Convert cups, tablespoons, dl, and teaspoons to grams and ounces — or back. Unlike generic unit converters, this one accounts for ingredient density: 1 cup of flour is not the same weight as 1 cup of sugar.
This calculator uses the US recipe cup (240 ml); the precise customary cup is 236.6 ml.
A measuring cup is a volume tool, not a weight tool. When you fill it with different ingredients, the weight varies dramatically with density. Generic converters that return one number for "1 cup in grams" are guessing — and usually wrong.
Weight of exactly 1 US cup (240 ml) of each ingredient. Bar length is proportional to weight. Honey weighs four times as much as cocoa powder for the same volume.
Danish, Swedish, and Norwegian recipes commonly use the decilitre (dl) — 100 ml — for dry and liquid ingredients alike. A recipe asking for "2 dl hvedemel" (plain flour) means 2 dl × 120 g / 240 ml = 100 g. Getting the conversion wrong by a factor of two will ruin the dish. This converter handles dl correctly for every supported ingredient.
The US stick of butter is weight-defined: 1 stick = 4 oz = 113.4 g exactly. Stick↔g, stick↔oz, and stick↔lb work here without selecting butter as the ingredient, because the conversion is by definition.
Weight of common baking ingredients at three recipe measures. Figures from King Arthur Baking and USDA references. Approximate values (~) vary with scooping method and brand.
| Ingredient | 1 cup | 1 dl | 1 tbsp |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-purpose flour | 120 g | 50 g | 7.5 g |
| Granulated sugar | 200 g | 83 g | 12.5 g |
| Brown sugar (packed) | ~220 g | ~92 g | ~14 g |
| Powdered / icing sugar | 120 g | 50 g | 7.5 g |
| Butter | 227 g | 95 g | 14 g |
| Honey | 340 g | 142 g | 21 g |
| Rolled oats | 90 g | 38 g | 5.6 g |
| Cocoa powder | 85 g | 35 g | 5.3 g |
| Water | 240 g | 100 g | 15 g |
| White rice (uncooked) | ~185 g | ~77 g | ~11.6 g |
For baking precision, always weigh ingredients rather than measuring by volume.