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190g Powdered Sugar in Cups

190 grams of powdered sugar is 1½ cups + 1½ tbsp — 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.

190 g of powdered sugar is

1½ cups + 1½ tbsp

1.58 US cups · 25.3 tbsp · 375 ml · 120 g per cup

To measure it · spoon and level

1½ cups+1½ 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 1½ cups + 1½ tablespoons. It is about 38% 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.

190g of powdered sugar vs other ingredients

Ingredient190g in cupsPer cup
Powdered Sugar1½ cups + 1½ tbsp120 g
All-Purpose Flour1½ cups125 g
Granulated Sugar¾ cup + 3 tbsp200 g
Butter¾ cup + 1½ tbsp227 g

See all 190g conversions on the 190 grams to cups chart.

Another ingredient or amount

Nearby powdered sugar amounts

GramsCupsTablespoons
170 g1⅓ cups + 1½ tbsp22.7 tbsp
175 gabout 1½ cups23.3 tbsp
180 g1½ cups24 tbsp
185 gabout 1½ cups24.7 tbsp
200 g1⅔ cups26.7 tbsp
220 g1¾ cups + 1½ tbsp29.3 tbsp
225 g1¾ cups + 2 tbsp30 tbsp
226 g1¾ cups + 2 tbsp30.1 tbsp

Full ladder on the powdered sugar grams to cups chart.

Questions

How many cups is 190g of powdered sugar?

190 grams of powdered sugar is 1½ cups + 1½ tbsp, because one US cup weighs 120 grams.

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 190g of powdered sugar without a scale?

Use 1½ cups + 1½ tablespoons. 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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