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    AU to US Kitchen Conversions

    Making new recipes has never been easier as any and all recipes are available at our fingertips through the magic that is Google. But one thing I noticed, and that ultimately lead me to create my blog, was that as an Australian, many of the new recipes I wanted to try included ingredients and measurements that I was not familiar with.

    For this reason, you will find that the recipes I publish use metric measurements and Australian language. If you are a visitor from the US, I wanted to make interpreting my recipes easier for you so I put this handy conversion guide together. It is something I wish I had when using American recipe sites as it would have saved so much time googling conversions and ingredient alternatives.

    Aussie friends, bookmark this page. I guarantee it will come in handy the next time you are wanting to convert a recipe from US to AU measurements.

    Use the links below to jump to the following sections:

    Products/Ingredients
    Cups Around The World
    1 Cup Weight Conversions
    Liquids
    Oven Temperatures

    Products/Ingredients

    There are many products in Australia that are the same in the States, but happen to go buy a slightly different name. Here are a few of the key ones, especially when it comes to baking!

    AustraliaUSA
    Plain FlourAll Purpose Flour
    Bicarbonate of SodaBaking Soda
    Icing Sugar Mixture*Confectioners’ Sugar / Powdered Sugar
    White SugarGranulated Sugar
    Caster SugarSuper-fine Sugar
    CornflourCornstarch
    Wholemeal FlourWhole Wheat Flour

    * The most common form of icing sugar used in Australian baking is icing sugar mixture. Which is finely powdered sugar with a small percentage of cornflour added. You can also buy pure icing sugar here however it is prone to going rock hard in the pantry which is why the mixture is generally preferred.

    Measuring Cups Around the World

    Cups are a different volume around the world.

    Country1 Cup
    Australia250ml
    New Zealand250ml
    US240 ml
    UK225ml

    As you can see, the US is close enough that standard measurements between Australian and US recipes will be fine. The UK however will need to apply conversions when making recipes from either the US or Australia.

    1 cup = What?

    Different ingredients have different weights therefore when wanting to measure 1 cup in weight, the ingredient type needs to be considered. Here are some common ingredient weights.

    Ingredient per 1 cupWeight
    Plain or SR Flour125g
    White or Caster Sugar220g
    Brown Sugar, lightly packed155g
    Icing Sugar155g
    Rolled Oats90g
    Butter or Margarine250g

    Liquids

    Liquids are usually measured in millilitres here in Australia, and fluid ounces in the US. But what happens when you don’t have a measuring cup that has millilitres or fluid ounces? This table takes into account regular cups as well.

    MetricCupImperial
    30ml 1 fl oz
    60ml¼ cup2 fl oz
    80ml⅓ cup2 ¾ fl oz
    100ml 3 ½ fl oz
    125ml½ cup4 fl oz
    150ml 5 fl oz
    180ml¾ cup6 fl oz
    200ml 7 fl oz
    250ml1 cup8 ¾ fl oz
    310ml1 ¼ cups10 ½ fl oz
    375ml1 ½ cups13 fl oz
    430ml1 ¾ cups15 fl oz
    475ml 16 fl oz
    500ml2 cups17 fl oz
    625ml2 ½ cups21 ½ fl oz
    750ml3 cups26 fl oz
    1L4 cups35 fl oz

    Oven Temperatures

    CelsiusFahrenheit
    120º250º
    150º300º
    160º325º
    180º350º
    190º375º
    200º400º
    230º450º

    Note that if you are using a fan-forced oven, cooking times will be quicker so start checking your food earlier than the recipe specifies.

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