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80g Powdered Sugar in Cups

80 grams of powdered sugar is ⅔ cup 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.

How many cups is 80g of powdered sugar?

80 grams of powdered sugar equals:

approximate cup
0.67
decimal cup
11
tablespoons
120g
per cup

Measuring by hand? That is 10 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons. It is about 16% 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.

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80 grams of Powdered Sugar is about ⅔ cup, using a 236.588 millilitre cup at 120 grams per cup.

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cup
¼½¾1
cups
0.67
tbsp
10.7
tsp
32.0
About 10.7 tablespoons or 32.0 teaspoons (approximate)
Measured out: 10 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons
1 cup (236.588ml) = 120g

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US customary cup (236.588ml) · 120g per cup

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80g of powdered sugar vs other ingredients

Grams measure weight and cups measure volume, so the same 80 grams fills a different amount of cup for every ingredient:

Ingredient80g in cupsg per cup
Powdered Sugar⅔ cup120
All-Purpose Flour⅝ cup125
Granulated Sugar⅜ cup200
Butter⅓ cup227

See all 80g conversions on the 80 grams to cups chart.

Nearby powdered sugar amounts

Grams of powdered sugarCupsTablespoons
60g½ cup8 tbsp
65g½ cup8.67 tbsp
70g⅝ cup9.33 tbsp
75g⅝ cup10 tbsp
85g¾ cup11 tbsp
90g¾ cup12 tbsp
100g⅞ cup13 tbsp
110g⅞ cup15 tbsp

Full ladder on the powdered sugar grams to cups chart.

Common questions

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How many cups is 80g of powdered sugar?

80 grams of powdered sugar is ⅔ cup. In kitchen measures that is 10 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons, worked out from 120 grams per US cup.

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. This page divides 80 grams by that cup weight.

Is 80g of powdered sugar the same as 80g of all-purpose flour?

No. 80g of powdered sugar is ⅔ cup, while 80g of all-purpose flour is ⅝ cup. Same weight on the scale, different volume in the cup, because the two have different densities.

How do I measure 80g of powdered sugar without a scale?

Use 10 tablespoons + 2 teaspoons. 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. If you have no scale, use the cup figure above and keep your measuring method consistent across the whole recipe.