1 2 Cup White Sugar

Baking and creating in the kitchen can be part scientific discipline, part experimentation. It tin can be hit or miss regarding the quantities of ingredients, whether you're finding them in books, online, old or new. Measurements and amounts vary between different recipes and conversion charts. So sometimes the best person I tin rely on for consistent measurements, is myself. I employ the aforementioned measuring loving cup for everything I do, and swear past investing in decent digital scales too.

All of my recipes are measured on scales in grams, and then this takes out the guessing and the varying sizes of cups around the country. And so to brand it simple, I've gone through and measured out a loving cup of various ingredients I've broiled with so far and converted them into grams not merely for others, but also myself. I'll likewise keep to add together more than converted ingredients over time every bit I utilise them.

FLOURS/Dry

The various flours available in stores today, cater for many different dietary requirements, witting wellness choices or even to requite a recipe an entirely new texture or flavor. The quantities may just vary slightly, but information technology could exist brand or intermission.

	1/2 Cup	1 Cup
Patently Flour	85g	170g
Self Raising Flour	85g	170g
Wholemeal Flour	80g	160g
Coconut Flour (Packed)	75g	150g
Rice Flour	88g	175g
Cocoa (Packed)	50g	100g

SUGARS

Sugars were not all created equally. However, at the end of the twenty-four hours, they are all there to add a little sugariness to our lives. Whether you're afterwards refilled or unrefined sugars, there are lots to choose from. Educate yourself, gustation the differences and get experimenting.

	1/2 Cup	1 Cup
White Carbohydrate	125g	250g
Caster Sugar	120g	240g
Icing Saccharide	85g	170g
Soft Brown Sugar (Packed)	123g	245g
Raw Carbohydrate	110g	220g
Coconut Saccharide	85g	170g
Panela Sugar	95g	190g
Demerara Sugar	125g	250g

GRAINS/NUT/MEALS

There are countless amounts of ingredients that don't fall nether flours or sugars. Then here are a agglomeration of miscellaneous, yet relevant, ingredients yous may find useful from 24-hour interval to day in the kitchen.

	1/2 Loving cup	1 Cup
Kokosnoot – Dessicated	43g	85g
Kokosnoot – Shredded	48g	95g
Almond Repast	58g	115g
Rolled Oats	50g	100g
Buckwheat Groats	110g	220g
Amaranth	115g	230g
Millet	80g	160g
Quinoa Grain	100g	200g

BUTTER

Occasionally when browsing nutrient websites (specially American) I would come up across recipes that ask for a stick of butter. Here in New Zealand it comes in a block and that sounds like more than than a stick. For those who have besides come beyond this predicament, below the mystery has been solved.

	Cup	Grams	Tablespoons
Stick	1/2	113g	8
i/two Stick	ane/4	57g	iv
Double Stick	1	227g	16

LIQUIDS

I use a measuring jug for all of my liquids, however it nonetheless feels like a guessing game using your eye to judge the corporeality. The same goes with measuring spoons, whether yous have any on mitt, I also experience these vary so much and all you tin can do is hope for the all-time. Below are some standard conversions for liquid that may be helpful.

Metric	Cups & Spoons
5ml	ane tsp
fifteen-20ml	1 tbps
60ml	1/4 Loving cup
125ml	1/ii Cup
250ml	i Cup
375ml	1 1/2 Cup
500ml	ii Cups
750ml	iii Cups
ane litre	4 Cups

OVEN TEMPS

I've yet to use a gas oven, but in New Zealand we primarily utilise ovens that measure temperature in degrees celsius. With that said, lots of recipes still talk about fahrenheit which then leads united states to Google to double check nosotros won't burn down anything.

Celsius	Fahrenheit	Gas Mark
110	225	ane/four
130	250	ane/2
140	275	i
150	300	ii
170	325	3
180	350	4
190	375	five
200	400	half-dozen
220	425	vii
230	450	viii
240	475	nine