American cup measurements?

msmicawber

According to my American cookery book 1 cup = 16 tablespoons.

Jolaaled

I cup of flour = 5 oz!

Smashing_Blouse

I work on 4oz.

Jolaaled

I use this table, which i've printed off and stuck to the inside of my kitchen cupboard! Hope it's useful

http://www.catteacorner.com/equals.htm

Churchmouse

But don't forget dlb because a cup is volume, not weight, it will be different for sugar, dried fruit etc etc. Really is best if possible to actually use a cup to measure. If you have a measuring jug a cup is 8 fluid ounces.

Just edited, that conversion table of Jolaaled is pretty comprehensive!! you could certainly manage a lot with that, but I still prefer to work with the cups.

liz545

dlb wrote:

Sorry to ask what you all ready know i bet, but found some lovley recipies but all mesurments are in cups.

So what weight is 1 cup the same as?
Thanks

You can buy american measuring cups in IKEA, I have a lovely stainless steel one from there that was under £1 IIRC, and it's really handy for baking, and also the perfect measure for porridge oats. The thing about measuring with cups is it's really more about proportion than weight - you're effectively using 1 part fat to 2 parts flour or whatever, so if you just use your regular teacup then you should still get the same results as the proportions (if not the actual amounts) stay the same. HTH!

JoeyEmma

A cup works out at roughly 225ml if you measure it in a normal measuring jug.

josey1964

Dont forget that Australian cups are different to US cups, just to confuse the situation a bit more.

Chipps

As long as they are american cups, fill any measuring jug up to 8 oz as american ounces are the same. The difference is that a US pint is 16 oz and a British one is 20 oz.

A cup is half a pint, so a traditional British one would be 10 oz and American is 8 oz.

Prudent

What a useful post. I have simply looked for another recipe if it mentions cups.