Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Kitchen Essentials Part 4: Measurements Cheat Sheet

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I've been searching high and low for cheat sheets like this. If you're like me, you'll love this! All these information was compiled from various sources and some are from my own. I will update the list as we go!

Make sure that you use the right measuring method, see tips - Kitchen Essentials Part 3: Basic Baking Measuring 


Basic measurements 
1 cup = 250ml
1/2 cup = 125ml
1 tablespoon = 15ml
1/2 tablespoon = 7.5ml
1 teaspoon = 5ml
1/2 teaspoon = 2.5ml

Eggs (small) - around 50g

Oven temperature
It is always 20 degrees Celsius lower if you're using Fan-forced instead of Conventional.

The lists below are based on 1 cup measurement.

Flour
Plain, self raising - 150g
Plain, wholemeal - 160g
Bread - 160g
Buckwheat - 150g
Chickpea (besan) - 150g
Cornflour - 150g
Gluten-free (plain & self-raising) - 135g
Maize - 180g
Oatmeal - 140g
Potato - 150g
Rice - 200g
Rye - 125g
Semolina - 180g
Soya - 125g

Chocolate/Dairy
Butter - 250g
Choc (coarsely grated) - 100g
Choc bits - 190g
Choc melts - 100g
Cocoa - 100g
Sour Cream - 240g
Yoghurt - 280g

Sugar/Spread
Glucose (liquid) - 350g
Golden syrup - 350g
Honey - 360g
Jam - 320g
Marmalade - 340g
Peanut butter - 280g
White sugar - 220g
Raw sugar - 220g
Demerara sugar - 220g
Brown sugar (firmly packed) - 220g
Icing sugar - 160g
Treacle - 360g

Nuts
Almonds (flakes) - 80g
Almond (meal/ground) - 120g
Almond (slivered )- 140g
Almond (whole kernels blanched) - 160g
Brazil Nut (kernels) - 160g
Cashews (whole) - 150g
Hazelnut (whole) - 140g
Hazelnut (meal/ground) - 100g
Macadamias (whole) - 140g
Peanuts - (whole) - 140g
Pecans - (whole) - 120g
Pine nuts - 155g
Pistachios (in shell) - 175g
Pistachios (no shell) - 140g
Walnuts (whole) - 100g

Dried Fruits (coarsely chopped)
Apples - 60g
Apricots - 150g
Cranberries - 130g
Currants - 160g
Dates (seeded) - 140g
Mixed dried fruits - 160g
Mixed peel - 170g
Peaches - 150g

Misc
Berries (mixed frozen) - 150g
Cherries (glace whole) - 200g
Coconut (desiccated) - 80g
Coconut (flaked) - 50g
Coconut (shredded) - 75g
Ginger (glace whole) - 230g
Ginger (crystallised whole) - 220g
Peaches (glace chopped) - 250g
Prunes (with seeds) - 180g
Prunes (no seeds) - 170g
Raisins - 180g
Rhubarb (coarsely chopped) - 110g
Sultanas - 160g

Wheats/Grains
Cornflakes - 40g
Muesli (natural) - 110g
Muesli (toasted) - 130g
Rice bubbles - 35g
Rolled Oats - 90g

*sources from The Australian Women's Weekly Q&A Bake, Annabel Langbein, and my own.

Happy cheating! :)

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