How many grams are in a cup of flour?

All-purpose flour weighs about 125 g per cup (using a density of 0.53 g/mL × 236.6 mL). Bread flour is slightly heavier; cake flour is lighter. This tool uses 0.53 g/mL as the standard density for all-purpose flour.

How many teaspoons are in a tablespoon?

There are exactly 3 teaspoons in 1 tablespoon (US measurement). This tool uses precise conversion factors: 1 tbsp = 14.787 mL and 1 tsp = 4.929 mL.

Does this use US or metric cups?

This tool uses the US customary cup, which is 236.588 mL. The UK/Australian metric cup is 250 mL; the Japanese cup is 200 mL. All other volume units use standard SI or US customary values.

Why do the grams differ between ingredients?

Different ingredients have different densities. A cup of honey (1.42 g/mL) is much heavier than a cup of flour (0.53 g/mL) because honey is much denser. This converter uses established culinary density values for accuracy.

How many tablespoons are in a cup?

There are 16 tablespoons in 1 US cup, or 48 teaspoons. This equates to 8 fluid ounces or 236.6 mL.

Cooking Measurement Converter

Name: Cooking Measurement Converter
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Author: Nham Vu

Convert cooking volumes instantly — cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, mL, fl oz, pints, quarts, and gallons — with an ingredient-aware mode that converts cups to grams.

Cooking Measurement Converter

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Summary

Convert cooking volumes instantly — cups, tablespoons, teaspoons, mL, fl oz, pints, quarts, and gallons — with an ingredient-aware mode that converts cups to grams.

How it works

Choose a mode: "Volume to Volume" for unit conversions, or "Volume to Weight" to convert to grams.
Enter an amount in the Amount field.
Select the unit you are converting from and the unit you are converting to.
In Weight mode, choose your ingredient from the dropdown.
Read the big result on the right and the full cross-conversion table below it.

Use cases

Convert a UK recipe from mL to cups for American measuring cups.
Find out how many grams of flour are in 2 1/2 cups for a baking recipe.
Quickly figure out how many teaspoons are in 3 tablespoons.
Convert a gallon of milk into liters for a metric country.

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Last updated: 2026-07-01 · Reviewed by Nham Vu