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General Information



Benchmarks
How to Decrease a Recipe

Substitutions
Metric
Baking Pan Metric Conversion



BENCHMARKS

16 oz.

1 pound

1000g

1 kilogram

500g

Replaces but is not equal to 1 pound

900g

Replaces 2 pound package


HOW TO DECREASE A RECIPE
When dividing a recipe, keep the following in mind:

1 cup

16 tablespoons

1/2 cup

8 tablespoons

1/3 cup

5 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon

1/4 cup

4 tablespoons

1/8 cup

2 tablespoons

1 tbsp

3 teaspoons


If your 6 serving recipe calls for 2 servings:


1/4 tsp

Pinch

1 tbsp

1 teaspoon

2 tbsp

2 teaspoons

1/4 cup

1 tablespoon plus 1 teaspoon

1/2 cup

2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons

2/3 cup

3 tablespoons plus 1 1/2 teaspoons

3/4 cup

1/4 cup


If your 4 serving recipe calls for 2 servings:

1/4 tsp

1/8 teaspoon or a pinch

1 tbsp

1 1/2 teaspoons

3 tbsp

2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons

1/4 cup

2 tablespoons

1/3 cup

2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons

2/3 cup

1/3 cup

3/4 cup

6 tablespoons


SUBSTITUTIONS
If your recipe calls for ___________ Use:

1 tsp baking powder

1/4 tsp baking soda plus
1/2 tsp cream of tarter

1 oz (square) chocolate

3 tbsp cocoa plus
1 tbsp fat (not oil)

1 cup milk

1/3 cup skim milk powder plus
1 cup minus 1 tbsp water

1 cup buttermilk

1 tbsp vinegar or lemon juice plus enough milk or sour milk to make
1 cup (let stand 5 minutes)

1/3 cup

2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons

1 cup butter/margarine

1 cup vegetable shortening plus
1/2 tsp salt

1 cup cake flour

1 cup sifted all purpose flour
less 2 tbsp

1 tbsp cornstarch

2 tbsp flour

1 cup breadcrumbs

1 cup finely crushed breakfast cereal flakes, cracker crumbs or wheat germ

1 tsp dry mustard

1 tbsp prepared mustard

1 tbsp fresh herbs

1 tsp dried herbs


METRIC

100g

is a little less than 1/4 lb

250g

is a little more than 1/2 lb

500g

is a little more than 1 lb

1 kg

is a little less than 2 lbs

2 kg

is a little more than 4 lbs

5 kg

is a little more than 10 lbs


SIZE OF EXISTING BAKING PANS

If you are buying new baking pans or casseroles, most of these will be in litres. The chart below will assist you in determining the size of your existing baking pans when you use them with metric recipes.

Utensil

Metric Volume

Closest Size in Centimetres

Cake pan/dish

2 L

20cm x 20cm square

2.5 L

22cm x 22cm square

3 L

30.5 cm x 20cm rectangular

3.5 L

32cm x 21cm rectangular

4 L

33cm x 22cm rectangular

5 L

35.5 cm x 25cm rectangular

Jelly Roll pan

1 L

25cm x 19cm

2 L

38cm x 25cm

Loaf pan/dish

1.5 L

20cm x 12cm

2 L

22cm x 12cm

3 L

25cm x 12cm

Round layer cake pan/dish

1.2 L

20cm x 3.5cm

1.5 L

22cm x 3.5cm

Pie plate/pan

1 L

22cm x 3cm

Tube pan

2 L

18cm x 9cm

3 L

22cm x 10cm





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