oz 35g 1oz 25g 3/4oz
choc bits 190g 6oz 95g 3oz 70g 2 1/4oz 55g 1 3/4oz
coconut, desiccated 85g 2 3/4oz 45g 1 1/2oz 35g 1oz 20g 1/2oz
flour, plain/self-raising 150g 4 3/4oz 75g 2 1/2oz 50g 1 1/2oz 40g 1 1/2oz
rice, uncooked (long-grain/basmati/jasmine) 200g 6 1/2oz 100g 3oz 70g 2 1/4oz 50g 1 1/2oz
sour cream 235g 7 1/2oz 125g 4oz 85g 2 1/2oz 65g 2oz
sugar, brown – lightly packed 160g 5oz 80g 2 1/2oz 60g 2oz 45g 1 1/2oz
sugar, brown – firmly packed 200g 6 1/2oz 100g 3oz 70g 2 1/4oz 55g 1 3/4oz
sugar, caster 220g 7oz 115g 3 3/4oz 80g 2 1/2oz 60g 2oz
sugar, icing 150g 4 3/4oz 80g 2 1/2oz 60g 2oz 45g 1 1/2oz
sugar, white 225g 7oz 110g 3 1/2oz 80g 2 1/2oz 60g 2oz
sultanas 170g 5 1/2oz 90g 3oz 65g 2oz 45g 1 1/2oz
yoghurt 260g 8 1/4oz 130g 4oz 90g 3oz 70g 2 1/4oz


*These conversions have been rounded for cookery purposes

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Be sure to check out our baking recipes collection.

 

Source

Taste.com.au — April 2007

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