Cups to grams
1 Cup Powdered sugar in Grams
1 cup of powdered sugar weighs:
120g
US cup (240 ml)
125g
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.
Powdered sugar — icing sugar in the UK and Australia, confectioners' sugar in older American books — is light and full of air, at about 120 g per cup. It also clumps, which is why recipes so often ask for it sifted.
Quick reference
Icing sugar (powdered) cup to gram chart
| Cups | US (240 ml) | Metric (250 ml) |
|---|---|---|
| ¼ cup | 30 g | 31 g |
| ⅓ cup | 40 g | 42 g |
| ½ cup | 60 g | 63 g |
| ⅔ cup | 80 g | 83 g |
| ¾ cup | 90 g | 94 g |
| 1 cup | 120 g | 125 g |
| 1½ cups | 180 g | 188 g |
| 2 cups | 240 g | 250 g |
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