Conversions

Measuring ingredients is one of the most important step in cooking; especially in baking,where precision counts. Using a digital kitchen scale is the best option while baking as it gives the exact measure each time you measure; whereas if you measure in cups,  it may vary every time when you shook the cup slightly, packed in the flour, levelled off the top etc.

To measure the flour or sugar, spoon flour/sugar from the container into the measuring cup lightly. Do not shake the cup or pack/press the flour. Level off the top (as shown in the picture below) using a flat knife or spatula.

Here, I had tried to measure all these ingredients on my own and then noted down . There might be slight difference here and there, but this is what I got while measuring and it's fine. I had baked cakes and cookies for months without kitchen scale using these conversions.



The measure I use:

1 cup           250ml
3/4 cup        180ml
1/2 cup        125ml
1/3 cup          80ml
1/4 cup          60ml

1tbsp   15ml
1tsp       5ml

CONVERSIONS(cup to grams and viceversa)

All Purpose Flour/Self- Raising Flour

1 cup           126g
3/4 cup           94.5g
1/2 cup           63g
1/4 cup           32g
1/3 cup           41g

100g              3/4cup + 1 tbsp
250g              2 cups + 1 1/2 tbsp

Cake Flour

1 cup             100g          
3/4 cup            75g
1/2 cup            50g
1/4 cup            25g
1/3 cup            33

100g               1cup
250g               2 1/2 cups



Brown Sugar

1 cup               200g
3/4 cup            150g
1/2 cup            100g
1/4 cup              50g            
1/3 cup

Caster Sugar

1 cup              225g
3/4 cup           170g
1/2 cup           110g
1/4 cup             56g
1/3 cup             75g

100g               1/3cup + 1 1/2 tbsp

Icing Sugar

1 cup           110g
3/4 cup           80g
1/2 cup           55g
1/4 cup           28g
1/3 cup           36g

100g              3/4cup + 1 tbsp
250g              2 cups + 1 1/2 tbsp

Butter

1 cup             225g
3/4 cup          170g
1/2 cup          113g (1 stick)
1/4 cup             56g
1/3 cup             75g

100g               1/3 cup+ 1 1/2tbsp

Cocoa Powder

1 cup           93g
3/4 cup           69g
1/2 cup           45g
1/4 cup           23g
1/3 cup           30g

100g              3/4cup + 1 tbsp
250g              2 cups + 1 1/2 tbsp