Converting US Recipes to UK Measurements

It's actually pretty easy when you know the tricks; like Sultanas are called raisons in the US and "caster sugar" is simply "sugar" or "granulated sugar".. And while American recipes tyopically measure all ingredients in terms of volume, UYK and European recipes usually use measures of weight.

Here's what you'll need to know:

Terminolgy: converting descriptions and terms

Ingredients: units of measure for various commonly used ingredients

Temperatures: converting cooking temperatures

Ingredients

US name	US measure	UK name	UK weight measure	UK Volume
Flour	1 Table spoon	Flour	8 g	10 ml
	1/4 cup		38 g	56 ml
	1/3 cup		50 g	75 ml
	1/2 cup		75 g	113 ml
	2/3 cup		100 g	150 ml
	3/4 cup		113 g	169 ml
	1 cup		150 g	225 ml
Sugar	1 tsp	Caster sugar	5 g	5 ml
	1 table spoon		15 g	15 ml
	1/4 cup		50 g	56 ml
	1/3 cup		67 g	75 ml
	1/2 cup		100 g	113 ml
	2/3 cup		133 g	150 ml
	3/4 cup		150 g	169 ml
	1 cup		200 g	225 ml
Powdered Sugar	1 tsp	Icing sugar	3 g	5 ml
	1 table spoon		8 g	15 ml
	1/4 cup		25 g	56 ml
	1/3 cup		33 g	75 ml
	1/2 cup		50 g	113 ml
	2/3 cup		166 g	150 ml
	3/4 cup		75 g	169 ml
	1 cup		100 g	225 ml
Brown Sugar	1 tsp	Brown sugar	5 g	5 ml
	1 table spoon		15 g	15 ml
	1/4 cup		50 g	56 ml
	1/3 cup		67 g	75 ml
	1/2 cup		100 g	113 ml
	2/3 cup		133 g	150 ml
	3/4 cup		150 g	169 ml
	1 cup		200 g	225 ml
Honey	1 Table spoon	Honey	21 g	15 ml
	1/4 cup		85 g	56 ml
	1/3 cup		113 g	75 ml
	1/2 cup		170 g	113 ml
	2/3 cup		226 g	150 ml
	3/4 cup		255 g	169 ml
	1 cup		340 g	225 ml
Butter	1 Table spoon	Butter	15 g	15 ml
	1/4 cup		56 g	56 ml
	1/3 cup		75 g	75 ml
	1/2 cup		113 g	113 ml
	2/3 cup		150 g	150 ml
	3/4 cup		170 g	169 ml
	1 cup		225 g	225 ml
	1/4 stick		56 g	56 ml
	1/2 stick		113 g	113 ml
	1 stick		226 g	225 ml

 

Terminology

 

#	American term or name	UK term or name
1	Corn starch	Corn flour
2	Sugar or granulated sugar	Caster sugar
3	Plastic wrap or Saran wrap	Cling film