Weight & dimensions – this is how you convert when baking

Experimenting in baking can be fun, but it can also go really wrong. Unlike cooking, it’s really important to weigh ingredients for cookies, cakes, cupcakes or tarts. Otherwise, there’s a risk that the dough won’t rise, the pastry will taste bitter, collapse when it cools, or become rock-hard. To avoid this, you actually need a kitchen scale – but for some recipes, cups and spoons do the trick.

Temperatures during baking and cooking: Fahrenheit and Celsius

In large parts of the world, Celsius is the authoritative temperature unit. Celsius is easy to understand, 0° C represents the freezing point of water, 100° C the boiling point. For many, it is difficult to imagine Fahrenheit, since 0°F is equivalent to -17.8°C. 100°F is equivalent to 37.8°C. The 100° steps are distributed differently in Fahrenheit than in Celsius. One °F corresponds to about 0.56°C. It is therefore difficult to imagine how the temperatures feel to someone who is not familiar with the respective system.

A conversion is possible with the following formulas respectively:

Conversion from Fahrenheit to Celsius

°C = (°F - 32) * 5/9

Conversion from Celsius to Fahrenheit

°F = °C * 1,8 + 32

To save you the conversion, some practical examples that are more common.

• 250°F = 120°C
• 300°F = 150°C
• 325°F = 160°C
• 375°F = 190°C
• 425°F = 220°C
• 450°F = 230°C
• 500°F = 260°C

Cup information for recipes from the USA: How many grams are in a cup X?

• One Cup oil in grams = 200 grams
• One Cup cocoa in grams = 120 grams
• One Cup nuts in grams = 130 grams
• One Cup ground nuts in grams = 120 grams
• One Cup chopped nuts in grams= 150 grams
• One Cup peanut butter in grams or almond butter in grams = 240 grams
• One Cup oatmeal in grams= 80 grams
• One Cup yogurt in grams = 240 grams
• One Cup milk in grams = 240 grams
• One Cup honey in grams = 340 grams
• One Cup maple syrup in grams = 310 grams
• One Cup chocolate drops in grams = 170 grams
• One Cup in grams = 240 ml or g
• One Cup flour in grams = 125 grams
• One Cup cornstarch in grams = 130 grams
• One Cup sugar in grams = 200 grams
• One Cup powdered sugar in grams = 120 grams
• One Cup brown sugar in grams = 180 grams
• One cup butter in grams = 225 grams
• 1 stick butter in grams = 1/2 cup = 115 grams