Cooking Converter

Convert cups to grams for common cooking ingredients. Select the ingredient for accurate weight conversions.

Cups to Grams Converter

Ingredient

Cups

cups

Conversion Result

125 g

Grams

125.0 g

Tablespoons

16.0 tbsp

Teaspoons

48 tsp

Ingredient

All-purpose flour

Density used

125 g/cup

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Ingredient

Original Amount (cups)

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Scaled Ingredient

Scale factor

× 3.00

Scaled cups

6.000 cups

Scaled grams

750.0 g

For servings

12 (from 4)

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Scaled Recipe (× 5.00 — 20 servings)

Ingredient	Original	Scaled (cups)	Scaled (g)
All-purpose flour	2.00 cups	10.00	1,250 g
White sugar	1.00 cups	5.00	1,000 g
Butter	0.50 cups	2.50	568 g

How to Use This Converter

Select an ingredient from the dropdown, enter the number of cups, and get the equivalent in grams, tablespoons, and teaspoons instantly. Different ingredients have different densities — flour weighs less per cup than sugar or butter, so this calculator uses ingredient-specific values.

Why Grams Are More Accurate Than Cups

Cups measure volume, not weight. One cup of flour can weigh 120–140 g depending on how tightly it's packed. Using grams with a kitchen scale gives consistent baking results. This is especially important for Nigerian chin-chin, puff puff, and cake recipes.

1 cup flour125 g

1 cup white sugar200 g

1 cup butter227 g

1 cup rice (dry)185 g

FAQ

Standard US measuring cups (240 mL) are used in most Nigerian recipe books and baking guides. However, many Nigerian home cooks use teacups or mugs as measuring cups, which may hold 150–200 mL — significantly less. For consistent results, use a proper measuring cup set or weigh ingredients in grams on a kitchen scale.

For a typical Nigerian serving of rice, 1 cup of uncooked rice (185 g) serves 2 people as a side or 1 person as a main meal. Rice roughly doubles in volume when cooked, so 1 cup uncooked = about 2 cups cooked = about 370 g cooked. For a Nigerian party of 100 guests with rice as the main dish, plan approximately 50 cups (9.25 kg) of uncooked rice.

Palm oil (and most oils) have similar density to water — approximately 0.9 g/mL. 1 tablespoon = 15 mL × 0.9 g/mL = approximately 13.5 g. So 3 tablespoons of palm oil ≈ 40 g. For recipes, most Nigerian cooks use "standard tablespoon" (15 mL) measures for oil. A bottle of Palm oil (1 litre) weighs approximately 891 g.

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