How much does a cup of butter weigh?
225g
A cup of butter (240 ml) weighs 225 g. A tablespoon weighs 14 g, a teaspoon 4.5 g. For comparison: the same cup of water weighs 240 g.
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43g
3 tbsp butter in grams
- tsp
- 9
- ml
- 45
1 cup = 240 ml (US cup), 1 tbsp = 15 ml, 1 tsp = 5 ml. Rounded the way you'd measure in a kitchen. Where the values come from
Also known as
- unsalted butter
- salted butter
- softened butter
- melted butter
- cold butter
- room temperature butter
- stick butter
- masło
- máslo
- slivochnoe maslo
- vershkove maslo
- kareh
- kare
- kareh-ye heyvani
Show all 51 names
- mentega
- roomboter
- sariyog'
- batā
- bataa
- makhan
- makkhan
- white butter
- safed makhan
- loni
- benne
- vennai
- venna
- makhon
- table butter
- tea vaj
- slivochnoye maslo
- slivočnoe maslo
- sviestas
- sviests
- manteiga
- manteiga com sal
- manteiga sem sal
- ungesalzene butter
- gesalzene butter
- süßrahmbutter
- sauerrahmbutter
- weiche butter
- kalte butter
- zerlassene butter
- geschmolzene butter
- flüssige butter
- zimmerwarme butter
- salzbutter
- sary may
- sary mai
- sariq may
Not to be confused with
- buttermilk
- buttermilch
- butternut
- butternut squash
- butternutkürbis
- butterkäse
- butterkeks
- butterkekse
- butter beans
- butterscotch
- apple butter
- cookie butter
- cocoa butter
- kakaobutter
Show all 24 names
- nut butter
- peanut butter
- almond butter
- cashew butter
- erdnussbutter
- mandelbutter
- butterschmalz
- butter lettuce
- buttersalat
- butterfly
If a recipe says “buttermilk” or “butter beans”, the converter won't count it as butter.
Source
- USDA FoodData CentralSR 173430: 1 cup 227 g, 1 tbsp 14.2 g
- King Arthur Baking1/2 cup 113 g
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