Convert cups, spoons, grams, ounces and millilitres in one place. Choose an ingredient to turn cups into grams using realistic densities for flour, sugar, butter and more.
Pick an ingredient to convert between cups or spoons and grams. Weights are typical values and can vary by brand. US recipes use the US cup; most UK, Australian and New Zealand recipes use the 250 ml metric cup.
1 cup = 120 g
A cup is a measure of volume, so a cup of flour weighs far less than a cup of sugar. This converter uses typical weights for common baking ingredients, so you can switch between cups, spoons, grams, ounces and millilitres and get a figure you can weigh out. For the most consistent results, weigh ingredients in grams.
A cup of plain flour is usually about 120 to 125 g, though it depends on how the flour is spooned and packed. The converter uses a typical value for each ingredient.
Cups measure volume, not weight. Granulated sugar is denser than flour, so a cup holds about 200 g of sugar compared with roughly 120 g of flour.
Grams. Scales give the same result every time, while a cup of flour can vary by 20 g or more depending on how it is packed. That is why most professional bakers weigh everything.
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