Does your equipment measure up?
Use cup and spoon measures for dry and solid ingredients and a measuring jug for liquid ingredients.
When measuring dry or solid 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
| Muffin Pans |
| mini |
30ml |
1 1/2 Tbsp. |
| regular 1 |
80ml |
1/3 cup |
| regular 2 |
125ml |
1/2 cup |
| Texas |
180ml |
3/4 cup |
| Cake Pans |
| 20cm spring form cake pan |
|
8 inch |
| 20cm square cake pan |
|
8 inch |
| 23cm spring form cake pan |
|
9 inch |
| 25cm spring form 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.
Oven temperatures
| Celsius (electric) |
Celsius(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
weight and measurement
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 |
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. |
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.) |
Cup conversions for metric & imperial*
| ingredient |
1 cup |
1/2 cup |
1/3 cup |
1/4 cup |
| breadcrumbs, dry |
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| butter |
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| cheese, shredded/grated |
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| choc bits |
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| coconut, desiccated |
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| flour, plain/self-raising |
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| rice, uncooked (long-grain/basmati/jasmine) |
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| sour cream |
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| sugar, brown – lightly packed |
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| sugar, brown – firmly packed |
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| sugar, caster |
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| sugar, icing |
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| sugar, white |
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| sultanas |
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| yoghurt |
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*These conversions have been rounded for cookery purposes
