Cake-O-Meter: Convert Baking Tin Sizes

Hi CakesByElizaRose - we've just tried it and it seems to be working fine for us. Let us know if it continues acting strangely for you.

Hi! I just added a recipe with 225g as the original measure for 3 ingredients and they all showed as 21.5g in the bit below. It converted them to 351.6g, so the conversion part looks right but little bit anxious there is something wrong with the calulator. Other ingredients, like 2 tsps showed as 0.2tsp, or 4 eggs showed as 0.4 eggs. Conversions were also repeated 8 times! Is this a known problem today? (Did a fruit cake at the weekend and calculations were fine.) Thanks, Elisa

@Gingerbread girl. Yes but make sure you put equal amounts in each tin and bear in mind that if they are on different shelves in the oven, they may cook at different speeds. Also if you cram the tins together in the oven, the air will not be able to circulate sufficiently around each one.

If you want to make several same size cakes at the same time is it safe to just multiple the recipe by the number of cake tins?Thanks

I LOVE this tool! Thank you so much for making it! My suggestion would be to have the option to save your recipe conversions - I've been making the same cakes in all sorts of different sizes and it would be great not to have to type in all the ingredients again and again.

@ Fran. If the cake is half the size, the cooking time will be just over half of the original time etc. You should do the usual skewer test to check that a cake is cooked through.

The converter is great. However how do I calculate the difference in baking time? For example the cake I want to bake is for a 20cm round tin for 4 1/2 to 4 3/4 at 140 c. I want to use a 10cm tin and need to know how long to bake it?? My minds gone blank :(

The cake'o'meter is a free online tool, so you can use it here but can't buy it I'm afaid! If you're looking for a phone app to download, this is not available at the moment. Thanks, Cakebaker

I tried this for my madeira cake and it did not work.The cake did not rise and is dry in texture.I think I am going to make the usual small cake instead tonight because I promised someone a cake.I am somewhat dissappointed. Hopefully better luck next time.

Am I missing something here or is there no on line shop? I' like to buy the cake o metre but how do I do it? Please help! Thank you

I'm afraid that we haven't been able to cover all tin shapes, as most recipes cater for a square or round tin. If you do want to bake using a different shape, you will have to make an approximation. Hope this works out for you. Happy baking!

This tool sounds absolutely fantastic providing it is dummy proof (me being the dummy). I'd like to know whether it works for other shaped tins apart from round and square. If it does convert tin shapes then it is the ultimate must have tool for me! Please let me know.

Re Cakeo'meter Is it possible to have a similar calculator for adjusting temperatures/cooking times . That would be just absolute heaven.

This is great! I can never work out the right amount for different sized tins and now I don't have to - thanks Cakebaker!

Hey guys, this works really well. No more taxing conversions to do while I bake!! THANKS!

Just did this for the cappucino tray bake recipe - works a treat! Remember to adjust your cooking times a little to make allowance for new size.

This is fab... Lots of times I have had to convert recipes for different sized tins and never made the right amount.This will stop that happening again...Thanks.