Standard Australian Cooking Measurements

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When it comes to measuring ingredients, Australian and New Zealand cooks love our cups. With the internet opening up access to recipes from all over the world, you need to be sure you are using the right cup. Here is a basic guide to weights and measures used in Australian and New Zealand cooking to help you measure it all up.

The Right Cup

The standard cup used in Australian and NZ Cooking is 250ml, the standard metric cup. Australian and NZ cooking cup measurements are rounded out in the following way.

Metric Cups and Spoons

Cups	Millilitres
1 cup	250ml
3/4 cup	190 ml
2/3 cup	170 ml
1/2 cup	125ml
1/3 cup	80ml
1/4 cup	60ml
1 tablespoon	20ml
1 teaspoon	5ml

Dessertspoon

1 dessertspoon = 2 teaspoons

When measuring other ingredients, the weight amount will be affected by the density of the ingredients – for example 1 cup of flour will weigh a lot more than 1 cup of Rice Bubbles.

Common Ingredient 1 Cup Conversions

Ingredient	Weight
Plain or SR Flour	125gm
White Sugar, Caster Sugar	220g
Brown Sugar, lightly packed	155g
Icing Sugar	155g
Honey	350g
Golden Syrup	350g
Desiccated Coconut	90g
Rolled Oats	90g
Sultanas	160g
Slivered Almonds	125g
Walnuts	125g
Dates (chopped)	155g
Cornflakes	30g
Rice Bubbles	20g
Breadcrumbs (dry)	125g
Breadcrumbs (soft)	60g
Grated Cheese (cheddar, tasty, Parmesan)	125g
Rice	155g
Lentils	185g
Couscous	190g

Cups around the world

The U.S. cup is 240 ml, close enough to do a cup to cup conversion except in critical baking recipes.
The U.K cup is 225ml, enough of a difference to do conversion calculations in any baking recipe.
Online cooking conversion sites can help you with any critical conversions you need to make.

We do just about everything in cups – except butter! Found a recipe that has butter or margarine in cups? Here's the weigh out.

Butter and Margarine Conversions

Cup	Weight
1 cup butter or margarine	250g
3/4 cup butter or margarine	185g
1/2 cup butter or margarine	125g
1/3 cup butter or margarine	80g
1/4 cup butter or margarine	60g
3 tablespoons butter or margarine	60g
I tablespoon butter or margarine	20g
1 teaspoon butter or margarine	5g