Since I posted the recipes of tangzhong bread, I started receiving emails from readers asking the same question like this, “Could you convert (the recipe of xxx) from grams into cup measurement for me because I don’t have a kitchen scale?” I lost count of how many emails of such I received so far. I think it’s time to write a post to respond to all who might have the similar question.
I pretty understand that it is quite confusing when spotting a recipe with different measurements. It might be disappointing too if you really like to give it a go, but don’t know how to convert to the measurement you used to. As a food blogger, seeing my readers succeed in trying my recipes will definitely motivate me and make me happy.
Unfortunately, there’s no one formula to help convert different ingredients from one kind of measurement to another. The only way is to weight the ingredient one by one, then measure it by a cup/tablespoon, or vice versa.
I don’t mind taking some time to go back all the requested recipes and convert them into cup measurement. The problem is that I found measuring in cups/teaspoons is not quite reliable.
Every time I measured out a cup of plain flour, leveled it with a knife, then place on my electric kitchen scale, it gave me a different answer: 141 grams (1st time); 143 grams (2nd time); 150 grams (3rd time); 142 grams (4th time); 140 grams (5th time); 136 grams (6th time)……
Cup is a tool for measuring volume. The problem occurs when measuring a dry ingredient, like flour or sugar, by volume, it results in a variety of different weights. Even though I used the same method, by spooning and leveling with a knife very carefully, the different weights I found were quite significant.
Actually, if a cup of flour is scooped out from a container or packet, you’d probably get a weight from 142 grams to 113 grams, by tapping or without tapping. That’s a huge difference!
As for making delicate cakes or soft, fluffy breads, like this one and this one, that I posted on this blog, a slight difference of flour weight would make a big impact on the texture of the end result. By the same token, the difference of sugar has great impact on taste.
The most accurate way of measuring is to use a kitchen scale. If you can afford, an electric kitchen scale
will do the best. It’s worth saving you from unexpected cooking disasters or spending time on converting. (As you might’ve known that there are heaps of conversion tables out there when you google it.) With a kitchen scale, you can be sure that you have quality control of your desserts or breads. My kitchen scale was bought at about 14 dollars many years ago, still in a good condition.Having said that, I understand many of you come from a country that commonly uses the cup measurement. If you desperately need to try out a recipe after a long search, unfortunately without a kitchen scale at hand, below is a conversion table for you, that I created by measuring each ingredient over ten times with my electric kitchen scale.
Happy cooking to everyone!
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Converting “grams” to “cups”:
Please note that all recipes on this blog use metric measurement (Australian).
- 1 metric cup = 250 ml (cc)
- 1 tablespoon = 20 ml (cc)
- 1 teaspoon = 5 ml (cc)
- 1 cup = 155 grams
- 1 tablespoon =12 grams
- 1 teaspoon = 3 grams
- 1 cup = 140 grams
- 1 tablespoon =12 grams
- 1 teaspoon =3 grams
- 1 cup=130 grams
- 1 tablespoon =10 grams
- 1 teaspoon =2.5 grams
- 1 cup = 150 grams
- 1 tablespoon = 12 grams
- 1 teaspoon = 3 grams
- 1 tablespoon = 12 grams
- 1 teaspoon = 3 grams
- 1 cup = 220 grams
- 1 tablespoon = 16 grams
- 1 teaspoon = 4 grams
- 1 cup = 224 grams
- 1 tablespoon = 18 grams
- 1 teaspoon = 4 grams
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