Baking Tin Alternative Sizes and Scaling Up/Down
If you don’t have a baking tin that the recipe calls for, check out the list of popular sizes below and find an equivalent. it’s probably easiest to check the volume and match up a round tin for a square tin or whatever.
| Dimension | Volume |
| Round Cake Tins | |
| 6 x 2 inch (15 x 5) | 4 cups (1 L) |
| 8 x 1.5 inch (20 x 4 cm) | 5 cups (1.2 L / 2 pints) |
| 8 x 2 inch (20 x 5 cm) | 6 cups (1.5 L) |
| 9 x 1.5 inch (23 x 4 cm) | 6 cups (1.5 L) |
| 9 x 2 inch (23 x 5 cm) | 8 cups (2 L) |
| 10 x 2 inch (25 x 5 cm) | 11 cups (2.6 L) |
| Round Cake Tins (Springform) | |
| 9 x 2.5 inch (23 x 6 cm) | 10 cups (2.5 L) |
| 9 x 3 inch (23 x 8 cm) | 12 cups (3 L) |
| 10 x 2.5 inch (25 x 6 cm) | 12 cups (3 L) |
| Round Pie Tins | |
| 8 x 1.5 inch (20 cm x 4 cm) | 4 cups (1 L) |
| 9 x 1.5 inch (23 x 4 cm) | 5 cups (1.2 L / 2 pints) |
| 10 inch x 1.5 inch (25 cm x 4 cm) | 6 cups (1.5L) |
| Square Cake Tins | |
| 8 x 8 x 1.5 inch (20 x 20 x 4 cm) | 6 cups (1.5 L) |
| 8 x 8 x 2 inch (20 x 20 x 5 cm) | 8 cups (2 L) |
| 9 x 9 x 1 1/2 inches (23 x 23 x 4 cm) | 8 cups (2 L) |
| 9 x 9 x 2 inch (23 x 23 x 5) | 10 cups (2.5 L) |
| 10 x 10 x 2 inches (25 x 25 x 5 cm) | 12 cups (3 L) |
| Rectangular Cake Tins | |
| 11 x 7 x 1.5 inch (28 x 18 x 4 cm ) | 8 cups (2 L) |
| 13 x 9 x 2 inch (30 x 20 x 3 cm) | 15 cups (3.5 L) |
| Swiss Roll Tins | |
| 15.5 x 10.5 x 1 inch (39cm x 27cm x 2.5cm) | 10 cups (2.5 L) |
| 17.5 x 12.5 x 1 inch (44 x 32 x 2.5 cm) | 12 cups (3 L) |
| Loaf Tins | |
| 8 x 4 x 2.5 inch (20 x 10 x 6 cm) | 4 cups (1 L) |
| 8.5 x 4.5 x 2.5 inch (21 x 11 x 6 cm) | 6 cups (1.5L) |
| 9 x 5 x 3 inch loaf pan (23 x 13 x 7cm) | 8 cups (2 L) |
| Bundt Tins | |
| 7.5 x 3 inch (19 x 8 cm) | 6 cups (1.5L) |
| 9 x 3 inch (23 x 8 cm) | 9 cups (2.1 L) |
| 10 x 3.5 inch (25 x 9 cm) | 12 cups (3 L) |
| Muffin Tin Cups | |
| 1 3/4 x 3/4 inch (4.5 x 2 cm) | 2 tablespoons (30 ml) |
| 2 3/4 x 1 1/8 inch (7 x 3 cm) | 4 tablespoons (60 ml) |
| 2 3/4 x 1 1/2 inch (7 x 4 cm ) | 8 tablespoons (1/2 cup / 120 ml) |
| 3 x 1 1/4 inch (8 x 3 cm) | 10 tablespoons (5/8 cup / 150 ml) |
As a rule of thumb, a Round cake tin, measured in inches, should equate to a Square cake tin, of 1 inch less. i.e. 8″ Round tin should fit in a 7″ Square tin.
Scaling Up/Down
To Scale cakes up or down. The chart assumes a cake being made in a 20cm (8in) round cake that is 7.5cm (3in) deep. Scale your ingredient quantities using the multiplier
The chart below assumes a cake being made in a 20cm (8in) round cake that is 7.5cm (3in) deep. Scale your ingredient quantities using the multiplier.
| Round | Square | Multiplier |
| 10cm (4in) | 7.5cm (3in) | ¼ |
| 12.5cm(5in) | 10cm (4in) | 1/3 |
| 15cm (6in) | 12.5cm (5in) | ½ |
| 18cm (7in) | 15cm (6in) | ¾ |
| 20cm (8in) | 18cm(7in) | 1 |
| 23cm (9in) | 20cm (8in) | 1 ¼ |
| 25.5cm (10in) | 23cm (9in) | 1 ½ |
| 28cm (11in) | 25.5cm (10in) | 2 |
| 30cm(12in) | 28cm (11in) | 2 ½ |
| 33cm (13in) | 30cm (12in) | 3 |
| 35.5cm (14in) | 33cm (13in) | 3 ½ |
Once you’ve chosen the right size of baking tin to use, the final thing to take into account is whether you are using a baking tin shallower or deeper than what the recipe called for. If shallower, you will probably have to reduce the cooking time and raise the temperature a bit; if deeper, more cooking time will probably be required and the temperature lowered just a bit. If a tin is within 1/2 an inch (1 cm) of the depth the recipe called for, then don’t bother about making any adjustment.
So why are you posting this page John?
Well I was looking around one of the recipe groups (won’t say which one) and a lady was trying to make a half batch of a brownie recipe that was originally to be made in a 13 x 9 rectangular tray and she only had a 7 x 7 square tin. She asked, would the 7″ tin be OK?
Somebody had come in and said, No….. because there wouldn’t be enough mixture. Half of 13 x 9 would be 6.5 x 4.5.
Well……. it caught John’s eye. So I posted a bit of quick applied maths.
Had to guess how deep the mixture would be, so I went for 1/2″ of mixture.
Volume = L x B x H
13 x 9 x 0.5 = 58.5
Half the mixture
58.5 / 2 = 29.25
Using the tin she had
7 x 7 x 0.5 (same depth) = 24.5
Explained that it was a volume question, not a half the sides of the tray question that the other person had suggested. You’ll be fine with the 7″ tin, might be slightly thicker. Nice recipe…crack on.
Just after I posted, I got a response from the halving the sides of the tray person. I was totally wrong, I had no idea how much mixture would be produced and that my maths were irrelevant. Perhaps because ……she had an SVQ 3 in Professional Cookery.
Just before I could get my reply in to say I didn’t have an SQV 3 in Professional Cookery but I’m sure I was listening in Primary 1 when the teacher did volumes….. the admin locked the post to commenting.
So if you have a size of tin dilemma?….. Remember this page.
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