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420g Butter in Cups

420 grams of butter is 1¾ cups + 1½ tbsp — 227g per US cup. This is the range most cookie, cake and pastry recipes use, and it lands close to whole sticks or half a European block.

420 g of butter is

1¾ cups + 1½ tbsp

1.85 US cups · 29.6 tbsp · 438 ml · 227 g per cup

To measure it · cut from the stick, or press in and level

1 + ½ + ¼ cup+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 1 + ½ + ¼ cup + 1½ tablespoons. It is 3¾ US sticks of butter (113 g each).

US butter wrappers are printed with tablespoon and stick marks, so cutting to the wrapper is usually more accurate than pressing butter into a cup.

420g of butter vs other ingredients

Ingredient420g in cupsPer cup
Butter1¾ cups + 1½ tbsp227 g
All-Purpose Flour3⅓ cups125 g
Granulated Sugar2 cups + 1½ tbsp200 g
Water1¾ cups236 g

See all 420g conversions on the 420 grams to cups chart.

Another ingredient or amount

Nearby butter amounts

GramsCupsTablespoons
375 g1⅔ cups26.5 tbsp
390 g1¾ cups27.5 tbsp
400 g1¾ cups28.2 tbsp
410 gabout 1¾ cups28.9 tbsp
425 g1¾ cups + 2 tbsp30 tbsp
450 g2 cups31.7 tbsp
454 g2 cups32 tbsp
480 g2 cups + 2 tbsp33.9 tbsp

Full ladder on the butter grams to cups chart.

Questions

How many cups is 420g of butter?

420 grams of butter is 1¾ cups + 1½ tbsp. In kitchen measures that is 1 + ½ + ¼ cup + 1½ tablespoons, worked out from 227 grams per US cup.

How many grams are in 1 cup of butter?

One US cup of butter weighs about 227 grams, one tablespoon about 14.18 grams, and one teaspoon about 4.73 grams.

How do I measure 420g of butter without a scale?

Use 1 + ½ + ¼ cup + 1½ tablespoons. US butter wrappers are printed with tablespoon and stick marks, so cutting to the wrapper is usually more accurate than pressing butter into a cup.

Is it better to weigh butter or measure it in cups?

Weighing is more accurate, especially in baking, because it removes the variation in how the butter 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, cut from the stick or pressed in and levelled. How we calculate

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