Recipes from the USA often display baking measurements in ‘Cups’ – but how do they convert to the imperial and metric measurements more commonly used in Europe? Precise measurements are so important in baking, so I’ve created several baking conversion charts to help you out.

FATS

BAKING CONVERSIONS FOR BUTTER FROM CUPS TO GRAMS

As a rule: 1 stick of butter is 1/2 cup and weighs 115 grams; 2 sticks of butter is 1 cup and weighs 230 grams. A pound of butter is 4 sticks of butter and weighs 450 grams. You should note that 1 stick of butter is also equivalent to 8 tbsp of butter. Half a stick of butter is equivalent to 1/4 cup or 4 tbsp of butter.

1 cup butter weighs 230 grams
3/4 cup butter weighs 173 grams
2/3 cup butter weighs 153 grams
1/2 cup butter weighs 115 grams
1/3 cup butter weighs 77 grams
1/4 cup butter weighs 58 grams

BAKING CONVERSIONS FOR OIL FROM CUPS TO GRAMS

The conversion from volume to weight for oil is slightly different than butter. Oil has a lower density than butter, therefore 1 cup oil weighs a little less than 1 cup of butter. In fact, 1 cup of oil weighs 225 grams.

1 cup oil weighs 225 grams
3/4 cup oil weighs 170 grams
2/3 cup oil weighs 150 grams
1/2 cup oil weighs 113 grams
1/3 cup oil weighs 75 grams
1/4 cup oil weighs 56 grams

FLOUR

BAKING CONVERSIONS FOR FLOUR FROM CUPS TO GRAMS

As a rule, if you fill your measuring cup by spooning in dry ingredients into the cup, then levelling the top, 1 cup of flour weighs 125 grams.

1 cup flour weighs 125 grams
3/4 cup flour weighs 94 grams
2/3 cup flour weighs 83 grams
1/2 cup flour weighs 63 grams
1/3 cup flour weighs 42 grams
1/4 cup flour weighs 31 grams

SUGARS

BAKING CONVERSIONS FOR GRANULATED SUGAR & BROWN SUGAR FROM CUPS TO GRAMS

As a rule, 1 cup of sugar weighs 200 grams. If you are measuring brown sugar and you pack the brown sugar tightly into the cup measure, 1 cup of brown sugar will weigh 220 grams, if not more.

1 cup granulated or brown sugar weighs 200 grams
3/4 cup granulated or brown sugar weighs 150 grams
2/3 cup granulated or brown sugar weighs 133 grams
1/2 cup granulated or brown sugar weighs 100 grams
1/3 cup granulated or brown sugar weighs 67 grams
1/4 cup granulated or brown sugar weighs 50 grams
Remember 1 cup of packed brown sugar weighs 220 grams.

BAKING CONVERSIONS FOR ICING SUGAR FROM CUPS TO GRAMS

Generally, 1 cup of icing sugar weighs 125 grams.

1 cup icing sugar weighs 125 grams
3/4 cup icing sugar weighs 94 grams
2/3 cup icing sugar weighs 83 grams
1/2 cup icing sugar weighs 63 grams
1/3 cup icing sugar weighs 42 grams
1/4 cup icing sugar weighs 31 grams

BAKING CONVERSIONS FOR HONEY AND MAPLE SYRUP FROM CUPS TO GRAMS

Honey and maple syrup are quite dense and therefore 1 cup of honey or maple syrup usually weighs 340 grams (12 oz).

1 cup honey or 1 cup maple syrup weighs 340 grams
3/4 cup honey or 1 cup maple syrup weighs 255 grams
2/3 cup honey or 1 cup maple syrup weighs 227 grams
1/2 cup honey or 1 cup maple syrup weighs 170 grams
1/3 cup honey or 1 cup maple syrup weighs 113 grams
1/4 cup honey or 1 cup maple syrup weighs 85 grams

CHOCOLATE

BAKING CONVERSIONS FOR COCOA POWDER FROM CUPS TO GRAMS

1 cup of cocoa powder weighs 100 grams.

1 cup cocoa powder weighs 90 grams
3/4 cup cocoa powder weighs 68 grams
2/3 cup cocoa powder weighs 60 grams
1/2 cup cocoa powder weighs 45 grams
1/3 cup cocoa powder weighs 30 grams
1/4 cup cocoa powder weighs 23 grams

BAKING CONVERSIONS FOR CHOCOLATE CHIPS AND CHOPPED CHOCOLATE FROM CUPS TO GRAMS

The weight of chocolate per cup is entirely dependent on the shape and size of the pieces of chocolate. In general, 1 cup of chocolate weighs 175 grams. This obviously varies depending on if you have big chunks of chocolate or smaller chocolate chips.

1 cup chocolate chips weighs 175 grams
3/4 cup chocolate chips weighs 131 grams
2/3 cup chocolate chips weighs 117 grams
1/2 cup chocolate chips weighs 88 grams
1/3 cup chocolate chips weighs 58 grams
1/4 cup chocolate chips weighs 44 grams

NUTS

While 1 cup of whole almonds weighs 140 grams and may vary depending on the type of nut you are weighing, 1 cup of chopped nuts weighs 115 grams, and 1 cup of ground nuts usually weighs 120 grams. For nut butters, generally 1 cup of nut butter weighs 255 grams.

BAKING CONVERSIONS FOR WHOLE NUTS (VARIES ACCORDING TO THE NUT MEASURED) FROM CUPS TO GRAMS

1 cup of whole nuts weighs 140 grams
3/4 cup of whole nuts weighs 105 grams
2/3 cup of whole nuts weighs 93 grams
1/2 cup of whole nuts weighs 70 grams
1/3 cup of whole nuts weighs 47 grams
1/4 cup of whole nuts weighs 35 grams

BAKING CONVERSIONS FOR CHOPPED NUTS FROM CUPS TO GRAMS

1 cup of chopped nuts weighs 115 grams
3/4 cup of chopped nuts weighs 87 grams
2/3 cup of chopped nuts weighs 77 grams
1/2 cup of chopped nuts weighs 58 grams
1/3 cup of chopped nuts weighs 38 grams
1/4 cup of chopped nuts weighs 29 grams

BAKING CONVERSIONS FOR GROUND NUTS FROM CUPS TO GRAMS

1 cup of ground nuts weighs 120 grams
3/4 cup of ground nuts weighs 90 grams
2/3 cup of ground nuts weighs 80 grams
1/2 cup of ground nuts weighs 60 grams
1/3 cup of ground nuts weighs 40 grams
1/4 cup of ground nuts weighs 30 grams

BAKING CONVERSIONS FOR NUT BUTTERS (LIKE PEANUT BUTTER, ALMOND BUTTER, TAHINI, ETC.) FROM CUPS TO GRAMS

1 cup of nut butter weighs 250 grams
3/4 cup of nut butter weighs 188 grams
2/3 cup of nut butter weighs 167 grams
1/2 cup of nut butter weighs 125 grams
1/3 cup of nut butters weighs 83 grams
1/4 cup of nut butter weighs 63 grams

OATS

For rolled oats or large flake oats, as a rule, 1 cup of oats weighs 80 grams. If the measuring cup is packed tightly, 1 cup of oats could weigh 100 grams.

BAKING CONVERSIONS FOR ROLLED OATS FROM CUPS TO GRAMS

1 cup of rolled oats weighs 90 grams
3/4 cup of rolled oats weighs 60 grams
2/3 cup of rolled oats weighs 50 grams
1/2 cup of rolled oats weighs 40 grams
1/3 cup of rolled oats weighs 25 grams
1/4 cup of rolled oats weighs 20 grams

OVEN CONVERSIONS

Making Your Cake

This chart aims to help you to alter ingredient measurements and quantities in recipes to fit different sized baking tins.

As 8″ round tins (3″ deep) are generally the most popular size, we’ll use this as a starting point and advise how to scale up or down your mixture based on this.

Let’s begin with some examples – if you want to bake a 12″ round cake but the recipe is only enough for an 8″ round cake, you’d simply multiply the quantities in your recipe 2.5 times. But, if you’d rather bake a smaller 6″ round cake, you’d divide the quantities by half.