20g Cocoa Powder in Cups

20 grams of cocoa powder is ¼ cup 86g per US cup. Most cocoa amounts are this size — a few tablespoons for a mug cake, a hot chocolate or a dusting.

How many cups is 20g of cocoa powder?

20 grams of cocoa powder equals:

¼
approximate cup
0.23
decimal cup
3.7
tablespoons
86g
per cup

Measuring by hand? That is 4 tablespoons. It is about 8% 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.

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20 grams of Cocoa Powder is about ¼ cup, using a 236.588 millilitre cup at 86 grams per cup.

¼
cup
¼½¾1
= 0.23 cups (decimal)
About 3.7 tablespoons or 11.1 teaspoons (approximate)
Measured out: 4 tablespoons
1 cup (236.588ml) = 86g

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20g of cocoa powder vs other ingredients

Grams measure weight and cups measure volume, so the same 20 grams fills a different amount of cup for every ingredient:

Ingredient20g in cupsg per cup
Cocoa Powder¼ cup86
All-Purpose Flour⅛ cup125
Granulated Sugar1⅝ tbsp200
Butter1⅜ tbsp227

See all 20g conversions on the 20 grams to cups chart.

Nearby cocoa powder amounts

Grams of cocoa powderCupsTablespoons
10g⅛ cup1.85 tbsp
15g⅛ cup2.78 tbsp
25g¼ cup4.63 tbsp
28g⅓ cup5.19 tbsp
30g⅓ cup5.56 tbsp
35g⅜ cup6.48 tbsp

Full ladder on the cocoa powder grams to cups chart.

Frequently Asked Questions

20 grams of cocoa powder is ¼ cup. In kitchen measures that is 4 tablespoons, worked out from 86 grams per US cup.

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