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I often find myself using recipes from european cook books in which the measurements are shown in grams and liters. I have a couple of tables I use and have reproduced them here.
Baking measurements should be as precise as possible, so you should probably use a conversion calculator to determine accurate measurements for baking recipes.
| Cups: 2 cups = 1 pint | Tbls | Tsps: 3 tsp. = 1 Tbl. | Ounces: 16 oz. = 1 lb. or 1 pint | Pounds | Grams: 454 gr. = 1 pound | Pints: 2 pints = 1 quart | Liters: 1000 ml. = 1 l. |
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| 1/8 cup | 2 Tbl. | 6 tsp. | 1 oz. | .0625 lb. | 28.35 gr. | - | 30 ml. |
| 1/4 cup | 4 Tbl. | 12 tsp. | 2 oz. | .125 lb | 56.7 gr. | .125 pt. | 60 ml. |
| 1/2 cup | 8 Tbl. | - | 4 oz. | .25 lb. | 113.64 gr. | .25 | 120 ml. |
| 3/4 cup | 12 Tbl. | - | 6 oz. | .375 lb | 170.45 gr. | .375 pt. | 180 ml. |
| 1 cup | 16 Tbl. | - | 8 oz. | .5 lb. (1/2) | 227.27 gr. | .5 pt. (1/2) | 230 ml. |
| 1 1/2 cup | - | - | 12 oz. | .75 lb (3/4) | 340.91 gr. | .75 pt. (3/4) | 360 ml. |
| 1 3/4 cup | - | - | 14 oz. | .875 lb. | 397.73 gr. | .875 pt. | 414.03 ml. |
| 2 cup | - | - | 16 oz. | 1 lb | 454 gr. | 1 pt. | 460 ml. |
| 4 cup | - | - | 32 oz. | 2 lb | 909.09 gr. (.9 kg.) | 2 pt. | 946.36 ml. (.95 l.) |
| 4.41 cups | - | - | 33.824 oz. | 2.114 lb. | .96 kg. | 2.114 pt. | 1 l. |
| 4.4 cups | - | - | 35.2 oz. | 2.2 lb. | 1 kg. | 2.2 pt. | 1.04 l. |
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General Equivalents 1 1/2 tsp = 1/2 Tbl 3 tsp = 1 Tbl 1/2 cup = 5 1/3 Tbl = 5 Tbl + 1 tsp 2/3 cup = 10 2/3 Tbl = 10 Tbl + 2 tsp 3/8 cup = 1/4 cup + 2 Tbl 5/8 cup = 1/2 cup + 2 Tbl 7/8 cup = 3/4 cup + 2 Tbl |
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