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UK/US Substitutions

I’m often asked what “caster sugar” or “bicarb” is amongst other ingredients, so I thought I’d list all of the common UK ingredients and their US equivalents/substitutions for you all. If there are any recipe specific ingredients which are not listed here and you are unsure on, then don’t hesitate to leave a comment on the relevant post asking.

If there is something you think should be on this list and I’ve missed, then please send me a quick email: annie [at] anniesnoms [dot] com or use the Contact Me page 🙂

A very important side note: A “stick” of butter in the US is 113 grams of butter in the UK, unfortunately we seem to only be able to buy 250/500g blocks of butter here!

 Common Baking Ingredients

UK Ingredients

US Ingredients

Plain Flour

We don’t officially have “Cake Flour” here, but for every 1 cup of plain flour, take out 2tbsp and replace with 2tbsp cornflour. Sift together and there you have it!

All Purpose Flour

Cake Flour

Self-raising Flour

Self-rising Flour

Bread Flour

Strong Flour

Wholemeal Flour

Whole Wheat Flour

Cornflour

Cornstarch

Polenta

Cornmeal

Bicarbonate of Soda

Baking Soda

Caster Sugar

Superfine Sugar

Light Brown Sugar

Brown Sugar (unless otherwise specified)

Icing Sugar

Powdered/Confectioner’s Sugar

Golden Syrup

Corn Syrup

Glucose Syrup

Light Corn Syrup

Digestive Biscuits

Graham Crackers

Double Cream

Heavy Cream

Single Cream (or substitute half milk and half single cream – most people just use cream)

Half and Half

Skimmed Milk

Non-fat milk

Semi-Skimmed Milk

Reduced Fat Milk

Treacle

Molasses

Jam

Jelly

Solid white Vegetable Fat

Shortening

Cooking Chocolate/Dark (at least 70% cocoa solids)

Bittersweet Chocolate

Plain Chocolate (around 50% cocoa solids)

Semisweet Chocolate

 

Chocolate/Candy

UK Chocolate/Sweets

US Candy Bars

Milky Way

3 Muskateers

Mars Bar

Milky Way

Smarties

M&M’s (closest equivalent, we get M&M’s in the UK too)

Bounty

Mounds

Refreshers (the small round fizzy sweets)

Smarties

Candyfloss

Cotton Candy

Ice Lolly

Popsicle

Jelly Babies

Jelly Beans

Maltesers

Whoppers

Toffee Crisp

Nestlé Crunch (closest equivalent, this doesn’t have caramel)

After Eights

Peppermint Patties

Starbar

Take 5 (closest equivalent, UK has rice crisps, US has pretzels in)

 

Vegetables

UK Name

US Name

Rocket

Arugula

Aubergine

Eggplant

Coriander

Cilantro

Spring Onions

Scallions

Courgette

Zucchini

Bell Pepper

Sweet Pepper

 

Cookery Terms

UK Terms

US Terms

Starter

Appetizer

Main

Entrée

Grilling

Broiling

Greaseproof Paper (white, waxy paper. Some brands call their brown parchment like paper greaseproof. In my recipes, I always use the white waxy greaseproof!)

Wax Paper

Hob

Stove

Tinned Food

Canned Food

Cling Film

Plastic Wrap

Baking Tray

Baking/Cookie Sheet

Frying Pan

Skillet

Sieve

Strainer

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