1 cup self-raising flour = 1 cup plain flour + 1 raised teaspoon baking powder.
Butter to oil, or vice versa – 250g butter = the same quantity of margarine or 7/8 cup of oil.
Unsalted butter – regular butter (salted) is fine to use.
Caster sugar – process white sugar in a food processor and pulse until the grains are finer.
1 cup Dark Brown Sugar = 1 cup Caster Sugar + 1/4 cup Treacle.
1 cup Soft Brown Sugar = 1 cup Caster Sugar + 2 Tbsp Golden Syrup.
1 cup blue or light blue milk = 1/2 cup water + 1/2 cup evaporated milk or cream. Alternatively use soy milk.
1 cup buttermilk = 1/2 cup plain non-fat yoghurt + 1/2 cup milk
OR
3 tsp white vinegar or lemon juice + 1 cup milk; stir and let stand 5 minutes.
½ cup oil = ½ cup natural unsweetened yoghurt or buttermilk.
1 cup sour cream = 1 cup milk + 1 tablespoon lemon juice or white vinegar stirred through and allowed to stand for 5 minutes to sour.
1 teaspoon baking powder = 1/4 teaspoon baking soda + 3/4 teaspoon cream of tartar.
1 tablespoon cornflour = 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour.
1 tsp lemon juice (small amounts) = 1/2 teaspoon vinegar.
1 cup honey = 1 cup & 2 Tbsp of sugar + 1/4 cup of the same liquid used in the recipe.
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon = 1/2 teaspoon ground all spice.
1 teaspoon all spice = 1/2 teaspoon ground cloves + 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup plain yoghurt = 1 cup sour cream, or vice versa.
| America / Others | New Zealand |
|---|---|
| cookie | biscuit |
| oatmeal | porridge |
| confectioners / powdered sugar | icing sugar |
| sugar, superfine | castor sugar |
| light molasses | golden syrup |
| dark molasses | treacle |
| cilantro | coriander, fresh |
| cornstarch, maize starch, maizena | cornflour |
| zucchini | courgette |
| jello | jelly |
| jelly | jam |
| extract (vanilla, etc.) | essence |
| candied fruit | glacé fruits |
| wax paper | greaseproof / parchment paper |
| shortening | margarine / butter / lard |
| half-and-half | 1/2 whole milk and 1/2 cream |
| Graham Cracker | digestive – add cinnamon |