Free Kitchen Measurement Conversion Chart: Cups, Tablespoons and Milliliters, Oven Temperatures with Gas Marks and Cup to Gram Weights, and a Recipe Scaling Worksheet (PDF, Word, Excel)

What is on the page

US cup

About 237 mL. Metric cups in Australia, Canada and many UK recipes are 250 mL, so cup recipes are not always interchangeable.

Fluid ounces

A measure of volume. A US fluid ounce is about 29.6 mL; it is not the same as an ounce of weight, except for water-like liquids.

Fan oven

A convection oven, which usually needs a temperature about 20°C (25°F) lower than a conventional oven.

Gas mark

The temperature setting on gas ovens in the UK and Ireland.

Scale factor

Servings needed divided by the servings the recipe makes; every amount is multiplied by it.

Cups, spoons and milliliters

The volume chart uses US measures which most American recipes follow. Three teaspoons make a tablespoon, sixteen tablespoons make a cup, and a cup is eight fluid ounces, or roughly 240 mL; the chart rounds milliliters to numbers that match metric measuring jugs. Watch out for recipes from Australia, Canada or the UK, which may use a 250 mL metric cup and, in Australia, a 20 mL tablespoon. For other units such as pounds, quarts or Fahrenheit outside the kitchen, use the metric conversion chart.

Oven temperatures and weights

European and British recipes give oven temperatures in Celsius, often with a lower figure for fan (convection) ovens, and older British recipes use gas marks. The chart lines them up. For baking, weighing ingredients is more accurate than using cups: a cup of flour can weigh anything from 115 to 150 g depending on how it's scooped. The weights given are typical values for a spooned and leveled cup; your own scale is the final word.

Scaling a recipe up or down

Enter how many servings the recipe makes and how many you need; Excel multiplies every ingredient by the same factor. Then turn awkward results into easy measures, for example 1.88 cups into 1 3/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons, and round eggs to whole ones. Baking times and pan sizes do not scale in a straight line, so check doneness early. Planning meals for the week? Use the meal planner and keep shopping costs on the grocery budget planner.

Editing the files

The charts print ready to use and are fillable if you want to add your own conversions. The Excel scaling sheet works out new amounts automatically.

Questions

How many tablespoons are in a cup?

16 tablespoons in a US cup; 4 in a quarter cup.

How many milliliters are in a cup?

A US cup is about 237 mL; a metric cup is 250 mL.

What is 350°F in Celsius?

About 180°C, or 160°C in a fan oven; gas mark 4.

How much does a cup of flour weigh?

About 120-125 grams of all-purpose flour when spooned and leveled.

How do I double a recipe?

Multiply every ingredient by 2. The scaling worksheet does this for any number of servings.