Kitchen conversions · Baking basics
How many grams in a cup of baking powder?
One cup of baking powder weighs about 221 g; a tablespoon 14 g and a teaspoon 4.6 g.
Convert baking powder
Cups, spoons or milliliters to grams, or grams and ounces back to cups.
1 cup baking powder ≈ 221 g
| Grams | 221 g |
|---|---|
| Ounces (weight) | 7.79 oz |
| Cups | 1 |
| Tablespoons | 16 |
| Teaspoons | 48 |
| Milliliters | 237 ml |
1 cup of baking powder weighs 221 g; 1 tbsp 14 g; 1 tsp 4.6 g.
| Cups | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| ⅛ cup | 28 g | 0.97 oz |
| ¼ cup | 55 g | 1.95 oz |
| ⅓ cup | 74 g | 2.6 oz |
| ½ cup | 110 g | 3.89 oz |
| ⅔ cup | 147 g | 5.19 oz |
| ¾ cup | 166 g | 5.84 oz |
| 1 cup | 221 g | 7.79 oz |
| 1 ½ cups | 331 g | 11.7 oz |
| 2 cups | 442 g | 15.6 oz |
| 3 cups | 662 g | 23.4 oz |
| 4 cups | 883 g | 31.2 oz |
| 1 tablespoon | 14 g | 0.49 oz |
| 1 teaspoon | 4.6 g | 0.16 oz |
| Grams | US measure | Tablespoons |
|---|---|---|
| 5 g | 1 ⅛ tsp | 0.4 |
| 10 g | 2 ⅛ tsp | 0.7 |
| 25 g | 1 ¾ tbsp | 1.8 |
| 50 g | 3 ⅝ tbsp | 3.6 |
| 100 g | ½ cup | 7.2 |
| 125 g | ⅝ cup | 9.1 |
| 150 g | ⅔ cup | 10.9 |
| 200 g | ⅞ cup | 14.5 |
| 250 g | 1 ⅛ cups | 18.1 |
| 300 g | 1 ⅜ cups | 21.7 |
| 400 g | 1 ¾ cups | 29 |
| 500 g | 2 ¼ cups | 36.2 |
How to measure baking powder
- Dip the spoon, then level it with a knife.
- Leaveners and salt are strong: measure them level, not heaped.
- For the same result every time, weigh it: put the bowl on the scale, press tare, then add baking powder to the weight above.
Where the number comes from
USDA FoodData Central (public domain): Leavening agents, baking powder, double-acting, sodium aluminum sulfate (FDC 172803), from the food's own measured cup, tablespoon or teaspoon weight. A US cup is 236.6 ml.
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