Hi Claire – when I make it again I will weigh the ingredients and post the metric quantities. But there’s no point trying to convert cup measurements as they go by volume rather than weight – a cup of oats will be a different weight to a cup of flour.
The easiest thing to do is just buy some standard measuring cups. I have one set from Ikea and one from Dunnes, and I’m sure you can get them in loads of other places as well. So many of the great cooking sites on the net use American measurements that they’re a worthwhile investment!
Thanks Jean but I never use American measurements. I can’t be bothered with all the alternative volumes, nevermind sticks of butter. Theres often a “convert” button on those sites.
A stick of butter is 115 grams, 1 tbsp is about 14 grams
A cup of flour is about 125 grams
A cup of white sugar about 225
and a cup of brown sugar is a bout 200.
I wouldn’t bother measuring the coconut, about a coffee cups worth seems about right 🙂
Friday 16 April, 2010 at 10:08 am
Any chance of a metric conversion? I can’t figure out american to metric cup measurements for the life of me.
Friday 16 April, 2010 at 10:15 am
Hi Claire – when I make it again I will weigh the ingredients and post the metric quantities. But there’s no point trying to convert cup measurements as they go by volume rather than weight – a cup of oats will be a different weight to a cup of flour.
The easiest thing to do is just buy some standard measuring cups. I have one set from Ikea and one from Dunnes, and I’m sure you can get them in loads of other places as well. So many of the great cooking sites on the net use American measurements that they’re a worthwhile investment!
Friday 16 April, 2010 at 10:32 am
Thanks Jean but I never use American measurements. I can’t be bothered with all the alternative volumes, nevermind sticks of butter. Theres often a “convert” button on those sites.
Friday 16 April, 2010 at 10:49 am
Oh yeah, sticks of butter are a nuisance alright.
Monday 19 April, 2010 at 8:49 am
A stick of butter is 115 grams, 1 tbsp is about 14 grams
A cup of flour is about 125 grams
A cup of white sugar about 225
and a cup of brown sugar is a bout 200.
I wouldn’t bother measuring the coconut, about a coffee cups worth seems about right 🙂
Thursday 22 April, 2010 at 9:02 am
I can vouch for this bread being absolutely delicious – well worth going through the trouble to convert the measurements!