Baking Around the World

Biscuit traditions, conversions and kitchen realities from every baking country.

Baking Around the World

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Baking Around the World 18 Sep 2026

What Is Caster Sugar? Equivalents in the US, Canada and Beyond

Caster sugar is plain white sugar with a finer crystal. What it's called in the US, Canada and Australia, the ten-second food-processor substitute, and when grain size genuinely changes a biscuit versus when nobody can tell the difference.

Baking Around the World 11 Sep 2026

Grams to Cups: The Honest Baking Conversion Chart

Grams measure weight, cups measure volume, and flour refuses to co-operate with either. Our per-ingredient grams to cups charts for flour, butter, sugars and syrup, plus the three ingredients where cup measures genuinely ruin a batch of cut-out biscuits.