MEASURING: Your helper for converting ingredients and ratios
ARGIRO BARBARIGOU
The measuring tool is one of the most useful tools in the kitchen. Very often, we use cups, tablespoons, or teaspoons as units of measurement for ingredients in cooking and baking.
Many times you ask me, how many grams is a teacup? How many grams in a cup and how many grams in a tablespoon? Here is a guide to help you easily convert from grams to cups, ml to cups, tablespoons to ml, tablespoons to cups.
If you want to measure accurately, it’s best to use standard measuring tools. Also keep in mind that if a recipe calls for tablespoons or teaspoons of an ingredient, the spoonfuls should be level. Only if the recipe specifies heaped, should you use heaped amounts.
Below is a chart-guide that gives you the basic proportions to easily convert grams to cups, and vice versa. Note: each ingredient has a different weight. Never forget that a cup measures volume and grams measure weight.
Grams to cup conversion
| 1 cup or 1 mug | Weight in grams |
| flour | 130 gr |
| sugar | 200 gr |
| brown sugar | 220 gr |
| honey, syrup | 340 gr |
| powdered sugar | 160 gr |
| cocoa powder | 100 gr |
| butter | 220 gr |
| ground walnuts | 150 gr |
| oat flakes | 100 gr |
| rice | 220 gr |
| grated cheese | 120 gr |
| cream | 220 gr |
| whipped cream | 125 gr |
| water | 240 gr |
| oil | 240 gr |
| milk | 240 gr |
| yogurt | 230 gr |
| ground almond | 100 gr |
| chocolate chips | 150 gr |
Use the additional reference charts to convert ml to cups, tablespoons to ml, and tablespoons to cups.
Conversion chart ml to cups
| 1 cup | 250 ml |
| 3/4 cup | 180 ml |
| 2/3 cup | 160 ml |
| 1/2 cup | 125 ml |
| 1/3 cup | 80 ml |
| 1/4 cup | 60 ml |
| 4 cups | 1000 ml ή 1 liter |
Also don’t forget that 1 tablespoon equals 3 teaspoons.
Tablespoon and teaspoon to ml
| 1 tablespoon | 15 ml |
| 1/2 tablespoon | 7,5 ml |
| 1/4 tablespoon | 4 ml |
| 1 teaspoon | 5 ml |
| 1/2 teaspoon | 2,5 ml |
| 1/4 teaspoon | 1,25 ml |
Tablespoons to cups
| 4 tablespoons | 1/4 cup |
| 5 tablespoons | 1/3 cup |
| 8 tablespoons | 1/2 cup |
| 10 tablespoons | 2/3 cup |
| 12 tablespoons | 3/4 cup |
| 16 tablespoons | 1 cup |
Another handy chart you’ll need to complete recipes without issues is this one with abbreviations.
Abbreviations
| tbsp | Tablespoon |
| tsp | Teaspoon |
| GF | Gluten-Free |
| c | Cup |
| AP flour | All-purpose flour |
| gr | Grams |
| kg | Kilograms |