Cup to Gram Converter
Pick an ingredient, enter cups, tablespoons, or teaspoons, and get grams. Or go the other way from a weight on your scale.
Convert
Based on about 120 g per US cup for this ingredient.
Result
Grams
120g
Weights are approximate US cup references. For critical bakes, prefer a scale and your own brand notes.
How to convert cups to grams
For bakers who take cake and cookie orders in WhatsApp and need scale-accurate recipes.
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Choose the ingredient
Flour, sugar, butter, cocoa, and other staples each weigh differently in the same cup.
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Enter the amount and unit
Cups, tablespoons, or teaspoons. Fractions like 1/2 or 1 1/2 work.
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Read the grams
Use the weight on your kitchen scale so batches stay consistent across chat orders.
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Or convert grams back to volume
Switch direction when a recipe is in grams and your scoop measures are in cups.
Why bakers weigh instead of scoop
A packed cup of flour can swing a cake from dense to dry. Grams keep the same recipe every time.
Faster order prep
Convert a customer cup recipe to scale weights before you mix the next WhatsApp cake order.
Same bake every DM
When buyers reorder, gram weights match the batch that already worked.
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Stays on your device
Amounts are not uploaded. The math runs on this page only.
Cup and gram questions
Why weight beats volume, which cup we use, and how this helps chat bakers.
Why is a cup of flour not the same grams as a cup of sugar?
A cup measures volume. Flour is lighter and fluffier than sugar, so the same cup holds different weights. Always convert by ingredient.
Which cup size does this tool use?
US customary cups (about 237 ml), with tablespoon as 1/16 cup and teaspoon as 1/48 cup. That matches most US and many online baking recipes.
Are these weights exact?
They are standard spoon-and-level (or packed, for brown sugar) references used by bakers. Scooping from the bag packs more flour, so a scale is still best.
Can I convert grams back to cups?
Yes. Switch to grams to volume, enter the weight, and see cups, tablespoons, and teaspoons for that ingredient.
Is this for WhatsApp bakery orders?
Yes. When a buyer sends a cup-based recipe or you scale a house recipe for a DM order, convert to grams before you bake.
Is the tool free?
Yes. No signup. Orders App is separate if you later want DM orders captured into a list automatically.
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