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165g Butter in Cups

165 grams of butter is ¾ cup 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.

How many cups is 165g of butter?

165 grams of butter equals:

¾
approximate cup
0.73
decimal cup
12
tablespoons
227g
per cup

Measuring by hand? That is 11 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons. It is about 73% of a 227 g US butter stick.

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.

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165 grams of Butter is about ¾ cup, using a 236.588 millilitre cup at 227 grams per cup.

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¾
cup
¼½¾1
165g of Butter
cups
0.73
tbsp
11.6
tsp
34.9
About 11.6 tablespoons or 34.9 teaspoons (approximate)
Measured out: 11 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons
1 cup (236.588ml) = 227g

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US customary cup (236.588ml) · 227g per cup

Dedicated conversion guides use the default US customary cup.

Applies to this page only — the database value (227g per US cup) is unchanged.

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165g of butter vs other ingredients

Grams measure weight and cups measure volume, so the same 165 grams fills a different amount of cup for every ingredient:

Ingredient165g in cupsg per cup
Butter¾ cup227
All-Purpose Flour1⅓ cups125
Granulated Sugar⅞ cup200
Water⅔ cup236

See all 165g conversions on the 165 grams to cups chart.

Nearby butter amounts

Grams of butterCupsTablespoons
130g⅝ cup9.16 tbsp
140g⅝ cup9.87 tbsp
150g⅔ cup11 tbsp
160g⅔ cup11 tbsp
170g¾ cup12 tbsp
175g¾ cup12 tbsp
180g¾ cup13 tbsp
185g⅞ cup13 tbsp

Full ladder on the butter grams to cups chart.

Common questions

Frequently Asked Questions

How many cups is 165g of butter?

165 grams of butter is ¾ cup. In kitchen measures that is 11 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons, worked out from 227 grams per US cup.

How many grams are in 1 cup of butter?

One US cup of butter weighs about 227 grams, one tablespoon about 14.19 grams, and one teaspoon about 4.73 grams. This page divides 165 grams by that cup weight.

Is 165g of butter the same as 165g of all-purpose flour?

No. 165g of butter is ¾ cup, while 165g of all-purpose flour is 1⅓ cups. Same weight on the scale, different volume in the cup, because the two have different densities.

How do I measure 165g of butter without a scale?

Use 11 tablespoons + 2 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. If you have no scale, use the cup figure above and keep your measuring method consistent across the whole recipe.