500g Butter in Cups

500 grams of butter is about 2¼ cups — 227g per US cup. Large butter weights belong to laminated doughs, shortbread and batch baking, where softening the butter evenly matters more than the exact cup volume.

500 g of butter is

about 2¼ cups

2.2 US cups · 35.3 tbsp · 522 ml · 227 g per cup

Amount in grams

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

2 cups+3 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 2 cups + 3 tablespoons. It is about 4½ 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.

500g of butter vs other ingredients

Ingredient	500g in cups	Per cup
Butter	about 2¼ cups	227 g
All-Purpose Flour	4 cups	125 g
Granulated Sugar	2½ cups	200 g
Water	2 cups + 2 tbsp	236 g

See all 500g conversions on the 500 grams to cups chart.

Another ingredient or amount

Nearby butter amounts

Grams	Cups	Tablespoons
425 g	1¾ cups + 2 tbsp	30 tbsp
450 g	2 cups	31.7 tbsp
454 g	2 cups	32 tbsp
480 g	2 cups + 2 tbsp	33.9 tbsp
550 g	2⅓ cups + 1½ tbsp	38.8 tbsp
560 g	2½ cups	39.5 tbsp
600 g	2⅔ cups	42.3 tbsp
650 g	2¾ cups + 2 tbsp	45.9 tbsp

Full ladder on the butter grams to cups chart.

Questions

How many cups is 500g of butter?

500 grams of butter is about 2¼ cups. In kitchen measures that is 2 cups + 3 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 500g of butter without a scale?

Use 2 cups + 3 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