Sometimes when I'm not sure about a recipe but want to try it anyway, I scale down the recipe to 50% of the original. In those circumstances, I found it very difficult to calculate 50% of ¾ cup, or to measure 50% of 1.5 tablespoon, etc. Then I found this handy table in my "Baking for Dummies" book. For instance ¾th of a cup is equal to 12 tablespoons, so half of it would be 6 tablespoons.
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How to convert 200 grams to cups?
Here is the chart on converting 200 grams to cups:
| Ingredient | Measurement in Grams | Equivalence in Cups (US) | Approximately |
|---|---|---|---|
| All Purpose Flour | 200 grams | 1.60 cups | 1.5 cups + 2 Tbspn |
| Butter | 200 grams | 0.88 cup | ¾th cup + 2 Tbspn |
| Cake Flour | 200 grams | 1.46 cups unsifted | 1.5 cups |
| Granulated Sugar | 200 grams | 1 cup | 1 cup |
| Brown Sugar | 200 grams | 0.91 cup, packed | 1 cup minus 1 Tbspn |
| Ground Almonds | 200 grams | 0.88 cup, packed | ¾th cup + 2 Tbspn |
| Flaked Coconut | 200 grams | 2.60 cups | 2.5 cups + 1 Tbspn |
| Unsweetened Cocoa Powder | 200 grams | 2.33 cups | 2.5 cups - 2 Tbspn |
Cups To Grams Conversions (Metric)
Butter Measurements
| Cups | Sticks | Pounds | Tablespoons | Grams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ¼ | ½ | ⅛ | 4 | 55 g |
| ½ | 1 | ¼ | 8 | 112 g |
| ⅓ | ½+1 & ⅓ tbspns | n/a | 5 & ⅓ | 75 g |
| ⅔ | 1 + 2 & ⅔ tbspns | n/a | 10 & ⅔ | 150 g |
| ¾ | 1 & ½ | ⅜ | 12 | 170 g |
| 1 | 2 | ½ | 16 | 225 g |
| 2 | 4 | 1 | 32 | 450 g |
All Purpose Flour, Icing or Powdered Sugar
| Cup | Grams |
|---|---|
| ⅛ cup | 15 grams |
| ¼ cup | 30 grams |
| ⅓ cup | 40 grams |
| ⅜ cup | 45 grams |
| ½ cup | 60 grams |
| ⅝ cup | 70 grams |
| ⅔ cup | 75 grams |
| ¾ cup | 85 grams |
| ⅞ cup | 100 grams |
| 1 cup | 110 grams |
Cake Flour
| Cup | Grams |
|---|---|
| ⅛ cup | 10 grams |
| ¼ cup | 20 grams |
| ⅓ cup | 25 grams |
| ⅜ cup | 30 grams |
| ½ cup | 50 grams |
| ⅝ cup | 60 grams |
| ⅔ cup | 65 grams |
| ¾ cup | 70 grams |
| ⅞ cup | 85 grams |
| 1 cup | 95 grams |
Granulated Sugar
| Cup | Grams |
|---|---|
| ⅛ cup | 30 grams |
| ¼ cup | 55 grams |
| ⅓ cup | 75 grams |
| ⅜ cup | 85 grams |
| ½ cup | 115 grams |
| ⅝ cup | 140 grams |
| ⅔ cup | 150 grams |
| ¾ cup | 170 grams |
| ⅞ cup | 200 grams |
| 1 cup | 225 grams |
Brown Sugar
| Cup | Grams |
|---|---|
| ⅛ cup | 25 grams |
| ¼ cup | 50 grams |
| ⅓ cup | 65 grams |
| ⅜ cup | 75 grams |
| ½ cup | 100 grams |
| ⅝ cup | 125 grams |
| ⅔ cup | 135 grams |
| ¾ cup | 150 grams |
| ⅞ cup | 175 grams |
| 1 cup | 200 grams |
Sliced Almonds
| Cup | Grams |
|---|---|
| ⅛ cup | 10 grams |
| ¼ cup | 20 grams |
| ⅓ cup | 25 grams |
| ⅜ cup | 30 grams |
| ½ cup | 40 grams |
| ⅝ cup | 50 grams |
| ⅔ cup | 55 grams |
| ¾ cup | 60 grams |
| ⅞ cup | 70 grams |
| 1 cup | 80 grams |
Ground Almonds
| Cup | Grams |
|---|---|
| ⅛ cup | 25 grams |
| ¼ cup | 50 grams |
| ⅓ cup | 65 grams |
| ⅜ cup | 75 grams |
| ½ cup | 100 grams |
| ⅝ cup | 125 grams |
| ⅔ cup | 135 grams |
| ¾ cup | 150 grams |
| ⅞ cup | 175 grams |
| 1 cup | 200 grams |
Flaked Coconut
| Cup | Grams |
|---|---|
| ⅛ cup | 10 grams |
| ¼ cup | 20 grams |
| ⅓ cup | 25 grams |
| ⅜ cup | 30 grams |
| ½ cup | 40 grams |
| ⅝ cup | 45 grams |
| ⅔ cup | 50 grams |
| ¾ cup | 60 grams |
| ⅞ cup | 65 grams |
| 1 cup | 75 grams |
Grated Coconut
| Cup | Grams |
|---|---|
| ⅛ cup | 10 grams |
| ¼ cup | 25 grams |
| ⅓ cup | 35 grams |
| ⅜ cup | 40 grams |
| ½ cup | 50 grams |
| ⅝ cup | 60 grams |
| ⅔ cup | 65 grams |
| ¾ cup | 75 grams |
| ⅞ cup | 85 grams |
| 1 cup | 100 grams |
Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
| Cup | Grams |
|---|---|
| ⅛ cup | 15 grams |
| ¼ cup | 30 grams |
| ⅓ cup | 40 grams |
| ⅜ cup | 45 grams |
| ½ cup | 60 grams |
| ⅝ cup | 70 grams |
| ⅔ cup | 75 grams |
| ¾ cup | 85 grams |
| ⅞ cup | 100 grams |
| 1 cup | 125 grams |
Baking Measurements
| If a recipe calls for this amount | You can also measure it this way |
|---|---|
| Dash | 2 or 3 drops (liquid) or less than ⅛ teaspoon (dry) |
| 1 tablespoon | 3 teaspoons or ½ ounce |
| 2 tablespoons | 1 ounce |
| ¼ cup | 4 tablespoons or 2 ounces |
| ⅓ cup | 5 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon |
| ½ cup | 8 tablespoons or 4 ounces |
| ¾ cup | 12 tablespoons or 6 ounces |
| 1 cup | 16 tablespoons or 8 ounces |
| 1 pint | 2 cups or 16 ounces or 1 pound |
| 1 quart | 4 cups or 2 pints |
| 1 gallon | 4 quarts |
| 1 pound | 16 ounces |
Volume Measurements
| US Units | Canadian Units | Australian Units |
|---|---|---|
| ¼ teaspoon | 1 ml | 1 ml |
| ½ teaspoon | 2 ml | 2 ml |
| 1 teaspoon | 5 ml | 5 ml |
| 1 tablespoon | 15 ml | 20 ml |
| ¼ cup | 50 ml | 60 ml |
| ⅓ cup | 75 ml | 80 ml |
| ½ cup | 125 ml | 125 ml |
| ⅔ cup | 150 ml | 170 ml |
| ¾ cup | 175 ml | 190 ml |
| 1 cup | 250 ml | 250 ml |
| 1 quart | 1 liter | 1 liter |
| 1 and ½ quarts | 1.5 liters | 1.5 liters |
| 2 quarts | 2 liters | 2 liters |
| 2 and ½ quarts | 2.5 liters | 2.5 liters |
| 3 quarts | 3 liters | 3 liters |
| 4 quarts | 4 liters | 4 liters |
Weight Measurements
| US Units | Canadian Metric | Australian Metric |
|---|---|---|
| 1 ounce | 30 grams | 30 grams |
| 2 ounces | 55 grams | 60 grams |
| 3 ounces | 85 grams | 90 grams |
| 4 ounces (¼ pound) | 115 grams | 125 grams |
| 8 ounces (½ pound) | 225 grams | 225 grams |
| 16 ounces (1 pound) | 455 grams | 500 grams (½ kg) |
Temperature Conversions
| Fahrenheit | Celsius |
|---|---|
| 32 | 0 |
| 212 | 100 |
| 250 | 120 |
| 275 | 140 |
| 300 | 150 |
| 325 | 160 |
| 350 | 180 |
| 375 | 190 |
| 400 | 200 |
| 425 | 220 |
| 450 | 230 |
| 475 | 240 |
| 500 | 260 |
Happy Baking!
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Wendy Gonsalves says
I love yr blog chef madhuram. Its so informative and explanations are done very beautifully. Please do send me eggless recipes. Also substitues for gkutten in whole wheat breads. Tks a lot. God bless you
Madhuram says
Thank you very much Wendy. You can subscribe to receive the recipes in email whenever I update my blog or can check the blog anytime as all the recipes are free to access. I rarely bake gluten-free because baking gluten-free and egg free is very tricky and requires some experimentation. I have not tried a gluten substitute in a whole wheat bread recipe. Sorry, can't help you with this one.
sindhu says
Hi I tried baking eggless banana cake with 1.5cups is wheat flour in a 23cm round cake tin(9") at 160c for 60min .I preheated my gas oven for 15min.It tasted yummy but I felt like some more baking was needed!
should I use a 18cm(7")round tin?or should I preheat more?or increase baking time?kindly guide.
Madhuram says
I'm guessing it probably needs more time in the oven. Usually recipes with whole wheat flour need more baking time.
Nancy Gibbs says
thanks how much is wheat flour measurement of 1 cup in grams or TB some recipes us whole wheat flour so it would be helpful to have right measurements.
Madhuram says
Please check the baking measurements page for cups to grams conversion chart.
Nancy Gibbs says
How much is half of 1/3 cup of APF in TB please info thanks
Madhuram says
A little more than 5 tablespoons. For more baking measurements please check the page.
Carla Leclezio says
Would 1 cup of melted butter be the same as shown here - 225g?
How many mls would be the equivalent to 1 cup of water? - I'm trying to convert your eggless vanilla cake recipe.
Thank you!x
Madhuram says
For liquid ingredients conversion check the volume conversion table in the same page.
WhenLoss.IsGood says
My organic coconut sugar says a serving is 5g
How do I convert that into a measurement❓
Madhuram says
A teaspoon of sugar is about 4-5 grams.
Stella Tony says
Pls,I will like to know if am using 6cups of flour for cake how many cups of suger will I use and how many eggs and also butter will I use too. Thks
Madhuram says
Sorry Stella, I'm not sure.
Leyla says
Am truely mad in baking but sometimes its confusing me wwhen it comes the recipe is written in grams and am using measuring equipments ml. For example 60grams for milk is how much in ml,120grams of flour is how much in mls. Thanks.
Madhuram says
Ml is the measurement for liquids only and gms is for solids, so I'm not sure why will a recipe use gms for liquids and ml for flour.
Ronak S Bagadia says
Hi Madhuram,
Your website is very interesting, i'm a vegetarian and love baking. 1 egg is replaced by 1tbsp flaxseed+1/4 cup warm water mix. So my doubt is in regular recipes they mention the wieght of eggs in gram. so how many grams do i consider as 1 egg. for the flax seed replacer recipe
Madhuram says
Thanks Ronak. I have never seen eggs measured in grams in recipes. Is it measured after it's broken and just the contents or the egg as a whole? I Googled and saw that one large egg without shell is approximately 50 grams. So you will have to use the flaxseed egg replacement accordingly.
sonali says
an egg is usually considered to be 50 gm
Donna says
Thank you, this so helpful
Madhuram says
You're welcome Donna.
AJ says
Thank you so much for sharing the conversions. However request you to make it available in Downloadable PDF format to make it much easier to take a printout and keep it handy.
Madhuram says
You're welcome AJ. Thanks for the PDF idea. Will work on it.
YOEST says
Thank you very much for sharing this post .. It's very useful to me ..
The measuring cup of mine , 1 cup = 200 ml ..
So I always adjust the measurement for the ingredients on baking that I found many recipes from outside my country using the US standard measuring cup, 1 cup = 250 ml ..
Madhuram says
You're very welcome 🙂
adetutu says
How do I measure beans?
Madhuram says
Do you mean converting the measurement of beans from cups to grams? Can you please be more specific?
Fred says
I have a recipe for a smoothie that call for 40 Mg Raw honey, 40 Mg Crushed Almonds and7 Gr Cinnamon. How do I measure that in a 8 oz cup
Madhuram says
Because it is only a smoothie recipe and not a baking recipe you don't have to be very accurate. I would use about 1/4 cup of each raw honey and ground almonds and maybe half a teaspoon of cinnamon.
Nicolene Daries says
Good Day all
I have a 14 year old daughter who likes to bake, but struggle with the grams. Please be so kind and send me all the measurements of butter, flour, sugar and baking powder from grams into cups,teaspoons or tablespoons. Have a nice day
Madhuram says
Is it possible to use the reverse of this table to some extent?
Maryam says
I bought these measuring cups and spoons on one of them it says 7.5ml - 1dsp. What does dsp stand for? Is it half a table spoon? So confused. And they usually say they preheat the oven to 350 is that in farenheit?
Madhuram says
I have never heard about it before and so Googled and found out that it's dessert spoon. See if this helps. http://www.discusscooking.com/forums/f32/what-does-dsp-means-1856.html
Jan Bebbington says
Hi, is the flour conversation for 1 cup only 110 grams? I weighed 1 cup of flour and it was nearly twice as much. Need to make a birthday cake but I'm now a little confused
Jan
Madhuram says
I'm sorry that I can't help with this Jan. I usually bake using US standard cup measurement. I got these charts off the internet. I'm not used to baking with grams, etc.
Caren says
When I used a standard US measuring cup with 2 cups spooned and leveled all-purposes flour and weighed it on my scale, it was 280 grams. The 1/4 cup of sugar, however weighed in at 55 grams. Thanks for pointing this out, as we all know in baking it is beneficial to have precise measurements and I would have just gone at what the chart said.
Madhuram says
You're welcome Caren.
Priya Rishan says
Wow thank you so much. This will help anyone to convert measurement easily. I love baking but everytime something goes wrong. Can you please tell me difference btwn fold and stir.
Madhuram says
You're welcome Priya. Nothing different Priya. It's the same.
Elizabeth says
Thanks so much Madhuram, this has made measurement easy for me to get, i'm just a beginner, i really want to know how to bake nice cakes
Madhuram says
You're very welcome Elizabeth.
Deerex says
Please I have a problem with mathematics especially measurements and I can hardly comprehend this. So please can I know the measurement of flour, butter, eggs, sugar, baking powder. I can use to bake a cake for a family of 4 and 5. Thank you and I will appreciate a reply.
Madhuram says
Hi Deerex, I generally use the standard US cup measurements. I have not measured any of the ingredients in grams/ounces etc. This chart I got off of the internet. If you have a particular recipe in mind let me know and will see if I will be able to help you with the conversion.