Butter: cups to grams conversion

Butter is the perfect addition to so many delicious sweet and savoury recipes but between countries, we like to measure it in different ways. Have you stumbled across a recipe where it calls for butter in cups but only have a scale? We’ve got you sorted.

Generally speaking, most recipes require butter in grams but if you’ve found a recipe where butter is measured in cups, teaspoons or tablespoons, never fear! These handy charts will help you decipher your butter requirements and keep cooking that delicious meal.

The tables below also work perfectly for margarine.

Converting butter from cups to grams

Cups	Grams
1 cup	250g
3/4 cup	185g
2/3 cup	160g
1/2 cup	125g
1/3 cup	80g
1/4 cup	60

Converting butter from tablespoons to grams

Tablespoon	Grams
1 teaspoon	5g
1 tablespoon	20g
3 tablespoons	60g
5 tablespoons	100g
10 tablespoons	200g
12 tablespoons	240g

If you’re looking for some extra cooking inspiration here are a couple of our favourite decadently buttery recipes.

Lemon Bakewell Tarts

A make-ahead dessert or teatime treat. Get the full recipe.

Macadamia Anzac Biscuits

Raw macadamia nuts give classic Anzac biscuits some extra crunch. Get the full recipe.

Bread and butter pudding

And it tastes even better than it looks, trust us! Get the full recipe.

Lottie Dalziel

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