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120g Flour in Cups

120 grams of all-purpose flour is about 1 cup — 125g per US cup. This is single-cake, muffin and cookie-batch territory, where one over-packed cup is enough to turn a soft crumb dry.

120 g of all-purpose flour is

about 1 cup

0.96 US cups · 15.4 tbsp · 227 ml · 125 g per cup

To measure it · spoon and level

½ + ⅓ cup+2 tbsp

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Measuring by hand? That is ½ + ⅓ cup + 2 tablespoons. It is about 24% of a 500 g bag of flour.

Fluff the flour, spoon it into the cup, and level the top. Pushing the cup into the bag compacts it and can pack 30% more flour into the same "1 cup".

120g of all-purpose flour vs other ingredients

Ingredient120g in cupsPer cup
All-Purpose Flourabout 1 cup125 g
Granulated Sugar½ cup + 1½ tbsp200 g
Butter½ cup + 1½ tsp227 g
Water½ cup236 g

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

Another ingredient or amount

Nearby all-purpose flour amounts

GramsCupsTablespoons
110 g¾ cup + 2 tbsp14.1 tbsp
112 g¾ cup + 2½ tbsp14.3 tbsp
113 g¾ cup + 2½ tbsp14.5 tbsp
115 g¾ cup + 2½ tbsp14.7 tbsp
125 g1 cup16 tbsp
130 gabout 1 cup16.6 tbsp
140 g1 cup + 2 tbsp17.9 tbsp
150 gabout 1¼ cups19.2 tbsp

Full ladder on the flour grams to cups chart.

Questions

How many cups is 120g of all-purpose flour?

120 grams of all-purpose flour is about 1 cup. In kitchen measures that is ½ + ⅓ cup + 2 tablespoons, worked out from 125 grams per US cup.

How many grams are in 1 cup of all-purpose flour?

One US cup of all-purpose flour weighs about 125 grams, one tablespoon about 7.81 grams, and one teaspoon about 2.6 grams.

How do I measure 120g of all-purpose flour without a scale?

Use ½ + ⅓ cup + 2 tablespoons. Fluff the flour, spoon it into the cup, and level the top. Pushing the cup into the bag compacts it and can pack 30% more flour into the same "1 cup".

Is it better to weigh all-purpose flour or measure it in cups?

Weighing is more accurate, especially in baking, because it removes the variation in how the all-purpose flour 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, spooned and levelled. How we calculate

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