Cooking Measurement Converter
Convert recipe amounts between teaspoons, tablespoons, fluid ounces, cups, pints, quarts, gallons, milliliters and liters. A second panel turns that same volume into grams for a chosen ingredient, using a density table in grams per US cup so flour, sugar and butter each weigh correctly. Everything updates as you type, with a copy button for the full result.
How to convert a cooking measurement
- Type the quantity into the Amount field.
- Choose the unit you have in the From menu and the unit you want in the To menu.
- Read the converted volume in the highlighted box straight away.
- To get a weight, pick an ingredient in the lower panel and read the grams next to it.
- Press Copy result to grab both the volume and the weight as one line.
Examples
Cups to tablespoons
Amount 1, From Cup, To Tablespoon
1 cup = 16 tbsp
A cup of flour by weight
Amount 1, From Cup, ingredient All-purpose flour
125 g
A tablespoon of butter by weight
Amount 1, From Tablespoon, ingredient Butter
14.19 g
Frequently asked questions
How many tablespoons are in a cup?
There are 16 tablespoons in a US cup, and 3 teaspoons in a tablespoon, so a cup holds 48 teaspoons. Enter 1 cup and convert to tablespoons to see the exact 16 the tool reports.
Why is a cup of flour not the same weight as a cup of sugar?
Different ingredients pack at different densities. A cup of all-purpose flour is about 125 grams, a cup of granulated sugar about 200 grams, and a cup of honey roughly 340 grams, even though each fills the same cup.
How many ml are in a cup?
A US cup is 236.588 ml. The converter uses US customary units throughout, for both the volume conversions and the grams-per-cup weights.
How accurate are the gram conversions?
They apply a standard density for each ingredient, so they are close estimates rather than lab-exact. How tightly you pack flour, whether sugar is sifted, and humidity all nudge the real weight, so treat the grams as a reliable starting point.
Which ingredients are supported by weight?
Twelve kitchen staples: water, all-purpose flour, granulated sugar, brown sugar, powdered sugar, butter, milk, honey, rice, salt, cocoa powder and vegetable oil.
Does the weight use the From unit or the To unit?
The From unit. The weight panel converts the amount in your From unit into grams, so switching the To menu changes the volume result but not the grams.
Can it handle US and metric together?
Yes. Milliliters and liters sit in the same menus as cups and tablespoons, so you can convert 250 ml to cups, which reads about 1.057 cups, or go the other way in one step.
Are these US or imperial cups?
US customary cups, which are 236.588 ml. Imperial cups and Australian metric cups differ slightly, so a recipe written in those systems may need a small adjustment.
Is anything I enter sent anywhere?
No. The conversions run entirely in your browser using a fixed density table, so nothing you type is uploaded or stored.
Learn more
- Cups to grams: why ingredient density matters
How the same cup weighs different grams for flour, sugar and butter, and when weighing beats measuring by volume in baking.
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