Scale any recipe, for any number of people
The recipe serves four. You’re feeding seven. Paste in the ingredients, change the serves, and every amount updates. It even sorts out American cups and spoons.
Free recipe scaler
- 2⅝ cups milk (656 ml)
How to use it
- Enter how many the recipe serves, and how many you’re feeding.
- Pick where the recipe is from. It matters for spoons: an Australian tablespoon is bigger than everyone else’s.
- Paste in the ingredients, one per line, just as the recipe lists them.
- Cook from the new amounts. Anything we can’t read (a pinch, a handful) stays as it is.
Cups and spoons around the world
| Measure | Australia | New Zealand and UK | US |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 cup | 250 ml | 250 ml | 240 ml |
| 1 tablespoon | 20 ml | 15 ml | 15 ml |
| 1 teaspoon | 5 ml | 5 ml | 5 ml |
1 cup
Australia: 250 mlNew Zealand and UK: 250 mlUS: 240 ml
1 tablespoon
Australia: 20 mlNew Zealand and UK: 15 mlUS: 15 ml
1 teaspoon
Australia: 5 mlNew Zealand and UK: 5 mlUS: 5 ml
The one that catches people out: an Australian tablespoon is 20 ml, four teaspoons, not three. Recipes are measured, not weighed, so small differences rarely matter, except in baking.
Questions
Can I scale a cake?
Mostly, but baking is fussier than cooking. A bigger cake needs a bigger tin and a different baking time, so for a double batch it’s easier to bake two cakes in the original tin size.
What about eggs?
Round to the nearest whole egg. For half an egg, beat one and use half.
Does it convert grams to cups?
Not yet. A cup of flour and a cup of sugar weigh different amounts, so we leave cups as cups and show them in millilitres.
How much should I cook per person?
See our cheat sheet: How much pasta, rice and mince per person?
Can My Tomte do this for me?
Yes. My Tomte scales every recipe in your plan to the people eating that night, then writes the shopping list in real pack sizes. Try My Tomte free