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125g Flour in Cups

125 grams of all-purpose flour is 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.

How many cups is 125g of all-purpose flour?

125 grams of all-purpose flour equals:

1
approximate cup
1
decimal cup
16
tablespoons
125g
per cup

Measuring by hand? That is 1 cup. It is about 25% 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".

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125 grams of All-Purpose Flour is about 1 cup, using a 236.588 millilitre cup at 125 grams per cup.

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1
cup
¼½¾1
cup
1.00
tbsp
16.0
tsp
48.0
About 16.0 tablespoons or 48.0 teaspoons (approximate)
1 cup (236.588ml) = 125g

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US customary cup (236.588ml) · 125g per cup

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Applies to this page only — the database value (125g per US cup) is unchanged.

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125g of all-purpose flour vs other ingredients

Grams measure weight and cups measure volume, so the same 125 grams fills a different amount of cup for every ingredient:

Ingredient125g in cupsg per cup
All-Purpose Flour1 cup125
Granulated Sugar⅝ cup200
Butter½ cup227
Water½ cup236

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

Nearby all-purpose flour amounts

Grams of all-purpose flourCupsTablespoons
110g⅞ cup14 tbsp
113g⅞ cup14 tbsp
115g⅞ cup15 tbsp
120g1 cup15 tbsp
130g1 cup17 tbsp
140g1⅛ cups18 tbsp
150g1¼ cups19 tbsp
160g1¼ cups20 tbsp

Full ladder on the flour grams to cups chart.

Common questions

Frequently Asked Questions

How many cups is 125g of all-purpose flour?

125 grams of all-purpose flour is 1 cup. In kitchen measures that is 1 cup, 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. This page divides 125 grams by that cup weight.

Is 125g of all-purpose flour the same as 125g of granulated sugar?

No. 125g of all-purpose flour is 1 cup, while 125g of granulated sugar is ⅝ cup. Same weight on the scale, different volume in the cup, because the two have different densities.

How do I measure 125g of all-purpose flour without a scale?

Use 1 cup. 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. If you have no scale, use the cup figure above and keep your measuring method consistent across the whole recipe.