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225g Powdered Sugar in Cups

225 grams of powdered sugar is 1¾ cups + 2 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.

225 g of powdered sugar is

1¾ cups + 2 tbsp

1.88 US cups · 30 tbsp · 444 ml · 120 g per cup

To measure it · spoon and level

1 + ½ + ¼ cup+2 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 1 + ½ + ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons. It is about 45% 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.

225g of powdered sugar vs other ingredients

Ingredient225g in cupsPer cup
Powdered Sugar1¾ cups + 2 tbsp120 g
All-Purpose Flourabout 1¾ cups125 g
Granulated Sugar1 cup + 2 tbsp200 g
Butter1 cup227 g

See all 225g conversions on the 225 grams to cups chart.

Another ingredient or amount

Nearby powdered sugar amounts

GramsCupsTablespoons
185 gabout 1½ cups24.7 tbsp
190 g1½ cups + 1½ tbsp25.3 tbsp
200 g1⅔ cups26.7 tbsp
220 g1¾ cups + 1½ tbsp29.3 tbsp
226 g1¾ cups + 2 tbsp30.1 tbsp
227 g1¾ cups + 2½ tbsp30.3 tbsp
230 g1¾ cups + 2½ tbsp30.7 tbsp
238 g2 cups31.7 tbsp

Full ladder on the powdered sugar grams to cups chart.

Questions

How many cups is 225g of powdered sugar?

225 grams of powdered sugar is 1¾ cups + 2 tbsp. In kitchen measures that is 1 + ½ + ¼ cup + 2 tablespoons, 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 225g of powdered sugar without a scale?

Use 1 + ½ + ¼ cup + 2 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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