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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