Cooking Measurement Converter — Cups, Tablespoons, Teaspoons, ml

Nothing is more frustrating mid-recipe than realizing your measuring tools are in different units than what the recipe calls for. You're 30 minutes into a cake, you need 240 ml of milk, and every measuring cup in your kitchen is labeled in cups and tablespoons. Or the opposite — a British baking recipe wants "1 fl oz of cream" and your kitchen is entirely metric.

The CalcHub cooking measurement converter is built for exactly this moment.

Cooking Measurement Conversion Chart

From	To	Equivalent
1 US cup	milliliters	236.6 ml
1 US cup	fluid ounces	8 fl oz
1 US cup	tablespoons	16 tbsp
1 US cup	teaspoons	48 tsp
1 tablespoon (tbsp)	milliliters	14.79 ml
1 tablespoon (tbsp)	teaspoons	3 tsp
1 teaspoon (tsp)	milliliters	4.93 ml
1 fluid ounce	milliliters	29.57 ml
1 pint (US)	cups	2 cups
1 quart (US)	cups	4 cups
1 liter	US cups	4.23 cups
¼ cup	tablespoons	4 tbsp
⅓ cup	tablespoons	5 tbsp + 1 tsp
½ cup	milliliters	118.3 ml

The Most Common Kitchen Conversion Situations

Scaling recipes is the biggest reason people need this. If a recipe serves 4 and you need to feed 12, every measurement triples. 1/3 cup becomes 1 cup exactly. 2/3 cup becomes 2 cups. ½ teaspoon becomes 1½ teaspoons. Easy when the math works out — less so with fractions of thirds. Metric vs. cup-based recipes — most recipes from the UK, Australia, and continental Europe use grams and milliliters. American recipes almost exclusively use cups. A "cup of flour" in an American recipe is approximately 120–130 grams (it varies based on how packed the flour is), but a British recipe would just say "125 g flour." Substituting measuring tools — you have a tablespoon but need teaspoons, or you have a measuring cup but need milliliters. The table above covers the most common swaps.

How to Use the CalcHub Cooking Converter

1. Open calchub.in and go to the Cooking Measurement Converter
2. Enter the amount from your recipe
3. Select the unit listed in the recipe
4. Select the unit your measuring tools use
5. Get the exact equivalent to pour into your cup or spoon

Dry vs. Liquid Measurements

One thing a lot of home cooks don't realize: cup measurements technically measure volume, not weight. For liquids, this is straightforward — 1 cup of water is 1 cup of water. For dry ingredients, volume varies enormously:

Ingredient	1 Cup (volume)	Approximate Weight
All-purpose flour (sifted)	1 cup	~120 g
All-purpose flour (packed)	1 cup	~150 g
Granulated sugar	1 cup	~200 g
Brown sugar (packed)	1 cup	~220 g
Butter	1 cup	~227 g (2 sticks)
Rice (uncooked)	1 cup	~185 g
Cocoa powder	1 cup	~85–100 g

For baking (especially bread and pastry), weighing dry ingredients is more accurate than using cups. If precision matters, use a scale.

What "A Pinch" and "A Dash" Actually Mean

These informal measurements come up in older recipes:

• A pinch ≈ 1/16 teaspoon (~0.3 ml)
• A dash ≈ 1/8 teaspoon (~0.6 ml)
• A smidgen ≈ 1/32 teaspoon

In cooking these are small enough that exact amounts rarely matter. In cocktail recipes, a "dash" from a bitters bottle is about 0.6–0.9 ml and precision does matter for balance.

Is a metric cup the same as a US cup?

No. A US cup is 236.6 ml. A metric cup (used in Australia, Canada, and some other countries) is exactly 250 ml. For most savory cooking the difference doesn't matter, but in baking — where precision affects rise and texture — 250 ml vs. 237 ml can matter if you're scaling up a recipe.

How many tablespoons are in ⅓ cup?

This is the one that always catches people. ⅓ cup equals 5 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon (5.33 tablespoons if you prefer). There's no way to measure ⅓ cup in tablespoons that comes out to a whole number.

Can I convert cups of butter to grams?

Yes — 1 cup of butter is about 227 grams (2 standard US sticks). Half a cup is 113 grams (1 stick). A tablespoon of butter is about 14 grams. If a recipe calls for "125 g butter" and you only have a measuring cup, that's just over half a cup (roughly 9 tablespoons).

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