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125g Cocoa Powder in Cups

125 grams of cocoa powder is about 1½ cups — 86g per US cup. Brownies and chocolate cakes sit here. Cocoa is very light per cup (about 86 g), so the cup reading runs well ahead of the gram figure.

125 g of cocoa powder is

about 1½ cups

1.45 US cups · 23.3 tbsp · 344 ml · 86 g per cup

To measure it · spoon and level

1⅓ cups+2 tbsp

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

Measuring by hand? That is 1⅓ cups + 2 tablespoons. It is about 50% of a 250 g tin of cocoa.

Cocoa powder clumps in the tin and compacts under its own weight. Sift or whisk it, then spoon it into the cup without tapping.

125g of cocoa powder vs other ingredients

Ingredient125g in cupsPer cup
Cocoa Powderabout 1½ cups86 g
All-Purpose Flour1 cup125 g
Granulated Sugar½ cup + 2 tbsp200 g
Butterabout ½ cup + 1 tbsp227 g

See all 125g conversions on the 125 grams to cups chart.

Another ingredient or amount

Nearby cocoa powder amounts

GramsCupsTablespoons
112 gabout 1⅓ cups20.8 tbsp
113 g1⅓ cups21 tbsp
115 g1⅓ cups21.4 tbsp
120 g1⅓ cups + 1 tbsp22.3 tbsp
130 g1½ cups24.2 tbsp
140 gabout 1⅔ cups26 tbsp
150 g1¾ cups27.9 tbsp
160 g1¾ cups + 2 tbsp29.8 tbsp

Full ladder on the cocoa powder grams to cups chart.

Questions

How many cups is 125g of cocoa powder?

125 grams of cocoa powder is about 1½ cups. In kitchen measures that is 1⅓ cups + 2 tablespoons, worked out from 86 grams per US cup.

How many grams are in 1 cup of cocoa powder?

One US cup of cocoa powder weighs about 86 grams, one tablespoon about 5.38 grams, and one teaspoon about 1.79 grams.

How do I measure 125g of cocoa powder without a scale?

Use 1⅓ cups + 2 tablespoons. Cocoa powder clumps in the tin and compacts under its own weight. Sift or whisk it, then spoon it into the cup without tapping.

Is it better to weigh cocoa powder or measure it in cups?

Weighing is more accurate, especially in baking, because it removes the variation in how the cocoa powder 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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