Measure Conversion for liquids and solids including baking substitutes

Below is a chart of measure conversion that will give you a quick way to know what a recipe calls for as a alternative measurement.

Liquid conversions

Fluid Ounces - U.S. Measurement

1/6 ----------- 1 teaspoon

½ ------------- 1 tablespoon or 3 teaspoons

1 ------------- 2 tablespoons

2 ------------- ¼ cup or 4 tablespoons

4 ------------- ½ cup or 8 tablespoons or ¼ pint

6 ------------- ¾ cup or 12 tablespoons

8 ------------- 1 cup or 16 tablespoons or ½ pint

10 ------------ 1 ¼ cups or 20 tablespoons

12 ------------ 1 ½ cups or 24 tablespoons or ¾ pint

14 ------------ 1 ¾ cups

16 ------------ 2 cups or 1 pint

18 ------------ 2 ¼ cups

20 ------------ 2 ½ cups

24 ------------ 3 cups or 1 ½ pints

28 ------------ 3 ½ cups

32 ------------ 4 cups or 2 pints or 1 quart

Solid measure conversions

Ounces -------- Pounds

4 --------------- ¼

8 --------------- ½

16 -------------- 1

20 -------------- 1 ¼

24 -------------- 1 ½

28 -------------- 1 ¾

32 -------------- 2

36 -------------- 2 ¼

40 -------------- 2 ½

48 -------------- 3

64 -------------- 4

72 -------------- 4 ½

80 -------------- 5

Baking substitutions

Instead of 1 Cup ----- You Can Use

self-rising flour ---- 1 cup all-purpose flour plus 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder and 1/8 teaspoon salt

cake flour ----------- 1 cup minus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour

light-brown sugar ---- 1 cup white granulated sugar plus 1 tablespoon molasses

molasses ------------- ¾ cup dark-brown sugar plus ¼ cup water

whole-wheat flour ---- 7/8 cup all-purpose flour plus 2 tablespoons wheat germ

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