If your like me, then sometimes you don't always want to make a whole batch of a new recipe. Sometimes I like to sample things, and quite often I find myself dividing a recipe in half, a fourth, and occasionally an eighth. When I divide a recipe I often struggle to convert some of the measurements, like trying to find 1/8th of a 1/3rd cup. Tricky, huh? ;) So I decided that it would be good to give my fellow bakers a cheat-sheet for converting your measurements. I hope this proves helpful to you:
US Dry Volume Measurements
| 1/16 teaspoon | dash | ||||
| 1/8 teaspoon | a pinch | ||||
| 3 teaspoons | 1 Tablespoon | ||||
| 1/8 cup | 2 tablespoons (= 1 standard coffee scoop) | ||||
| 1/4 cup | 4 Tablespoons | ||||
| 1/3 cup | 5 Tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon | ||||
| 1/2 cup | 8 Tablespoons | ||||
| 3/4 cup | 12 Tablespoons | ||||
| 1 cup | 16 Tablespoons | ||||
| 1 Pound | 16 ounces |
US Liquid Volume Measurements
| 8 Fluid ounces | 1 Cup |
| 1 Pint | 2 Cups (= 16 fluid ounces) |
| 1 Quart | 2 Pints (= 4 cups) |
| 1 Gallon | 4 Quarts (= 16 cups) |
US to Metric Conversions
| 1/5 teaspoon | 1 ml (ml stands for milliliter, one thousandth of a liter) |
| 1 teaspoon | 5 ml |
| 1 tablespoon | 15 ml |
| 1 fluid oz. | 30 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 gal.) | 3.8 liters |
| 1 oz. | 28 grams |
| 1 pound | 454 grams |
Metric to US Conversions
| 1 milliliter | 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. |
Pan Size Equivalents
| 9-by-13-inches baking dish | 22-by-33-centimeter baking dish |
| 8-by-8-inches baking dish | 20-by-20-centimeter baking dish |
| 9-by-5-inches loaf pan | 23-by-12-centimeter loaf pan (=8 cups or 2 liters in capacity) |
| 10-inch tart or cake pan | 25-centimeter tart or cake pan |
| 9-inch cake pan | 22-centimeter cake pan |
Oven Temperature Conversions
| 275º F | 140º C | gas mark 1-cool |
| 300º F | 150º C | gas mark 2 |
| 325º F | 165º C | gas mark 3-very moderate |
| 350º F | 180º C | gas mark 4-moderate |
| 375º F | 190º C | gas mark 5 |
| 400º F | 200º C | gas mark 6-moderately hot |
| 425º F | 220º C | gas mark 7- hot |
| 450º F | 230º C | gas mark 9 |
| 475º F | 240º C | gas mark 10- very hot |
A special thanks to StartCooking.com, whom posted these conversions.
http://startcooking.com/blog/333/Measurement-and-Conversion-Charts
