🍳 Numbers to start from — adjust to your own kitchen and taste.
Cup standard
144g
Flour (plain, cake) · volume 240ml
Why the ingredient matters
A cup of flour is 120g, a cup of sugar is 200g, a cup of honey is 284g. Same volume, different density. Treat every cup as the same weight and your baking will almost certainly fail.
Flour (plain, cake) — Sift it and level the cup off — do not heap or pack it
Currently using a 240ml cup, 15ml tablespoon and 5ml teaspoon. Check which cup your recipe was written with — the two differ by 20%.
What this tool does
- Density applied per ingredient
- Cups, tablespoons and teaspoons ↔ g and ml
- Shown as a combination of measures
- Both 240ml US and 200ml metric cups
Other cooking tools
Ovens, pans and ingredients all vary, so treat these as a starting point rather than an exact answer.