Measuring and converting when you’re trying to cook and bake can get confusing, particularly when you’re using an American recipe. We’ve been there. Show
To make life easier, here’s a handy sugar conversion guide – ounces, grams, cups, tablespoons and teaspoons included. The measurements below are calculated using white sugar, but they can be used as a general guide for all types: caster sugar, icing sugar, brown sugar, granulated sugar, raw sugar and everything else. For even more detailed advice (if you’re using firmly packed or lightly packed sugar, for example), check out our detailed conversion chart. How many grams of sugar in a cup?2 cups of sugar in grams = 450g How many grams of sugar in an ounce?1 ounce (oz) of sugar in grams = 32g How many grams of sugar in a teaspoon?1 teaspoon (tsp) of sugar in grams = 4.2g Is a US cup the same as an Australian cup?The standard Australian cup size is 250ml, but the standard American cup size is 240ml. If you’re cooking with an American recipe, use slightly less (10ml) of the ingredient to get your proportions right. It’s a tiny amount, but it could make all the difference in complex recipes. Use our detailed conversion chart for more information, or to convert other ingredients to grams (like butter, flour, rolled oats, honey and milk). If you are looking to convert baking recipes from cups to grams, use the tables of baking conversions below to guide you when converting ingredients like powdered sugar from cups to grams, or flour from cups to grams, or butter from cups to grams. There's a little math involved, but it's worth it. Once you know how to convert a recipe from one unity of measure to another, you will be able to bake almost anything, regardless of where the recipe was developed or how the ingredients were measured.  In North America, most home bakers are used to using measuring cups to measure out ingredients for baking, whether dry ingredients, or wet ingredients. In Europe and other parts of the world, it's more common to weigh ingredients and use a kitchen scale. To convert recipes from weights to volumes, or from metric units to imperial units, you will need to get comfortable with all the ways we express and abbreviate volumes. Get the baking conversion charts bundle to help you convert pans, ingredients, volumes, weights, temperatures, and more! Jump to:
Get familiar with the units of measure and their abbreviationsSome recipe writers will spell out the units of measure in their recipe, as grams and ounces, for example, while others may abbreviate them to g and oz. Here's a rundown of the commonly used abbreviations for the units of measure used in baking. Volume unitsIn baking, volumes are usually expressed with the following units and abbreviations:
Basic baking conversions to remember for volumesWhile teaspoons and tablespoons are common in many countries, they aren't common everywhere. Furthermore, 1 teaspoon or 1 tablespoon can mean different volumes, depending on the location, though commonly, the conversions for volumes are as follows:
Weight unitsBakers express weights using the following units and abbreviations:
Conversions for imperial to metric weights
Remember that when you measure out dry ingredients, use cup measures designed for dry ingredients (like these on Amazon), like flour, sugars, oats, etc. On the other hand, use a measuring cup designed for liquids (like this one on Amazon) when you need to measure ingredients like milk, water, and anything that is fluid! While both tools measure volumes, it's a lot easier to fill dry measuring cups with dry ingredients and level them by running the back of a knife across. And liquid measuring cups make filling, pouring, and walking around a lot less messy. No spills! Trust me! For nut butters, I use dry measuring cups. Use the tool that you are most comfortable with. For small quantities of ingredients, never weigh them unless you have a scale that can handle small weights of less than 10 grams. So for ingredients like baking soda, baking powder, and salt, use tablespoons and teaspoons, not your kitchen scale. If you are unsure, consult this guide to measuring baking ingredients so you use the tools you have properly! Get the baking conversion chartsOne essential tool if you want to transition to baking with your kitchen scale by weight instead of with measuring cups is a baking ingredients conversion chart. I've put together an easy-to-use printable Baking Conversions Chart with all the most common baking ingredients that you will need to bake most recipes, including the ones on this blog. The baking conversions chart includes cups, metric & imperial measurements (grams & ounces), and it's printable! Buy the complete bundle of baking conversion charts to convert ingredients, pans, temperatures, volumes, weights, and more. Here are the tools you need to measure ingredients in your kitchen:
Below you will find a list of baking conversions that I follow when I'm baking so you can easily convert from grams to cups, or the other way around. If you have to replace one ingredient with another in your recipes, make sure to consult this list of baking substitutions to guide you through the process. Why "how much does 1 cup weigh" isn't the right question to ask"How much does 1 cup weigh?" is a question that I get asked a lot, but it's a question that is too vague for me to answer without more details: the reality is that the weight of 1 cup of anything is dependant on the density of the ingredient you are measuring. So 1 cup of all purpose flour does not weigh the same thing as 1 cup of chocolate or 1 cup of skim milk, for example. The volume of 1 cup of flour and 1 cup of milk is the same. Yes. But the weight of 1 cup of these ingredients is not. If you are wondering how to convert from volumes to weights, or vice versa, keep reading or sign up to download this baking conversions chart pdf. Conversions for fatsBaking conversions for butter from cups to gramsAs a rule: 1 stick of butter is ½ cup and weighs 115 grams; 2 sticks of butter is 1 cup and weighs 230 grams. A pound of butter is 4 sticks of butter and weighs 450 grams. You should note that 1 stick of butter is also equivalent to 8 tablespoon of butter. Half a stick of butter is equivalent to ¼ cup or 4 tablespoon of butter. Don't confuse the big pound block of butter with the smaller baking sticks.
Baking conversions for oil from cups to gramsThe conversion from volume to weight for oil is slightly different than butter. Oil has a lower density than butter, therefore 1 cup oil weighs a little less than 1 cup of butter. In fact, 1 cup of oil weighs 225 grams.
FlourThe weight of 1 cup of flour varies according to the type of flour. It also varies greatly according to how you fill the measuring cup with flour. I measure flour using the spoon-into-cup method, as opposed to the scooping method.
If you spoon flour into your measuring cup, 1 cup of flour is equivalent to 125 grams, on average. That's the way I fill a measuring cup and so that is the conversion I use on Kitchen Heals Soul. Here are some useful conversions of cups to grams of flour. Baking conversions for all-purpose from cups to gramsAs a rule, if you fill your measuring cup by spooning in dry ingredients into the cup, then levelling the top, 1 cup of all-purpose flour weighs 125 grams.
Baking conversions for cake flour from cups to gramsCake flour is lighter than all-purpose flour, and so, 1 cup of cake flour weighs 115 grams. For chestnut flour, 1 cup weighs 115 grams as well. This conversion also applies to chopped nuts: 1 cup of chopped nuts weighs 115 grams.
SugarsBaking conversions for granulated sugar & brown sugar (not packed) from cups to gramsPlease note that I do not pack my brown sugar into the cup measurer. I spoon the sugar into the measurer. As a rule, 1 cup of sugar weighs 200 grams. If you are measuring brown sugar and you pack the brown sugar tightly into the cup measure, 1 cup of brown sugar will weigh 220 grams, if not more.
Remember 1 cup of packed brown sugar weighs 220 grams. Baking conversions for icing sugar from cups to gramsI measure icing sugar (also known as powdered sugar) the same way I measure flour, using the spoon-into-cup method, as opposed to the scoop-into-cup method. This means that you are not packing and compacting sugar into the cup measure. Others may measure icing sugar differently, but this is how I measure mine. Generally, 1 cup of icing sugar weighs 125 grams.
Baking conversions for honey and maple syrup from cups to gramsHoney and maple syrup are quite dense and therefore 1 cup of honey or maple syrup usually weighs 340 grams (12 oz).
ChocolateBaking conversions for cocoa powder from cups to gramsI measure cocoa the same way I measure flour, using the spoon-into-cup method, as opposed to the scoop-into-cup method. This means that you are not packing and compacting cocoa into the cup measure. Others may measure cocoa powder differently, but this is how I measure mine. In this way, 1 cup of cocoa powder weighs 100 grams.
If you have a recipe with cocoa powder, but only have dark chocolate on hand, check out my guide to how to replace cocoa powder with dark chocolate. Baking conversions for chocolate pistoles (specifically Cacao Barry brand) and chopped chocolate from cups to gramsThe weight of chocolate per cup is entirely dependent on the shape and size of the pieces of chocolate. In general, 1 cup of chocolate weighs 175 grams. This obviously varies depending on if you have big chunks of chocolate or smaller chocolate chips.
NutsWhile 1 cup of whole almonds weighs 140 grams and may vary depending on the type of nut you are weighing, 1 cup of chopped nuts weighs 115 grams, and 1 cup of ground nuts usually weighs 120 grams. For nut butters, generally 1 cup of nut butter weighs 255 grams. Baking conversions for whole nuts (varies according to the nut measured) from cups to grams
Baking conversions for chopped nuts from cups to grams
Baking conversions for ground nuts from cups to grams
Baking conversions for nut butters (like peanut butter, almond butter, tahini, etc.) from cups to grams
OatsFor rolled oats or large flake oats, as a rule, 1 cup of oats weighs 80 grams. If the measuring cup is packed tightly, 1 cup of oats could weigh 100 grams. Baking conversions for rolled oats from cups to grams
Converting metric volumes (mL) to imperial volumes (cups)Some websites set 1 cup as 236 mL (or 240 mL). Others set 1 cup as 230 mL. Personally, I set 1 cup to 250 mL. The important thing is to be consistent. I'm honestly not sure any measuring cups are truly able to distinguish between 240 mL and 250 mL, so let's call 1 cup 250 mL and stick with that. Also, I use American tablespoons and teaspoons to measure smaller amounts of ingredients. And 1 tablespoon (15 mL) is equivalent to 3 teaspoon (3 x 5 mL).
Please don't use the mL button on your kitchen scale, if it has one, to measure a volume. Yes, you can weigh a volume, but the button on your kitchen scale is assuming that you are weighing out water, which has a density of 1 gram per millilitre. For example, most oils have a density of 0.9 g per mL, so if you use the mL button on your kitchen scale to measure a volume, it will do so incorrectly and this may lead to problems in your recipe. If you need to measure a volume, use liquid measuring cups (like this set on Amazon). I created a handy chart that you can download to save on your tablet for when you bake. You can also print it and keep in your kitchen! The chart will help you easily convert recipes from volumes to weights, cups to grams, and also convert other baking elements, like fluid ounces to millilitres, temperatures from Celsius to Fahrenheit, centimetres to inches, etc. I'm giving away the charts FREE if you subscribe. Click here to get the details about the baking conversions chart pdf! You can also buy the complete bundle to convert ingredients, pans, temperatures, volumes, weights, and more. If you ever have trouble with baking terminology, I've also written out a list of baking vocabulary and French pastry terms that you might find useful. There's also have a complete list of baking abbreviations in case you need it. Is 1 cup of sugar 250g?Sugars were not all created equally.
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SUGARS.. How many grams of sugar are in a cup of granulated sugar?SUGARS & LIQUID SWEETENERS. What is 1cup sugar?The cup is a commonly used unit to measure sugar volume. One cup of sugar is equal to 16 tablespoons. The cup is a US customary unit of sugar.
How many cup is 100gram sugar?One - 100 grams portion of granulated sugar converted to US cup equals to 0.50 cup us.
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