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185g Powdered Sugar in Cups

185 grams of powdered sugar is about 1½ cups — 120g per US cup. Buttercream and icing recipes live here. Powdered sugar is much lighter per cup than granulated, so the same weight fills noticeably more volume.

185 g of powdered sugar is

about 1½ cups

1.54 US cups · 24.7 tbsp · 365 ml · 120 g per cup

To measure it · spoon and level

1½ cups+2 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 1½ cups + 2 teaspoons. It is about 37% of a 500 g bag of powdered sugar.

Powdered sugar clumps and compacts in the bag. Sift or whisk it first, then spoon it into the cup — do not tap the cup down.

185g of powdered sugar vs other ingredients

Ingredient185g in cupsPer cup
Powdered Sugarabout 1½ cups120 g
All-Purpose Flour1½ cups125 g
Granulated Sugar¾ cup + 3 tbsp200 g
Butter¾ cup + 1 tbsp227 g

See all 185g conversions on the 185 grams to cups chart.

Another ingredient or amount

Nearby powdered sugar amounts

GramsCupsTablespoons
165 g1¼ cups + 2 tbsp22 tbsp
170 g1⅓ cups + 1½ tbsp22.7 tbsp
175 gabout 1½ cups23.3 tbsp
180 g1½ cups24 tbsp
190 g1½ cups + 1½ tbsp25.3 tbsp
200 g1⅔ cups26.7 tbsp
220 g1¾ cups + 1½ tbsp29.3 tbsp
225 g1¾ cups + 2 tbsp30 tbsp

Full ladder on the powdered sugar grams to cups chart.

Questions

How many cups is 185g of powdered sugar?

185 grams of powdered sugar is about 1½ cups. In kitchen measures that is 1½ cups + 2 teaspoons, worked out from 120 grams per US cup.

How many grams are in 1 cup of powdered sugar?

One US cup of powdered sugar weighs about 120 grams, one tablespoon about 7.5 grams, and one teaspoon about 2.5 grams.

How do I measure 185g of powdered sugar without a scale?

Use 1½ cups + 2 teaspoons. Powdered sugar clumps and compacts in the bag. Sift or whisk it first, then spoon it into the cup — do not tap the cup down.

Is it better to weigh powdered sugar or measure it in cups?

Weighing is more accurate, especially in baking, because it removes the variation in how the powdered sugar 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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