120g Butter in Cups

120 grams of butter is ½ cup + 1½ tsp — 227g per US cup. This is the range most cookie, cake and pastry recipes use, and it lands close to whole sticks or half a European block.

120 g of butter is

½ cup + 1½ tsp

0.53 US cups · 8.47 tbsp · 125 ml · 227 g per cup

Amount in grams

To measure it · cut from the stick, or press in and level

½ cup+1½ tsp

Rest of the recipe in grams? Paste it and every line comes back in cups. Free, no sign-in.

Measuring by hand? That is ½ cup + 1½ teaspoons. It is about 1.1 US sticks of butter (113 g each).

US butter wrappers are printed with tablespoon and stick marks, so cutting to the wrapper is usually more accurate than pressing butter into a cup.

120g of butter vs other ingredients

Ingredient	120g in cups	Per cup
Butter	½ cup + 1½ tsp	227 g
All-Purpose Flour	about 1 cup	125 g
Granulated Sugar	½ cup + 1½ tbsp	200 g
Water	½ cup	236 g

See all 120g conversions on the 120 grams to cups chart.

Another ingredient or amount

Nearby butter amounts

Grams	Cups	Tablespoons
110 g	about ½ cup	7.8 tbsp
112 g	½ cup	7.9 tbsp
113 g	½ cup	8 tbsp
115 g	½ cup	8.1 tbsp
125 g	about ½ cup + 1 tbsp	8.8 tbsp
130 g	½ cup + 1 tbsp	9.2 tbsp
140 g	½ cup + 2 tbsp	9.9 tbsp
150 g	⅔ cup	10.6 tbsp

Full ladder on the butter grams to cups chart.

Questions

How many cups is 120g of butter?

120 grams of butter is ½ cup + 1½ tsp, because one US cup weighs 227 grams.

How many grams are in 1 cup of butter?

One US cup of butter weighs about 227 grams, one tablespoon about 14.18 grams, and one teaspoon about 4.73 grams.

How do I measure 120g of butter without a scale?

Use ½ cup + 1½ teaspoons. US butter wrappers are printed with tablespoon and stick marks, so cutting to the wrapper is usually more accurate than pressing butter into a cup.

Is it better to weigh butter or measure it in cups?

Weighing is more accurate, especially in baking, because it removes the variation in how the butter is packed into the cup. Without a scale, use the cup figure above and measure the same way throughout the recipe.

Weights are per US cup, cut from the stick or pressed in and levelled. How we calculate