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40g Flour in Cups

40 grams of all-purpose flour is about ⅓ cup — 125g per US cup. At this size the gap between a scooped cup and a spooned cup is larger than the amount itself, so measure with tablespoons or weigh it.

40 g of all-purpose flour is

about ⅓ cup

0.32 US cups · 5.12 tbsp · 76 ml · 125 g per cup

To measure it · spoon and level

¼ cup+1 tbsp+¼ 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 ¼ cup + 1 tablespoon + ¼ teaspoon. It is about 8% of a 500 g bag of flour.

Fluff the flour, spoon it into the cup, and level the top. Pushing the cup into the bag compacts it and can pack 30% more flour into the same "1 cup".

40g of all-purpose flour vs other ingredients

Ingredient40g in cupsPer cup
All-Purpose Flourabout ⅓ cup125 g
Granulated Sugar3 tbsp + ½ tsp200 g
Butter2 tbsp + 2½ tsp227 g
Water2 tbsp + 2¼ tsp236 g

See all 40g conversions on the 40 grams to cups chart.

Another ingredient or amount

Nearby all-purpose flour amounts

GramsCupsTablespoons
28 gabout 3½ tbsp3.6 tbsp
30 gabout 4 tbsp3.8 tbsp
32 gabout ¼ cup4.1 tbsp
35 g¼ cup + 1½ tsp4.5 tbsp
45 g⅓ cup + 1½ tsp5.8 tbsp
50 g⅓ cup + 1 tbsp6.4 tbsp
55 g7 tbsp7 tbsp
56 gabout 7 tbsp7.2 tbsp

Full ladder on the flour grams to cups chart.

Questions

How many cups is 40g of all-purpose flour?

40 grams of all-purpose flour is about ⅓ cup. In kitchen measures that is ¼ cup + 1 tablespoon + ¼ teaspoon, worked out from 125 grams per US cup.

How many grams are in 1 cup of all-purpose flour?

One US cup of all-purpose flour weighs about 125 grams, one tablespoon about 7.81 grams, and one teaspoon about 2.6 grams.

How do I measure 40g of all-purpose flour without a scale?

Use ¼ cup + 1 tablespoon + ¼ teaspoon. Fluff the flour, spoon it into the cup, and level the top. Pushing the cup into the bag compacts it and can pack 30% more flour into the same "1 cup".

Is it better to weigh all-purpose flour or measure it in cups?

Weighing is more accurate, especially in baking, because it removes the variation in how the all-purpose flour 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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