Cooking conversions
Cups to grams, tablespoons to millilitres, Fahrenheit to Celsius. Weight-to-volume conversions use the ingredient's real density, because a cup of flour and a cup of honey weigh very different amounts.
1 cup = 120 g of all-purpose flour
US volume equivalents
| Measure | Equals | Metric |
|---|---|---|
| 1 tablespoon | 3 teaspoons | 14.8 ml |
| ⅛ cup | 2 tablespoons · 1 fl oz | 29.6 ml |
| ¼ cup | 4 tablespoons | 59 ml |
| ⅓ cup | 5 tbsp + 1 tsp | 79 ml |
| ½ cup | 8 tablespoons | 118 ml |
| 1 cup | 16 tbsp · 8 fl oz | 237 ml |
| 1 pint | 2 cups | 473 ml |
| 1 quart | 4 cups | 946 ml |
Oven temperatures
| °F | °C | °C fan |
|---|---|---|
| 250°F | 120°C | 100°C |
| 300°F | 150°C | 130°C |
| 325°F | 165°C | 145°C |
| 350°F | 175°C | 155°C |
| 375°F | 190°C | 170°C |
| 400°F | 200°C | 180°C |
| 425°F | 220°C | 200°C |
| 450°F | 230°C | 210°C |
| 475°F | 245°C | 225°C |
Fan (convection) ovens: reduce by about 20°C / 25°F.
Questions people ask
How many tablespoons are in a cup?
16 tablespoons in 1 US cup. 1 tablespoon is 3 teaspoons, so a cup is 48 teaspoons.
How many grams is a cup of flour?
About 120 grams of all-purpose flour when spooned into the cup and levelled (King Arthur Baking’s figure). Scooping straight from the bag packs it and can give 140 g or more, which is why bakers weigh.
How many ounces in a cup?
8 US fluid ounces in a cup (volume). Weight ounces depend on the ingredient: a cup of flour weighs about 4.25 oz, a cup of sugar about 7 oz.
Is a UK or Australian cup the same?
No. A US cup is 236.6 ml, while a metric cup (Australia, Canada, New Zealand) is 250 ml. Most US recipes, including ours, use the US cup.