If I could give you only one baking tip, it would be to throw out your measuring cups and buy a food measuring scale (don’t actually throw them out, they can be useful sometimes 😂). You get the point.
Measuring cups are a very unreliable way of weighing ingredients, especially dry ones. Each measuring cup can vary significantly in volume depending on how you use it.
As we all know, baking is a very precise science, even a few grams worths of variance can completely throw off your recipe
This is why it’s very important to have a food scale for baking.
Now I understand that cups have been the “go-to” measuring scale for a long time now, and you may be used to using them. This is why I have listed down cups to grams measurement for some of your basic baking ingredients to make the transition easy for you.
Cups to Grams Conversion For Baking Ingredients
| Butter | |
| 1 cup | 225 grams |
| 1/2 cup | 113 grams |
| 1/4 cup | 57 grams |
| Sugar – White | |
| 1 cup | 200 grams |
| 1/2 cup | 100 grams |
| 1/4 cup | 50 grams |
| Sugar – Brown | |
| 1 cup | 200 grams |
| 1/2 cup | 100 grams |
| 1/4 cup | 50 grams |
| All-Purpose Flour | |
| 1 cup | 120 grams |
| 1/2 cup | 60 grams |
| 1/4 cup | 40 grams |
| Milk | |
| 1 cup | 250 ml |
| 1/2 cup | 125 ml |
| 1/4 cup | 62.5 ml |
| Oil | |
| 1 cup | 250 ml |
| 1/2 cup | 125 ml |
| 1/4 cup | 62.5 ml |
| Yoghurt | |
| 1 cup | 240 grams |
| 1/2 cup | 120 grams |
| 1/4 cup | 60 grams |
| Cocoa Powder | |
| 1 cup | 85 grams |
| 1/2 cup | 42 grams |
| 1/4 cup | 21 grams |
| Chocolate Chips | |
| 1 cup | 170 grams |
| 1/2 cup | 82 grams |
| 1/4 cup | 42.5 grams |
| Liquid Whipping Cream | |
| 1 cup | 240 ml |
| 1/2 cup | 120 ml |
| 1/4 cup | 60 ml |
| Liquids – General | |
| 1 cup | 250 ml |
| 1/2 cup | 125 ml |
| 1/4 cup | 62.5 ml |
Hope you found our cups to grams conversion sheet helpful!
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