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45g Cocoa Powder in Cups

45 grams of cocoa powder is about ½ cup — 86g per US cup. Brownies and chocolate cakes sit here. Cocoa is very light per cup (about 86 g), so the cup reading runs well ahead of the gram figure.

45 g of cocoa powder is

about ½ cup

0.52 US cups · 8.37 tbsp · 124 ml · 86 g per cup

To measure it · spoon and level

½ cup+1 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 ½ cup + 1 teaspoon. It is about 18% 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.

45g of cocoa powder vs other ingredients

Ingredient45g in cupsPer cup
Cocoa Powderabout ½ cup86 g
All-Purpose Flour⅓ cup + 1½ tsp125 g
Granulated Sugarabout 3½ tbsp200 g
Butter3 tbsp + ½ tsp227 g

See all 45g conversions on the 45 grams to cups chart.

Another ingredient or amount

Nearby cocoa powder amounts

GramsCupsTablespoons
30 gabout ⅓ cup5.6 tbsp
32 g6 tbsp6 tbsp
35 g¼ cup + 2½ tbsp6.5 tbsp
40 g⅓ cup + 2 tbsp7.4 tbsp
50 gabout ½ cup + 1½ tbsp9.3 tbsp
55 gabout ½ cup + 2 tbsp10.2 tbsp
56 gabout ⅔ cup10.4 tbsp
60 gabout ⅔ cup11.2 tbsp

Full ladder on the cocoa powder grams to cups chart.

Questions

How many cups is 45g of cocoa powder?

45 grams of cocoa powder is about ½ cup. In kitchen measures that is ½ cup + 1 teaspoon, worked out from 86 grams per US cup.

How many grams are in 1 cup of cocoa powder?

One US cup of cocoa powder weighs about 86 grams, one tablespoon about 5.38 grams, and one teaspoon about 1.79 grams.

How do I measure 45g of cocoa powder without a scale?

Use ½ cup + 1 teaspoon. Cocoa powder clumps in the tin and compacts under its own weight. Sift or whisk it, then spoon it into the cup without tapping.

Is it better to weigh cocoa powder or measure it in cups?

Weighing is more accurate, especially in baking, because it removes the variation in how the cocoa powder 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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