Reference: weight per measure
How much one cup, tablespoon and teaspoon of each ingredient weighs, for your selected cup standard. This is what makes a cup-to-gram conversion accurate: density differs hugely between ingredients, so a single conversion factor is always wrong for most of them.
| Ingredient | 1 cup | 1 tbsp | 1 tsp |
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Figures are typical baking references and vary with how you scoop, sift and pack. For the most reliable results in baking, weigh your ingredients on a scale.
Why ingredient matters more than the cup
A US cup is a fixed volume (about 236.6 ml), but the weight it holds depends entirely on what you put in it. A cup of all-purpose flour is around 125 g, a cup of granulated sugar is about 200 g, and a cup of honey is roughly 340 g. Converters that use one fixed number for everything can be off by more than double.
Cup size varies too. The US customary cup is 236.6 ml, the US legal cup (used on nutrition labels) is 240 ml, a metric cup is 250 ml, and an old UK imperial cup is about 284 ml. Pick the standard your recipe assumes. Pairs nicely with the dough calculators.