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It's actually pretty easy when you know the tricks; like Sultanas are called raisons in the US and "caster sugar" is simply "sugar" or "granulated sugar".. And while American recipes tyopically measure all ingredients in terms of volume, UYK and European recipes usually use measures of weight.
| # | First | Last | Handle |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mark | Otto | @mdo |
| 2 | Jacob | Thornton | @fat |
| 3 | Larry the Bird | ||
| US name | US measure | UK name | UK weight measure | UK Volume | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flour | 1/4 cup | Flour | 38 g | 56 ml | |
| 1/3 cup | 50 g | 75 ml | |||
| 1/2 cup | 75 g | 113 ml | |||
| 2/3 cup | 100 g | 150 ml | |||
| 3/4 cup | 113 g | 169 ml | |||
| 1 cup | 150 g | 225 ml | |||
| Sugar | 1 tsp | Caster sugar | 5 g | 5 ml | |
| 1 table spoon | 15 g | 15 ml | |||
| 1/4 cup | 50 g | 56 ml | |||
| 1/3 cup | 67 g | 75 ml | |||
| 1/2 cup | 100 g | 113 ml | |||
| 2/3 cup | 133 g | 150 ml | |||
| 3/4 cup | 150 g | 169 ml | |||
| 1 cup | 200 g | 225 ml | |||
| Powdered Sugar | 1 tsp | Icing sugar | 3 g | 5 ml | |
| 1 table spoon | 8 g | 15 ml | |||
| 1/4 cup | 25 g | 56 ml | |||
| 1/3 cup | 33 g | 75 ml | |||
| 1/2 cup | 50 g | 113 ml | |||
| 2/3 cup | 166 g | 150 ml | |||
| 3/4 cup | 75 g | 169 ml | |||
| 1 cup | 100 g | 225 ml | |||
| Brown Sugar | 1 tsp | Brown sugar | 5 g | 5 ml | |
| 1 table spoon | 15 g | 15 ml | |||
| 1/4 cup | 50 g | 56 ml | |||
| 1/3 cup | 67 g | 75 ml | |||
| 1/2 cup | 100 g | 113 ml | |||
| 2/3 cup | 133 g | 150 ml | |||
| 3/4 cup | 150 g | 169 ml | |||
| 1 cup | 200 g | 225 ml | |||
| Butter | 1 Table spoon | Butter | 15 ml | ||
| 1/4 cup | 56 g | 56 ml | |||
| 1/3 cup | 75 g | 75 ml | |||
| 1/2 cup | 113 g | 113 ml | |||
| 2/3 cup | 150 g | 150 ml | |||
| 3/4 cup | 170 g | 169 ml | |||
| 1 cup | 225 g | 225 ml | |||
| 1/4 stick | 56 g | 56 ml | |||
| 1/2 stick | 113 g | 113 ml | |||
| 1 stick | 226 g | 225 ml | |||
Cooking Temperatures |
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| US Temperature | UK (Metric) Temperature | UK Gas Mark | Description of oven temperature |
| 225 | 105 | 3-Jan | very cool |
| 250 | 120 | 2-Jan | |
| 275 | 130 | 1 | cool |
| 300 | 150 | 2 | |
| 325 | 165 | 3 | very moderate |
| 350 | 180 | 4 | moderate |
| 375 | 190 | 5 | |
| 400 | 200 | 6 | moderately hot |
| 425 | 220 | 7 | hot |
| 450 | 230 | 8 | |
| 475 | 245 | 9 | very hot |
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