Inches To Centimetres

The table below converts inches to centimetres

Oven Temperatures

The table below shows the oven temperatures for gas, degrees Fahrenheit, degrees centigrade and Circotherm (fan assisted).

Volume Conversions

The volume conversion table below Shows conversions between pints & millilitres.

Weight Conversions

The table below shows conversions between ounces & grams.

Pounds To Kilograms

The table below shows conversions between pounds & Kilograms

Common Abbreviations

The table below shos some common abbreviations used in cooking

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British To American Conversions

Converting British weights and measures to American Spoons Solid measures using the one-cup standard measure Liquid measures Baking Tins Terminology for Cooking utensils.

Terminology for Cooking ingredients and foods.
Terminology for Preparation techniques.

I very much hope that this section will act as a quick reference to help American cooks out when looking for that
necessary vital item either for a recipe or in food preparation.
Items are listed as follows British/Australian,
followed by its American equivalent.

Converting British Weights & Measures To American

There are sometimes significant differences between the measures used for ingredients in British and American recipes.
For example a British standard tablespoon holds 17.7 ml while the American tablespoon has a 14.2 ml capacity.
Similarly a British pint measures 20 fluid ounces while an American pint is just 16 fluid ounces.
The standard American measuring cups sold here in the UK are one 4 ounce cup and smaller, many American recipes use an 8 ounce (two cup) as a basis for measuring recipe ingredients.
Bear in mind that the same cup measures differently for liquid and dry, depending on the weight of the ingredient, i.e. flour, breadcrumbs and oatmeal will be 4 oz,
(110 g), but sugar, butter, dried fruit, chopped vegetables, syrup etc., will weigh differently.

The tables below should enable recipes to be successfully made by American cooks.

Helpful Measurement Conversions

Spoons

below is a British/American spoon conversion table

Solid Measures

British Measurements To American Cups

The table below shos conversions from standard British measurements to American Cups

Useful Teaspoon Measures

• 1 oz, (25 g) is one heaped or heaping, tbsp of flour, oatmeal, cheese, breadcrumbs, or icing, confectioners grade, sugar.
• 1 oz, (25 g) is 1 rounded tbsp, of granulated or caster, superfine, sugar.
• 1 oz, (25 g) is 2 level tbsp of butter, margarine or shortening.

Liquid Measures

The table below converts standard British fluid measurements to their American Equivalents

Baking Tins, A Useful Conversion

There may be occasions when the exact size of a baking tin may not be available or when you wish to make a particular cake recipe in another shape.

The following conversions might prove useful.
For the purposes of baking, the capacity of a round cake tin is equal to that of a square cake tin:
that is 2.5 cm, one inch smaller in size, for example a 20 cm 8 inch round tin holds the same quantity as an 18 cm 7 inch square tin.

Below is a listing which explains the differences between British & American baking tins.

• An 800 ml 11/ 2pint pudding basin = a 14 cm/ 51/2 inch round deep cake tin.
• A 1.2 litre 2 pint pudding basin = a 15 cm/6 round deep cake tin, or a 12.5 cm /5 square deep tin.
• A 1 kg 2 lb loaf tin = an 18 cm 7 inch square shallow cake tin or a 33 x 23 cm13 x 9 inch Swiss roll tin.

Cooking Utensil Terminology

The table below highlights the different terminology used for describing cooking Utensils in the UK and the USA.

Terminology Of Cooking Ingredients & Foods

The table below highlights the differences in cooking & food terminology in the UK & the USA.

Preparation Techniques Terminology

The table below provides a comparison of British & American food preparation Terminology