Baking Conversions

These baking conversion charts will show you the approximate US/imperial and metric equivalents. The United States uses cup measures for solid and liquids. U.S. and Canadian volume for a cup measure is 8 fluid ounces which in standard metric is equivalent to 250 ml; 1 British imperial cup is 10 ounces.

Metric Conversion Table

TO CHANGE	INTO	MULTIPLY BY
inches	centimeters	2.5
ounces	grams	28
pounds	kilograms	.45
teaspoons	milliliters	5
tablespoons	milliliters	15
fluid ounces	milliliters	30
cups	liters	.24
pints	liters	.47
quarts	liters	.95
gallons	liters	3.8
centimeters	inches	.4
grams	ounces	.035
kilograms	pounds	2.2
milliliters	teaspoons	.2
milliliters	tablespoons	.067
milliliters	fluid ounces	.033
liters	cups	4.2
liters	pints	2.1
liters	quarts	1.06
liters	gallons	.26

US Standard Metric Equivalents

U.S.	STANDARD METRIC EQUIVALENTS
1/8 teaspoon	0.5 ml
1/4 teaspoon	1 ml
1/2 teaspoon	2 ml
1 teaspoon	5 ml
1 tablespoon	15 ml
2 tablespoons	25 ml
1/4 cup=2 fluid ounces	50 ml
1/3 cup=3 fluid ounces	75 ml
1/2 cup=4 fluid ounces	125 ml
2/3 cup=5 fluid ounces	150 ml
3/4 cup=6 fluid ounces	175 ml
1 cup=8 fluid ounces	250 ml
2 cups=1 pint	500 ml
1 quart	1 litre

Common Weight Range Replacements

IMPERIAL/U.S.	METRIC
1/2 ounce	15 g
1 ounce	25 g or 30 g
4 ounces (1/4 pound)	115 g or 125 g
8 ounces (1/2 pound)	225 g or 250 g
16 ounces (1 pound)	450 g or 500 g
1 ¼ pounds	625 g
1 ½ pounds	750 g
2 pounds or 2 ¼ pounds	1,000 g or 1 Kg

Oven Temperature Equivalents

FAHRENHEIT SETTING	CELSIUS SETTING
300 F	150 C
325 F	160 C
350 F	180 C
375 F	190 C
400 F	200 C
425 F	220 C
450 F	230 C
475 F	240 C
500 F	260 C

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