Converting your cake recipes for any size cake tin or cake pan
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2025
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Hi and welcome back to my kitchen. One question I get asked a lot is how to convert your cake recipes for different size cake tins. Maybe you have a recipe that tells you to use a 6 inch tin, but all you have at home is an 8 inch tin. Maybe you want to make a slightly larger or smaller cake depending on the amount of people you need to feed, or maybe you want to scale up your cake recipe for a tiered cake.
This week I'm going to go through exactly how to work out how much ingredients you will need for any size cake tin.
I really hope you enjoy the tutorial and you'll be able to use it to make your own giant cupcake cake. Thank you so much for watching and don't forget to subscribe for more cake decorating tutorials!
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The cake I used was my vanilla sponge cake recipe.
For the 6 inch cake I used:
340g Self Raising Flour, 340g Butter, 340g Caster Sugar, 4 eggs & 2tbsp Vanilla Essence / Flavouring
It was baked at 180 degrees Celsius for 45 minutes
For the 8 inch cake I used:
612g Self Raising Flour, 612g Butter, 612g Caster Sugar, 7 eggs & 3.6 tbsp Vanilla Essence / Flavouring
It was baked at 170 degrees Celsius for 1 Hour
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The King Arthur Baking site had a good tip to prevent your edges from getting overdone. You moisten paper towels and fold them lengthwise to match the pan’s height. You wrap them around the edges and keep in place with aluminum foil. No change of oven temperature is necessary. Sandra Bullock’s sister made the video. Just another idea. Good baking.
Oh my god you have saved me so much time!! I wish I had found your channel last year when I was stood crying in the kitchen with the wrong size cake tins the day before my sons birthday!! Thank you xx
You are amazing! I’ve spent literally days looking for someone to explain this in a way I can understand but to no avail… until now! 🎉
I am new baker, I wish don't want waste a lot pf items on trying so I prefer using small size amount of tin. This method really gonna help me, I event went to your page and download it. It don't even ask me for log in or sign up membership all were available for free!!! Thank you so much 😊😊😊😊
Oh my goodness! I have never baked a cake in my life and I said to myself “somebody as geeky as me must have solved this” There you go😆 Thanks so much
You recipes are my go too! Thank you so much as I’ve been struggling with bigger sizes recipes. Appreciate this channel so much. Blessings to you
Wow.. this is what I struggle with the most... Thank you Lynz
I like your quality explanation so much. You really know how many people needed that clear information. Surely no one is going wrong after your clip video. Thanks.
Thank you so much for this cake conversion, wish I had seen it early when I had to make a bigger cake for a birthday. I think I made about three cakes before I was happy with the result. You’re a star ⭐️🌟⭐️
For the 8 inch how many minutes did you bake yea? And how many grams did you divide the batter into 2 tins?
I've been messing up my recipes terribly, I've always made much less batter than I need. Thank you for this video. I look forward to my future baking
This is exactly what I was looking for… thank you…question, if you are reducing the size from an 8” to a 6” should I divide…?
Ohhh!!! The Converter chart is so useful! Today I´m gonna bake the original 340gr recipe! Thanks Lynz!♥
Fabulous, I finally understood it! So I'm going from 2 × 6" rounds to 2 × 8" rounds (already worked out for us). Thank you Lynz, I'm going to post my comments here after I've made them!
How did it go??
@@francescahutchinson2350 fantabulous!! Thank you for asking x
Thanks for this and your conversion chart is super helpful! let's see if I can put it into practice with the big cake I need to bake wish me luck! x
I'm so glad its helpful. I hope it goes well with you big cake x
how did it go?
@@CakesbyLynz Hello there. I only have 7 inch size cake mold. How can I use it?
Bless your beautiful heart for teaching me on this. Such an eye opener. You are the best. Love from Kenya ❤️❤️
Hi Linda, I am so glad you like the tutorial. I hope you find it useful x x
@@CakesbyLynz it is an eye opener for sure. Can’t wait to complete my chart for the square tins 😉 😉
Thank you for this detailed video! So very useful.. 🙏🏼💕
Can you please tell me if I have 10x2 inch cake recipe and I want to concert 10 x 4 inch pan
Used this today and it was fab!! My 6 inch recipe now in an 8inch! And they came out perfect 👌 thank you! 💕
Hi Emma, Thats brilliant to hear you were able to use the conversion to give you the perfect 8 inch cake. I'm so glad you found it useful x
@@CakesbyLynz 🥰 it really was fab, and the chart made it so easy...... I've already converted some of my recipes into 8 and 10 inch sponges and can't wait to try them. By far one of the most helpful tutorials I've ever come across 💕
What if the difference between the 8inch and 10 is 1.557. Am I rounding that up to 1.6 or leaving it as is?
Thank you Lynsey ! What a star ! Great printable ! Thank you for a great tutorial. All the best
from Adelaide South Australia.
this is a game changer for ME! thank you so much for simplifying this and sharing the link for FREE!
You are an amazing person❤❤ explain every single bit of information very clearly and an interesting manner. And providing this is kind of very useful for everyone who like bakings. Thank you again. With lots of love from SL❤😘🇱🇰
Would you be able to do a butter cream conversion?? Meaning how much buttercream would be needed to fill and COVER each sized cake
Lynz you really are amazing thanks you a million times, because I can't convert I usually stick to the cake size in a recipe.
This week however I need a large oblong tin for the coronation our get together I think I understand now how much mixture I need, thank you again hun have a good day hugs xxxx
Your posts are always refreshing. Needed this tip. Thank you. ❤🤩
Very informative and very well explained.....thanks a lot. But just 1 question , how to adjust baking powder and baking soda, as they are always in teaspoon measurements?
convert the teaspoon measurements into grams, to make it easier. you can do this online on google
Awesome, so informative....had been struggling with all different baking recipes. You are a god sent❤
I'm so pleased you found it helpful x
Wow thank you so much something I always struggle with ,I made your vanilla sponge recipe for my granddaughter's (twins) birthday cake was fab 😁
U just got a new subscriber with this beautiful explanation about batter
Very usefull! I guess I am just confused and stressed on the time and temperature changes and how to figure that out
Thank you for the conversion chart, Lynz!
You are so welcome. I'm so glad it's useful
This is going to be so useful, thank you, brilliant xx
You’re welcome 😊 I'm so glad you found it useful x
Hi, this was an amazing tutorial. Just wondering about baking soda and baking powder. How do you work out these quantities please?
Hi Lynz love you videos so informative is it 4 '' high cake times you use please
Quick question, does the baking time change?
Thanks a lot for these fantastic new tips Lynz, they are very helpful indeed, 👍😍, even though there's a little bit of maths in there, but nevermind, thank you! 😉😘❤
This is great!! Thank you very much. For the measurement of frosting... Do I use the same formula but with circumference instead of the surface area?
Your an absolute star🤩 ive always struggled with this. Thank you
I hope this will be useful. I always find this a great way to work it out as it just scales everything up or down depending on your tin 😊
Thank you this was a much needed video
Thank you so much for this informative video 🙏🏻 it helped me a lot in knowing how to convert between tins
I was even searching for information on how to convert from round to rectangular ! I wonder if it's possible? And if so is it the same procedure??
Anyway, I will give you tomorrow an update if my cake will come successfully baked based on the conversations :)
God bless you
Thank you for this! This is so helpful! What about those layer cakes that are so popular now? I get so mamy requests to make these, how you convert a serving size for a shap like a letter or number?
Great Post! It was something I always tried to avoid doing. Thanks for making it easy!
You are so welcome! I'm just so pleased it has been useful for you.
Hiya. Loves your vdo is easy to watch. I'm planing to bake cake for my boy's birthday with your vanilla cake recipe so i have to adjust your recipe to 8". now my question is do I need to multiply 1.8 to the buttercream recipe too? Thank you 😚
Muchas gracias por el tutorial, me encantó nuevo suscriptora, bendiciones 🌹 un saludo desde Colombia.
Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you! This is so incredibly helpful.
This has helped me so much! Thank you so much for sharing your expertise!
Thank you so much Lynz. Exactly what I was looking for. I'm so glad that I found your channel. So much useful stuff. Thank you once again.
If i make cake layers in two batches, is it okay for the rest of the batter to sit on the counter?
Or should i divide the recipe and make the batter twice?😓
Thanks - finally someone explained this 🌺 - can you explain altitude baking sometime pse
Beautiful lecture. Thank you for this video
I just subscribed to your channel as you actually solved a big problem for me. This is brilliant 😆
Thank you ❤ normally I struggle with this but you helped alot!
I'm so glad this helps. It's probably the question I get asked the most about so thought it deserved its own video.
Heyy...I tried this recipe and it was turned out amazing...😍♥️
THANK - YOU...! 🤗❤️✌️
Thank you for converting the recipe sizes , can I convert round or square tins to loaf tins
This is super useful! Thank you so much for creating this vid 😊
Thanks so much for this video, it was exactly what I was looking for and your advice about the eggs is so appreciated. Cheers!
Your cake conversion is really helpful. I have learnt so much from you videos, even my grandchildren use your recipes.I wonder if you could help me please. I have a recipe for an 8" round chocolate cake and I which I would like to use the same recipe for a 9" square cake. Can your conversion chart be used in the same way, if using different shaped tins. Thank you for all your great recipes and videos :) x
You are a star!!! Thank you Lyndsey so much
This is so incredibly helpful - thank you!!
Hi, can i substitute self raising flour to cake flour or plain flour ??
Hello
How can one know what temperature to use for baking when baking for different sizes of the pan
The video is fantastic!! Thank you for figuring this out and sharing it. If I want to convert a recipe from a round 8" pan to a round 8" heart shaped pan, would I use a conversion number about halfway between round and square?
Can I use food colouring for both recipes?
O wow this video is super helpful! Thank you so much for sharing ☺️
Extremely helpful this was where I hit a wall!
I'm so pleased the video has been helpful x
Does this techniq work for brownies as well
Hi, I'm curious about the baking soda & baking powder. How would you convert that when scaling up or down.
Someone's bought me a set of 5 X 7" X 1" deep tins to make layer cakes. How do I use them? How do I calculate how much batter to use?
Thanks so much for this ! I tried making this last night and loved it but I've gone to ice this morning and the cake is too dense and stodgey and undercooked in places. Not sure where I went wrong, I'm thinking perhaps too much lemon juice and too high heat in the oven? Any tips for when it comes out like this. Going to try again today ! Thanks so much
Exactly the info I needed. Thanks for the chart!
Perfect just what I need! Lynz you are just fab
My cakes have been baking at different heights as an example, I baked a cake today and left side of the cake literally was quite a lot smaller the right side, any suggestions on how to bake it so the height is the same all around? X
Such a very helpful tutorial Lynz thank you so much xx
You’re welcome 😊 I'm so glad its helpful
Thankyou so much. Very very helpful 🙏🏼
Your videos are so informative thank you so much 🙏❤️
Your video is fantastic but I am confused! I want to make one 6inch cake and one 8inch cake with your exact cake tins. How much ingredients do I mix to share into both tins?
This is suuper helpful! Tysm!
I am grateful for ur information, we need to know how to convert big cake recipe into small cake recipe please mam❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
This is Great 👍 I promise I will coke my 🍰 this Saturday ♥️♥️♥️♥️
I'm so glad you like the tutorial. Have fun making your cake this weekend x
Great work Lynz.
Would this be 150 for a fan oven ? And would it still be an hour cook time thank you .
Brilliant and so helpful!!!
Thank you very much, Lynz 😘
Thank you for sharing! I really needed your help!
Does this method work for adjusting recipes for different size Bundt pans?
I teach maths in a college and it’s sad to say but A lot of adults don’t have the skills required to work this sort of problem out for themselves 🙈 the only thing you skipped is the amount of time taken to bake. I know this is not as easy to work out but some advice on this would be helpful.
What's the conversion of 9 in round pan cake to 9x11 in rectangular? Thank you very much❤
Wow thank you. Will come in handy. What about rectangular cake tin conversions from round cake recipe? Could you teach us that please xx thank you 😘
Hi June, I am so glad its helpful. In regards to the rectangular cake tin it is actually exactly the same process. You just need to work out the surface area of the rectangular tin and use this as the number for your new tin.
Thank you Lynz. You just saved me some time. Thanks for always eager to share. Stay blessed.
So helpful thank you! If you don’t mind me asking, what butter do you use? I’ve been struggling to find a butter that works well for my cakes, thanks in advance!
This is helpful Lynz ! Thank you so very much
Thank you lynz. How would you convert buttercream though 🤔
This is fantastic Lynz, thanks for the information xx
You are so welcome, I hope you find it useful if you need to convert your cake recipes.
Great tutorial video 🎂
I'm so glad you like it. I hope you find it useful x
Can you use this same conversion for cake fillings?
Thanks for this it really helps ❤
🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 fantastic tutorial... Thank You so so much 🥰
Thank you so much for this video, does this conversion work for frosting as well?
Hi. Thank you so much for this! ... However, I can't get the link for the conversion chart to open?
This is amazing! Thank you so much-this answers so many questions I’ve had. 🤩
You are so welcome Michelle, I'm so glad it was helpful!
Hi, can I use large eggs
Thanks for sharing this is very helpful
Hmmm, it might not always work, also depends on the depth of the tin. These conversions will only work if you make the same depth as well.
Hi I found this really helpful. Is there any chance you could tell me what I would need for a red velvet cake in size 8inc tin (2) tins please