Really Helpful US Cups to Grams Converter (UK)

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Want to work out how many grams are in cups for common baking ingredients? You need this easy cups to grams converter! Created for UK residents who want to convert US measurements to UK equivalents, it works in reverse too. Keep scrolling for lots of facts, tips, and useful conversion info… Plus the handy gram conversions chart that you should definitely bookmark!

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Why you’ll love this converter

Being born and bread in Britain, I completely understand the frustrations of finding an irresistible recipe… only to find it’s in US cups instead of grams.

I’ve been annoyed by this SO MANY times, it’s infuriating! (And I imagine our US friends across the pond feel the same when they discover UK recipes.) So I thought it was time to be proactive about it! And create this super helpful US cups to grams converter. Putting to use my many years of manually converting recipes!

How to convert cups to grams, and grams to cups.

For common ingredient conversions, simply use the tables further down in this post. They feature everyday ingredients such as flour, cocoa powder, butter and sugar. Each of which tell you how many grams of that item fit into 1 x US cup, or vice versa.

How to measure ingredients accurately

I personally find weighing ingredients to be much more accurate. Volume can very easily differ from one time to the next, whereas weight is absolute.

So if you want to be able to repeat your baking and cooking successes again and again, weigh your ingredients instead of using cups and volume.

Helpful Tips!

Here are some tips you’ll find helpful when you convert g to cups.

• Ingredients tend to pack into cups differently every time it’s done. So if you want to guarantee repeated accuracy and success in your recipes, I recommend you use weight rather than volume.
• There are times when volume works better than weight. For example, volume ratios help greatly when you cook rice, and when you cook couscous.
• If you really want to use cups instead of weight, spoon the ingredient into the cup then level flat with a knife for the most accurate results. (Rather than scooping/packing it in.)
• Not all similar ingredients will measure the same. For example, caster sugar will not have the same volume or weight as dark brown muscovado sugar… even though they are both classed as sugars. Make sure you read the notes under each heading to keep your bakes as accurate as possible.
• Use digital kitchen weighing scales for the most accurate measurements.

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Helpful US Cups to Grams Converter

These conversion tables can be used to convert US cups to grams, or in reverse to convert grams to US cups. They are listed alphabetically for ease of use.

Please be aware that all conversions are approximate.

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Apricots (Roughly Chopped)

(Please note this is for dried apricots.)

Biscoff spread

(Includes own brand alternatives.)

Butter

(Includes unsalted butter, salted butter, margarine, other spreadable fats such as Trex)

Chocolate Chips

(Please note this is for standard UK chocolate chips that are usually around 1cm square.)

Cocoa Powder

Coconut

(Desiccated)

Cornflour

(Includes corn starch.)

Cream Cheese

Flour

(Includes plain flour, all purpose flour, self raising flour, strong bread flour, rice flour.)

Golden Syrup

(Includes corn syrup, maple syrup.)

Honey

(Includes runny honey.)

Jam

(Includes marmalade, preserves.)

Nutella

(Includes own brand alternatives.)

Nuts (Chopped)

(Please note this may vary depending on what nuts you use.)

Oats

(Includes rolled oats, porridge oats.)

Peanut Butter

Raisins / Sultanas (dried)

Sugar (Icing)

(Includes icing sugar, confectioners sugar, powdered sugar, royal icing sugar.)

Sugar (Dark Brown)

(Includes dark brown sugar, dark muscovado sugar.)

Sugar (Light Brown)

(Includes soft light brown sugar, light muscovado sugar.)

Sugar (White)

(Includes granulated sugar, demerara sugar, caster sugar, golden caster sugar, superfine sugar.)

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Emma Mason

Experienced British Online Publisher, recipe writer, and home cook, Emma has a background of over 20 years in British cuisine and cooking. Born and bred in the UK, she excels in classic British dishes, is passionate about air frying, and loves sharing her Gran’s old school recipes. She has been featured in popular publications such as Food Network, Cosmopolitan, and The Huffington Post.

Knowledgeable On: Traditional British Cuisine, Recipe Writing, Air Frying, Home Cooking.