Cooking and food terms/translations

Ingredients

Cake flour – this isn’t really a ‘thing’ in Australia, but the equivalent is as follows:

• 1 cup cake flour = 1 cup plain flour less 2 tbsp, replaced with 2tbsp cornflour

Eggs – the eggs I typically use are around 60g including the shell.

Terms / translations:

• Biscuits = cookies (always)
• Caster sugar = superfine sugar
• Icing sugar (pure or mixture) = confectioner’s sugar, powdered sugar
• Sugar = granulated sugar
• Plain flour = all purpose flour
• Icing = frosting
• Bi-carb soda = baking soda
• Desiccated coconut = shredded coconut
• Cornflour = corn starch
• Rice flour = ground rice
• Full cream milk = whole milk
• Light milk = 2% milk
• Skim milk = fat-free /non-fat milk
• Baking paper = parchment paper
• Sieve = strainer
• Sieve = sift
• Greaseproof paper = wax paper
• Glacé = candied
• Mixed peel = candied peel
• Sultanas = golden raisins
• Cling film/wrap = Saranplastic wrap
• Plain biscuits = any plain, sweet cookie
• Wheatmeal/digestive biscuits = graham crackers
• Saladas = saltines
• Rice bubbles = rice crispies
• Pastry case = pie shell
• Grill = broil
• Hundreds and Thousands / 100s & 1000s = sprinkles, non pareils
• Sprinkles = strands, dragees
• Jelly = jello
• Jelly crystals = flavoured gelatin
• Jam = jelly
• Golden syrup = similar to light corn syrup, but darkish in colour
• Glucose syrup = light corn syrup
• Treacle = molasses
• Lolly/lollies = candy/candies, sweets
• Mince = ground meat
• Tomato sauce = ketchup
• Tomato puree = tomato sauce
• Roast = bake
• Soft drink = soda, pop
• Tasty cheese = cheddar cheese
• Coriander = cilantro
• Rocket = arugula
• Whipping / double cream = heavy cream
• Single cream = light cream, half-and-half
• Zucchini = courgette
• Capsicum = bell pepper
• Sweet potato = kumera
• Chips = french fries
• Chips = crisps, potato chips
• Stone, seed, pip = pit
• Devon, empire = bologna
• Spring onion = scallion
• Spanish onion = red onion
• Shallots = green onions
• Ice block, icy pole = popsicle
• Wholemeal = whole wheat