Baking Guides
Metric Baking Conversion: The One-Page Table (grams, cups, °C/°F)
The same cup of flour can weigh 20% more or less depending on sifting, scooping or packing — which is why grams became the lingua franca of baking: the scale doesn't lie. This one page aligns grams / cups / oven temperatures.
Ingredients: cups → grams, nominal
| Ingredient | 1 cup (g) | 1 tbsp (g) | 1 tsp (g) |
|---|---|---|---|
| all-purpose flour | 120 | 7.5 | 2.50 |
| bread flour | 120 | 7.5 | 2.50 |
| granulated sugar | 200 | 12.5 | 4.17 |
| brown sugar (packed) | 213 | 13.3 | 4.44 |
| powdered sugar | 113 | 7.1 | 2.35 |
| cocoa powder | 85 | 5.3 | 1.77 |
| butter | 227 | 14.2 | 4.73 |
| vegetable oil | 218 | 13.6 | 4.54 |
| milk | 240 | 15.0 | 5.00 |
| heavy cream | 238 | 14.9 | 4.96 |
| honey | 336 | 21.0 | 7.00 |
| cornstarch | 112 | 7.0 | 2.33 |
| almond flour | 96 | 6.0 | 2.00 |
Oven: °C / °F / gas mark
| °C | °F | Gas mark |
|---|---|---|
| 120 | 250 | 1 |
| 140 | 275 | 1 |
| 150 | 300 | 2 |
| 160 | 325 | 3 |
| 170 | 340 | 3 |
| 180 | 350 | 4 |
| 190 | 375 | 5 |
| 200 | 400 | 6 |
| 220 | 425 | 7 |
| 230 | 450 | 8 |
| 240 | 475 | 9 |
Fixed conversions (four to memorize)
- 1 oz = 28.35 g
- 1 lb = 453.6 g
- 1 US liquid cup ≈ 237 ml
- 1 tbsp = 3 tsp = 15 ml
How to use the table
Imperial recipe to metric: convert cups to grams once with the table, weigh everything, and every rerun after that is zero-drift. Going the other way (grams → cups) avoid unless there's truly no scale — scoop by nominal values and accept ±10-20%.
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