Conversion guides
Use these guides to help you get the best from your cooking. Remember to stick to either imperial or metric when you're making a recipe - don't mix the two.
Please note that Good Food recipes are tested to work in imperial and metric measures.
Sugar form | °C | °F |
---|---|---|
Thread | 107 | 225 |
Soft ball | 119 | 238 |
Firm ball | 125 | 256 |
Hard ball | 138 | 280 |
Soft crack | 151 | 304 |
Hard crack | 168 | 336 |
Cake tin sizes
As a rule of thumb, a square tin holds about 25% more than a round tin of the same size. If you're using a square tin for a round tin recipe, keep the temperature the same, and turn the cake during baking, as the corners tend to cook faster than the middle.
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Round tin | Square tin |
---|---|
6 inch (15cm) | 5 inch (13cm) |
8 inch (20cm) | 7 inch (18cm) |
9 inch (23cm) | 8 inch (20cm) |
11 inch (28cm) | 10 inch (25.5cm) |
Electricity °C | Electricity (fan) °C | Gas Mark | |
---|---|---|---|
Very cool | 110 | 90 | ¼ |
120 | 100 | ½ | |
Cool | 140 | 120 | 1 |
150 | 130 | 2 | |
Moderate | 160 | 140 | 3 |
180 | 160 | 4 | |
Moderately hot | 190 | 170 | 5 |
200 | 180 | 6 | |
Hot | 220 | 200 | 7 |
230 | 210 | 8 | |
Very hot | 240 | 220 | 9 |
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