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70g Powdered Sugar in Cups

70 grams of powdered sugar is ½ cup + 1½ 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.

70 g of powdered sugar is

½ cup + 1½ tbsp

0.58 US cups · 9.33 tbsp · 138 ml · 120 g per cup

To measure it · spoon and level

½ 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 ½ cup + 1½ tablespoons. It is about 14% 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.

70g of powdered sugar vs other ingredients

Ingredient70g in cupsPer cup
Powdered Sugar½ cup + 1½ tbsp120 g
All-Purpose Flour½ cup + 1 tbsp125 g
Granulated Sugarabout ⅓ cup200 g
Butter5 tbsp227 g

See all 70g conversions on the 70 grams to cups chart.

Another ingredient or amount

Nearby powdered sugar amounts

GramsCupsTablespoons
55 g⅓ cup + 2 tbsp7.3 tbsp
56 g⅓ cup + 2 tbsp7.5 tbsp
60 g½ cup8 tbsp
65 g½ cup + 2 tsp8.7 tbsp
75 g½ cup + 2 tbsp10 tbsp
80 g⅔ cup10.7 tbsp
85 g⅔ cup + 2 tsp11.3 tbsp
90 g¾ cup12 tbsp

Full ladder on the powdered sugar grams to cups chart.

Questions

How many cups is 70g of powdered sugar?

70 grams of powdered sugar is ½ cup + 1½ tbsp, because one US cup weighs 120 grams.

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 70g of powdered sugar without a scale?

Use ½ cup + 1½ 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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