Being Australian, I tend to use a combination of Australian-standard cup measures, Australian-standard tablespoon measures, grams (g), kilograms (kg), millilitres (mL) and litres (L). I also cook using Celsius and tend to use Australian/UK terminology.
I’ve put together a basic conversion chart system for those of you who are reading and baking from outside of Australia in the hope that it’ll make things a bit easier for you! Note that all conversions (other than spoon conversions) have been rounded slightly.
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TERMINOLOGY
Baking Soda = Sodium Bicarbonate/Bicarbonate of Soda/Bread Soda/Cooking Soda
Caster/Castor Sugar = Superfine Sugar
Cooking Chocolate = Baking Chocolate
Cornflour = Cornstarch/Maize Starch
Desiccated Coconut = Dried/Shredded Coconut
Golden Syrup = Corn Syrup/Cane Syrup
Icing Sugar = Powdered/Confectioner’s Sugar
Plain Flour = All-Purpose Flour
Self Raising Flour = Self Rising Flour
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AUSTRALIAN SPOONS
1 Australian teaspoon = 5mL
1 Australian tablespoon = 20mL
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AUSTRALIAN CUPS
1/4 cup = 60mL
1/3 cup = 80mL
1/2 cup = 125mL
1 cup = 250mL
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LIQUIDS: mL / L - fl oz
30mL = 1 fl oz
60 mL (1/4 cup) = 2 fl oz
80 mL (1/3 cup = 3 1/2 fl oz
100mL = 2 3/4 fl oz
125mL (1/2 cup) = 4 fl oz
150mL = 5 fl oz
180mL (3/4 cup) = 6 fl oz
200mL = 7 fl oz
250mL (1 cup) = 8 3/4 fl oz
310mL (1 1/4 cups) = 10 1/2 fl oz
375mL (1 1/2 cups) = 13 fl oz
430mL (1 3/4 cups) = 15 fl oz
475mL = 16 fl oz
500mL (2 cups) = 17 fl oz
625mL (2 1/2 cups) = 21 1/2 fl oz
750mL (3 cups) = 26 fl oz
1L (4 cups) = 35 fl oz
1.25L (5 cups) = 44 fl oz
1.5L (6 cups) = 52 fl oz
2L (8 cups) = 70 fl oz
2.5L (10 cups) = 88 fl oz
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GRAMS/KILOGRAMS – OUNCES/POUNDS
10g = 1/4 oz
15g = 1/2 oz
30g = 1 oz
60g = 2 oz
90g = 3 oz
125g = 4 oz (1/4 lb)
155g = 5 oz
185g = 6 oz
220g = 7 oz
250g = 8 oz (1/2 lb)
280g = 9 oz
315g = 10 oz
345g = 11 oz
375g = 12 oz (3/4 lb)
410g = 13 oz
440g = 14 oz
470g = 15oz
500g (1/2kg) = 16 oz (1 lb)
750g = 24 oz (1.5 lb)
1kg = 32 oz (2 lb)
1.5kg = 48 oz (3 lb)
2kg = 64 oz (4 lb)
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CELSIUS – FAHRENHEIT & GAS MARK
120 Celsius = 250 Fahrenheit / Gas Mark 1 (very slow)
150 Celsius = 300 Fahrenheit / Gas Mark 2 (slow)
160 Celsius = 325 Fahrenheit / Gas Mark 3 (moderately slow)
180 Celsius = 350 Fahrenheit / Gas Mark 4 (moderate)
190 Celsius = 375 Fahrenheit / Gas Mark 5 (moderately hot)
200 Celsius = 400 Fahrenheit / Gas Mark 6 (hot)
230 Celsius = 450 Fahrenheit / Gas Mark 7 (very hot)
250 Celsius = 500 Fahrenheit / Gas Mark 8-9 (very hot)
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