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A UK or US tablespoon is 15 ml and holds three 5 ml teaspoons; the Australian tablespoon is 20 ml and holds four, which is the usual source of confusion. Getting the spoon standard wrong changes a raising agent or salt quantity by a third, which is enough to ruin a bake.
Teaspoons
teaspoons = tablespoons x (ml per tablespoon / 5)
Volume
millilitres = tablespoons x ml per tablespoon
teaspoons = tablespoons x (ml per tablespoon / 5). A UK or US tablespoon is 15 ml and holds three 5 ml teaspoons; the Australian tablespoon is 20 ml and holds four, which is the usual source of confusion.
Getting the spoon standard wrong changes a raising agent or salt quantity by a third, which is enough to ruin a bake.
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