How can I convert a cake recipe?

Name: How can I convert a cake recipe?
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How can I convert my tart or cake recipe correctly?

Depending on the situation, you may want to adjust your cake recipe to a different size or shape. This might be because you want to make a larger or smaller birthday cake, or a large wedding cake for a wedding. It may also be the case that you have a recipe for a round cake but now want to make a square one, or that the recipe specifies a cake height of 6 cm but you’d like the new height to be 10 cm. For all these situations, we’ve created the interactive cake recipe calculator, which couldn’t be easier to use.

We’ve all been there – converting cake recipes can sometimes be a real hassle, and in the end a small mistake creeps in, forcing you to start all over again. That’s now a thing of the past – the interactive cake recipe calculator is very straightforward, and you’ll receive the calculated recipe by email once you’re done.

Have fun using it and happy baking!

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Converting recipes using the factor table

If you want to make a larger or smaller cake than specified in the recipe, you can very easily multiply the quantities in the ingredients list (e.g. a sponge cake recipe or a cake filling) by the corresponding value in the columns of the conversion table. Of course, this only applies if the height of the cake is to remain the same! Furthermore, the tin must also be identical; it is therefore not possible to convert from square to round cakes, nor from round to square cakes.