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The Baking Conversion Chart: Cups, Grams, Ounces & Spoons

One printable reference for the conversions you reach for most — staple ingredients, spoon and cup equivalents, and oven temperatures.

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Keep this open while you bake. It collects the conversions that come up again and again, so you don't have to hunt for them mid-recipe. For anything not listed here, the ingredient converter handles any amount in either direction.

Common ingredients — 1 US cup in grams

IngredientGramsOunces
All-purpose flour125 g4.4 oz
Granulated sugar200 g7.1 oz
Brown sugar (packed)220 g7.8 oz
Powdered sugar120 g4.2 oz
Butter227 g8.0 oz
Milk240 g8.5 oz
Honey340 g12.0 oz
Cocoa powder85 g3.0 oz
Rolled oats90 g3.2 oz

Spoons and cups

MeasureEquivalent
1 tablespoon (tbsp)3 teaspoons = 15 ml
1 teaspoon (tsp)5 ml
1 cup16 tablespoons = 240 ml
¾ cup12 tablespoons
⅔ cup10 tbsp + 2 tsp
½ cup8 tablespoons
⅓ cup5 tbsp + 1 tsp
¼ cup4 tablespoons

Oven temperatures

Description°C°FGas mark
Cool140°C275°F1
Moderate180°C350°F4
Moderately hot200°C400°F6
Hot220°C425°F7
Very hot240°C475°F9

Running a fan (convection) oven? Drop the temperature about 20°C / 25°F below the figure given for a conventional oven. Full table on the oven temperatures page.

A note on accuracy

These are standard averages. Real weights shift a little with brand, humidity and how tightly an ingredient is packed — which is exactly why weighing beats volume for precise baking. For a custom amount of any specific ingredient, the converter has it.

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