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 |
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1 cup | 250 grams |
3/4 cup | 185 grams |
2/3 cup | 160 grams |
1/2 cup | 125 grams |
1/3 cup | 80 grams |
1/4 cup | 60 grams |

Converting butter from tablespoons to grams
Tablespoon | Grams |
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1 teaspoon | 5 grams |
1 tablespoon | 20 grams |
3 tablespoons | 60 grams |
5 tablespoons | 100 grams |
10 tablespoons | 200 grams |
12 tablespoons | 240 grams |
Explore recipes
If you’re looking for some extra cooking inspiration here are a couple of our favourite decadently buttery recipes.
Lemon Meringue Tarts

A make-ahead dessert or teatime treat.
Anzac Biscuits

Classic Anzac biscuits – you can never go wrong!
Blueberry Apricot Roly Poly Pudding

And it tastes even better than it looks, trust us!