American cup measurements?

Gingham_Ribbon

http://www.botanical.com/botanical/cvcookix.html

This site says an American cup is 240ml and another I looked on said that Australian cups were 250ml.

I think there's so little in it that if you follow either one or the other throughout the recipe it should be fine.

Tea cup? Measure how much it holds first.

studentphil

Gingham_Ribbon wrote:

http://www.botanical.com/botanical/cvcookix.html

This site says an American cup is 240ml and another I looked on said that Australian cups were 250ml.

I think there's so little in it that if you follow either one or the other throughout the recipe it should be fine.

Tea cup? Measure how much it holds first.

I will measure it out an see.

210 ML ish!

littlemissmoney

Hi

I've just bought some measuring cups (scales are too dear, very MSE ). However I have now realised I have no idea how to use them :rotfl:

I need conversions from grams to cups for flour, sugar and butter. Can anyone help? Having looked on the net I realise a cup is not a cup :eek: The ones I have are 1 cup = 250ml if that helps

This cake making business is harder than I thought I have already spent enough to buy a years supply of cakes :rotfl:

nikibella

Hi littlemiss,
cooking with cups is very easy, in fact it's recommended to teach children cooking and all American recipes use cups and spoons for measuring. With the time you find that it's easier than with weight.
In any case if you want a tool for conversion you can check this website:
http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/gram_calc.htm

LittleVoice

The weights of contents will depend on the density of the ingredient. I have following list:
1 cup flour = 4 oz
1 cup butter = 8 oz
1 cup sugar = 8 oz
1 cup icing sugar = 5 oz
1 cup breadcrumbs = 3 oz
1 cup grated cheese = 4 oz
1 cup dry rice = 7 oz
1 cup syrup = 13 oz

Pink.

Hi littlemissmoney,

There's an older thread on measuring cups that might help so I've merged your thread with it to keep all the replies together.

Pink

odds-n-sods

Haven't read the whole thread so sorry if this has already been said!

1 cup of butter = 1 packet (250g)

1 cup flour = 8 oz. BY VOLUME!

You cant' really convert an american recipe in cups to ounces by weight; for ex. 1 cup of flour weighs differently on a humid day or a dry one, due to moisture in the air absorbed by the flour on a humid day.

COffee cups are often 6 oz by volume rather than 8; fine to use but you could end up with a wetter recipe than you want if there are several eggs in it, for example. I was a chef and am Canadian, any questions about recipes, I'm happy to help!

Justamum

I don't mind using cups in baking for the dry ingredients, but measuring things like marg out in cups is a pain. I've got a couple of American cooking books, and they seem to measure EVERYTHING in cups - how on earth do you measure a cup of brocolli, carrots or mushrooms, etc?

odds-n-sods

you put it in the cup + add a little more on top to make up the air; chopped mushrooms aren't too bad; you can also go with the ' 1 large handful = 1 cup method' I usually use.

butter/marg 1 cup = 250g; subdivide from there, no need to actually measure it.

odds-n-sods

saying in a recipe 1 cup marg/butter for ex. is easy as margarine/butter packets are sold in 1/2 cup (4 0z) portions; in 12 packet boxes.