Recipe Conversion Chart
Two things every home cook needs on one page: how much a cup of each ingredient weighs, and how those amounts change when you scale a recipe.
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Cup to grams (and scaled)
| Ingredient | 1 cup | ½× | 1.5× | 2× |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 125 g | 63 g | 188 g | 250 g |
| Bread flour | 127 g | 64 g | 191 g | 254 g |
| Cake flour | 114 g | 57 g | 171 g | 228 g |
| Granulated sugar | 200 g | 100 g | 300 g | 400 g |
| Brown sugar (packed) | 213 g | 107 g | 320 g | 426 g |
| Powdered sugar | 120 g | 60 g | 180 g | 240 g |
| Butter | 227 g | 113 g | 340 g | 454 g |
| Cocoa powder | 85 g | 43 g | 128 g | 170 g |
| Rolled oats | 90 g | 45 g | 135 g | 180 g |
| White rice | 185 g | 93 g | 278 g | 370 g |
| Honey | 340 g | 170 g | 510 g | 680 g |
| Milk | 244 g | 122 g | 366 g | 488 g |
| Vegetable oil | 218 g | 109 g | 327 g | 436 g |
| Peanut butter | 256 g | 128 g | 384 g | 512 g |
Volume equivalents
| Measure | Equals |
|---|---|
| 1 cup | 16 tbsp · 48 tsp · 236 ml |
| 1/2 cup | 8 tbsp · 118 ml |
| 1/4 cup | 4 tbsp · 12 tsp · 59 ml |
| 1 tablespoon | 3 tsp · 15 ml |
| 1 fluid ounce | 2 tbsp · 30 ml |
Language of measures
- US cup: 236 ml
- UK / AU / NZ cup: 250 ml (about 6% larger)
- US stick of butter: 113 g (half a cup)
- 1 UK tablespoon: 15 ml · 1 AU tablespoon: 20 ml
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Sources & method
Weights follow the King Arthur Baking ingredient chart and US customary volumes (1 cup = 236.588 ml). Scaled columns are the 1-cup weight multiplied by 0.5, 1.5 and 2, rounded to the nearest gram.