Divide the servings you need by the servings in the recipe, then multiply every amount by that number. From 4 to 6 servings means everything times 1.5: 250 g spelt flour becomes 375 g spelt flour. Paste your ingredient list and the scaler converts each line, rounds like a cook would and leaves “to taste” as it is.
Divide the servings you need by the servings in the recipe, then multiply every amount by that number. From 4 to 6 servings means everything times 1.5: 250 g spelt flour becomes 375 g spelt flour. Paste your ingredient list and the scaler converts each line, rounds like a cook would and leaves “to taste” as it is.
× 1.5 every amount
From 4 to 6 servings.
Half an egg: beat one egg and use half of it.
Go easy on salt and spices: start with a little less and season to taste at the end.
The scaler doesn’t change baking times or tin sizes. For more or less cake batter, the cake tin size converter finds the right tin.
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Multiply every amount by this factor.
| Recipe serves | for 1 | for 2 | for 4 | for 6 | for 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | × 0.5 | × 1 | × 2 | × 3 | × 4 |
| 4 | × 0.25 | × 0.5 | × 1 | × 1.5 | × 2 |
| 6 | × 0.17 | × 0.33 | × 0.67 | × 1 | × 1.33 |
| 8 | × 0.13 | × 0.25 | × 0.5 | × 0.75 | × 1 |
Examples from 4 to 6 servings, so times 1.5.
| In the recipe | For 6 servings | Rounded |
|---|---|---|
| 125 g butter | 190 g butter | grams and ml from 100: to 5 |
| 45 g oats | 68 g oats | grams and ml up to 100: whole |
| 3 g salt | 4.5 g salt | grams and ml under 10: to the half |
| 1 kg potatoes | 1.5 kg potatoes | kg and litres: to 0.1 |
| 1 tbsp olive oil | 1 ½ tbsp olive oil | spoons under 2: to the quarter, then the half |
| 1 tin chickpeas (400 g) | 1 ½ tins chickpeas (400 g) | tins, bunches, pieces: like spoons |
| 2 x 400g tins chopped tomatoes | 3 × 400 g tins chopped tomatoes | packs: number × size |
| 750 ml milk | 1,125 ml milk | from 1,000 g or ml: with a comma |
| 1 lb potatoes | 1 ½ lb potatoes | lb: whole ounces, on a quarter pound in lb |
| 8 oz butter | 12 oz butter | oz: whole (under 4 to the half), from 16 oz in lb and oz |
| 1 pinch of salt | 1 pinch of salt | pinches: whole |
| 3 eggs | 4 ½ eggs | eggs: to the half |
| salt and pepper to taste | salt and pepper to taste | no amount: stays |
Example: Pancakes for 4, you need 6:
Divide the servings you need by the servings in the recipe and multiply every amount by the result. From 4 to 6 servings the factor is 1.5: 250 g spelt flour becomes 375 g spelt flour.
Halve every amount, the factor is 0.5. 250 g spelt flour becomes 125 g spelt flour and 400 ml milk becomes 200 ml milk. With 3 eggs you get 1 ½: beat one egg and use half of it.
Beat one egg and use half. The scaler rounds eggs to the half and shows the exact amount: 3 eggs for 4 are exactly 2.25 eggs for 3 servings, shown as 2 ½ eggs.
The scaler doesn’t change baking times. If the batter sits as deep in the new tin as in the recipe, the time changes little. If it’s deeper, it needs longer: check with a skewer. The cake tin size converter finds the right tin.
You can, and the scaler does. But season carefully: start with a little less and taste at the end. Pinches are rounded to whole ones.
Lines without an amount at the start, for example “salt and pepper to taste” or “juice of 1 lemon”. They stay as they are and are marked so you can check them yourself.
No. The scaler works in your browser and sends nothing.