Cups to grams

1 Cup Butter in Grams

1 cup of butter weighs:

227g

US cup (240 ml)

236g

Metric / AU cup (250 ml)

American recipes mean the 240 ml cup; Australian, British and New Zealand recipes mean the 250 ml metric cup. If the recipe does not say, the cuisine usually tells you — see the full cups to grams guide.

A cup of butter is 227 g — which is exactly two US sticks, or half a pound. This is one of the few cup measures with a clean real-world equivalent, and it is why American recipes so often call for butter in sticks rather than cups.

Quick reference

Butter (softened) cup to gram chart

CupsUS (240 ml)Metric (250 ml)
¼ cup57 g59 g
⅓ cup76 g79 g
½ cup114 g118 g
⅔ cup151 g158 g
¾ cup170 g177 g
1 cup227 g236 g
1½ cups341 g355 g
2 cups454 g473 g

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Questions

Frequently asked questions

How many grams is 1 cup of butter?
1 US cup of butter is 227 g. In an Australian, UK or NZ metric cup (250 ml) it is 236 g. Weighing is more accurate than measuring by volume.
How many grams is half a cup of butter?
Half a US cup of butter is 114 g, and three-quarters of a cup is 170 g.
How many sticks of butter is 1 cup?
Two. A US stick of butter is 113 g (4 oz), so two sticks make 227 g — one cup. Each stick is also 8 tablespoons, so a cup of butter is 16 tablespoons.
Is 1 cup of butter 250 g?
Close but not exact. A cup of butter is 227 g. A standard Australian and UK butter block is 250 g, which is about 1.1 cups — near enough for most cooking, but worth weighing for pastry.
Does melted butter weigh the same as solid butter?
A cup of melted butter weighs slightly less than a cup of packed solid butter, around 220 g, because melted butter has no trapped air. If a recipe says "1 cup butter, melted", measure it solid first and then melt.

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