9x13 to 9x9 Pan Conversion

To bake a 9x13 recipe in a 9x9 pan, make about ⅔ of your recipe.

The answer

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Make about ⅔ of your recipe.

One 9 x 13 inch pan holds about 16.2 cups to the brim and one 9-inch square about 11.2 cups, so the new pan takes 69% as much batter to fill it just as full.

Scale my ingredients ×0.69

Baking it in a 9x9 pan

  • Keep the same temperature.
  • About the same time.

Using the recipe as it is

Too much for this pan: it'd be 44% fuller than your recipe's pan. Fill it no more than two-thirds full and bake the rest as cupcakes.

Your ingredients at ×0.69

What common amounts in a 9x13 recipe become in a 9x9 pan. Weighing is the most accurate way to scale.

In the recipeUse
1 cup (flour, sugar, milk)½ cup + 3 tbsp
2 cups1¼ cups + 2 tbsp
250 g of any weighed ingredient173 g
1 stick of butter (113 g, ½ cup)78 g
3 large eggs (about 150 g out of the shell)104 g beaten egg (about 2 eggs)
1 tsp (baking powder, baking soda, salt, vanilla)¾ tsp
1 tbsp2⅛ tsp

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Times 0.69. Make about ⅔ of your recipe.

Your recipe

×0.69

Make about ⅔ of your recipe.

From one 9 x 13 inch pan to one 9-inch square. Scaled this way, it fills the new pan just as full.

Scale my ingredients ×0.69

Odd number of eggs? Beat them and weigh: one large egg is about 50 g (1¾ oz).

Baking it in the new pan

  • Keep the same temperature.
  • About the same time.

Or pour the recipe in as it is

Too much for this pan: it'd be 44% fuller than your recipe's pan. Fill it no more than two-thirds full and bake the rest as cupcakes.

Your recipe also fits these, as it is:

  • 13 x 18 inch pan
  • 3 × 7-inch rounds
  • 12-inch round
  • 2 × 9 x 5 inch loaves
  • 10-cup bundt
  • 22 standard cupcakes

Questions bakers ask

How do I convert a 9x13 recipe to a 9x9 pan?

To bake a 9x13 recipe in a 9x9 pan, make about ⅔ of your recipe. One 9 x 13 inch pan holds about 16.2 cups to the brim and one 9-inch square about 11.2 cups, so the new pan takes 69% as much batter to fill it just as full.

What temperature and time for a 9x9 pan?

Keep the same temperature. About the same time.

Can I use a 9x13 recipe as it is in a 9x9 pan?

Too much for this pan: it'd be 44% fuller than your recipe's pan. Fill it no more than two-thirds full and bake the rest as cupcakes.

What other pans take a 9x13 recipe without changes?

13 x 18 inch pan, 3 × 7-inch rounds, 12-inch round, 2 × 9 x 5 inch loaves, 10-cup bundt, 22 standard cupcakes. Each holds within about 12% of the same batter, so the cake comes out just a little thinner or taller.

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×0.69 the batter is ×0.69 the ingredient cost. Price the new size from what it really costs to make.