We try to include each metric as clear as possible in our recipes. We use the metric system because we live in Europe. A lot of our visitors use the imperial system. People from America usually measure ingredients by volume, while others measure by weight.
We’ve put up a measurement and conversion overview, to make conversion between these two worlds easier. Let us know if you think something is missing from this overview.
Click here for the ratio’s for:
- US (imperial) dry volume measurement
- US (imperial) liquid volume measurement
- Converting imperial to metric
- Converting metric to imperial
- Oven temperatures
- Ratio’s for selected foods
- Pan’s and dishes
US (imperial) dry volume measurement
| Measurement | Equivalent |
| 1/16th teaspoon | Dash |
| 1/8 teaspoon | A pinch |
| 3 teaspoons | 1 tablespoon |
| 1/8 cup | 2 tablespoons (or 1 standard coffee scoop) |
| 1/4 cup | 4 tablespoons |
| 1/3 cup | 5 tablespoons + 1 teaspoon |
| 1/2 cup | 8 tablespoons |
| 3/4 cup | 12 tablespoons |
| 1 cup | 16 tablespoons |
| 1 pound | 16 ounces |
US (imperial) liquid volume measurement
| Measure | Equivalent |
| 8 fluid ounces | 1 cup |
| 1 pint | 2 cups (16 fluid ounces) |
| 1 quart | 2 pints (4 cups) |
| 1 gallon | 4 quarts (16 cups) |
Converting imperial to metric
| Measure | Equivalent |
| 1/5 teaspoon | 1 ml (millilitre, a thousand of a liter) |
| 1 teaspoon | 5 ml |
| 1 tablespoon | 15 ml |
| 1 fluid oz. | 15 ml |
| 1/5 cup | 50 ml |
| 1 cup | 240 ml |
| 2 cups (1 pint) | 470 ml |
| 4 cups (1 quart) | .95 liter |
| 4 quarts (1 gallon) | 3.8 liter |
| 1 oz. | 28 grams |
| 1 pound | 454 grams |
Converting metric to imperial
| Measure | Equivalent |
| 1 mililiter | 1/5 teaspoon |
| 5 ml | 1 teaspoon |
| 15 ml | 1 tablespoon |
| 30 ml | 1 fluid oz. |
| 100 ml | 3.4 fluid oz. |
| 240 ml | 1 cup |
| 1 liter | 34 fluid oz. |
| 1 liter | 4.2 cups |
| 1 liter | 2.1 pints |
| 1 liter | 1.06 quarts |
| 1 liter | .26 gallon |
| 1 gram | .035 ounce |
| 100 grams | 3.5 ounces |
| 500 grams | 1.10 pounds |
| 1 kilogram | 2.205 pounds |
| 1 kilogram | 35 oz. |
| 1 dl | 0.4 cup |
| 2 dl | 0.8 cup |
| 4 dl | 1.6 cup |
| 8 dl | 3.2 cup |
| 10 dl | 4 cup |
| 20 dl | 8 cup |
| 50 dl | 20 cup |
| 100 dl | 40 cup |
Oven temperatures
| Fahrenheit | Celsius | Gas Mark |
| 275 F | 140 C | gas mark 1 cool |
| 300 F | 150 C | gas mark 2 |
| 325 F | 165 C | gas mark 3 very moderate |
| 350 F | 180 C | gas mark 4 moderate |
| 375 F | 190 C | gas mark 5 |
| 400 F | 200 C | gas mark 6 moderately hot |
| 425 F | 220 C | gas mark 7 hot |
| 450 F | 230 C | gas mark 9 |
| 475 F | 240 C | gas mark 10 very hot |
Ratio’s for selected foods
| Measure | Equivalent | ||
| Butter | |||
| 1 T.1 stick | 14 grams, 4 ounces = 113 grams | 1 tablespoons, 8 tablespoons | 1/2 cup |
| 4 sticks | 16 ounces = 452 grams | 32 tablespoons | 2 cups |
| Lemon | |||
| 1 lemon | 1 to 3 tablespoons lemon juice, 1 to 1.5 teaspoons grates zest | ||
| 4 large lemons | 1 cup lemon juice | 1/4 cup grated zest | |
| Chocolate | |||
| 1 ounce | 1/4 cup grated, 40 grams | ||
| 6 ounces chips | 1 cup chips, 160 grams | ||
| c0coa powder | 1 cup, 115 grams | ||
| Creams | |||
| Half and half | 1/2 milk, 1/2 cream | 10.5 to 18% butterfat | |
| light cream | 18% butterfat | ||
| light whipping cream | 26 to 30% butterfat | ||
| heavy cream | 36% (or more) butterfat | ||
| double cream | 42% butterfat |
Pan’s and dishes
| Measurement | Equivalent |
| 9 by 13 inch baking dish | 22 by 33 cm baking dish |
| 8 by 8 inches baking dish | 20 by 20 cm baking dish |
| 9 by 5 inch loaf pan (capacity: 8 cups) | 23 by 12 centimeter loaf pan (capacity: 2 liters) |
| 10 inch tart pan (or cake pan) | 25 cm tart pan (or cake pan) |
| 9 inch cake pan | 22 cm cake pan |
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