Baking Conversion Guide from BBC Good Food magazine

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BAKING CONVERSION GUIDE

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CAKE TIN SIZES As a rule of thumb, a square tin holds about 25 per cent more than a round tin of the same size. If you’re using a square tin for a round tin recipe, keep the temperature the same, and turn the cake during baking as the corners tend to cook faster than the middle

ROUND 6 inch = 15cm

8 inch = 20cm

9 inch = 23cm

11 inch = 28cm

SUGAR TEMPERATURES Use a thermometer to ensure the sugar is at the right stage for your recipe

SQUARE 5 inch = 13cm

7 inch = 18cm

8 inch = 20cm

10 inch = 25.5cm

SUGAR FORM

0C

0F

Thread

107

225

Soft ball

119

245

Hard ball

129

265

Soft crack

135

275

Hard crack

149

300

Caramel

175 345

OVEN TEMPERATURES If your recipe doesn’t cover all oven types, use this conversion table

ELECTRIC

0C

FAN ELECTRIC

0C

GAS MARK

VERY COOL 110 90 1/4 120 100 1/2 COOL 140 120 1 150 130 2 MODERATE 160 140 3 180 160 4 MODERATELY HOT 190 170 5 200 180 6 HOT 220 200 7 230 210 8 VERY HOT 240 220 9

WEIGHT

To help with volume conversions, there are 28ml to 1fl oz and 568ml to 1pt

To help with weight conversions, there are 28g to 1oz and 454g in 1lb Grams (g)

VOLUME

Pounds (lb)

10

Ounces (oz)

Millilitres (ml)

0.4

10

Pints (pt)

Fluid ounces (fl oz) 0.3

50

0.1

1.8

50

0.1

1.7

100

0.2

3.5

100

0.2

3.4

150

0.3

5.3

150

0.3

5.1

200

0.4

7.1

200

0.4

6.8

250

0.5

8.8

250

0.4

8.5

300

0.7

10.6

300

0.5

10.1

350

0.8

12.3

350

0.6

11.8

400

0.9

14.1

400

0.7

13.5

450

1

15.9

450

0.8

15.2

500

1.1

17.6

500

0.9

16.9

600

1.3

21.2

600

1.1

20.2

700

1.5

24.7

700

1.2

23.7

800

1.8

28.2

800

1.4

27.1

900

2

31.7

900

1.6

30.4

1000

2.2

35.2

1000

1.8

33.8

1500

3.3

52.9

1500

2.6

50.7

2000

4.4

70.5

2000

3.5

67.6


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