Conversions from cups to grams

With the current offer for foreign cookbooks you can buy is it possible to take every kitchen around the world into your home. And I haven’t even mentioned the recipes you can find on the wordwide web!

What can make it a little difficult is the fact that we use grams and ml in Europe while the US and the UK work with cups and spoons. This can cause a bit of an issue when you want to use a recipe. The easiest solution is to run to the nearest store and buy yourself a set of cups and spoons. I can highly recommend that, as it makes life so much easier! But if you want to start cooking straight away; I have converted the most common uses in cooking here.

For liquids

Cup of Spoon	Milliliter	Tablespoon or teaspoon
½ teaspoon (ts, – t sp)	2,5 ml	1/2 teaspoon
1 teaspoon	5 ml	1 theelepels
1 tablespoon (tbs- tb sp-  TS) (3 teaspoons)	15 ml	1 tablespoon
1/8 cup	30 ml
1/4 cup	60 ml (59 ml)*	4 tablespoons
1/3 cup	80 ml (78 ml)*
1/2 cup	120 ml (118 ml)*	8 tablespoons
1 cup	240 ml (236 ml)*	16 tablespoons
1 1/2 cups	350 ml
2 cups	475 ml
3 cups	700 ml
4 cups	950 ml

* All the above measurements have been round up; exact volumes in milliliter are mentioned between brackets

Calculating cups and spoons into grams is a little tricker, because you have to deal with volume per ingredient (a tablespoon of butter would weigh heavier than the same tablespoon with icingsugar for instance)

Here is a calculation for a few common ingredients. If your ingredient is not listed, than check which one comes closest and use those measurements or do a search online.