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Whether it’s milk, water or oil: if you know how many ml a tablespoon is, you can measure a lot in no time at all and save yourself the measuring cup. We’ll show you how easy it is.
How many ml is a tablespoon – different foods
It is very easy to measure different quantities with a tablespoon. As a rule, the following applies:
- Water, milk and oil: One tablespoon of water is about 10 to 15 ml.
- Flour: One tablespoon of flour contains around 9 to 12 g of flour.
- Honey: You can assume that one tablespoon of honey contains around 20 g.
- Baking powder or vanilla sugar: One tablespoon of baking powder or vanilla sugar corresponds to approx. 8 g.
- Sugar: One tablespoon of sugar weighs about 15 g.
- Cream cheese: One tablespoon of cream cheese is approx. 20 g.
- Yoghurt: One tablespoon of yoghurt is around 15 g.
- Cocoa or oatmeal: One tablespoon of cocoa or oatmeal is around 8 g.
- Butter: If you measure out a tablespoon of butter, you have around 10 g.
- Ground nuts and almonds: One tablespoon of ground hazelnuts or almonds is around 10 g.
What you should bear in mind when weighing with a tablespoon
Compared to measuring with a measuring jug or weighing with kitchen scales, the tablespoon method is slightly less accurate.
- This is mainly due to the fact that not all spoons are the same size. Older tablespoons in particular are larger and can hold more liquids and the like.
- So if you want to cook or bake something and have information from older recipes, it is important to reduce the quantity accordingly.
- A tablespoon used to hold around 10 to 15 ml, but nowadays the average is closer to 10 ml.
- Important to know: You need around three teaspoons to get the amount of a tablespoon.
