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85g Butter in Cups

85 grams of butter is 6 tbsp — 227g per US cup. Small butter amounts are best cut from the stick using the wrapper marks: one tablespoon is 14 g, and the printed lines are accurate.

85 g of butter is

6 tbsp

0.37 US cups · 6 tbsp · 89 ml · 227 g per cup

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

6 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 6 tablespoons. It is ¾ of a US stick of butter (113 g).

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.

85g of butter vs other ingredients

Ingredient85g in cupsPer cup
Butter6 tbsp227 g
All-Purpose Flour⅔ cup125 g
Granulated Sugar⅓ cup + 1½ tbsp200 g
Water⅓ cup + 1½ tsp236 g

See all 85g conversions on the 85 grams to cups chart.

Another ingredient or amount

Nearby butter amounts

GramsCupsTablespoons
65 g¼ cup + 2 tsp4.6 tbsp
70 g5 tbsp4.9 tbsp
75 g⅓ cup5.3 tbsp
80 g⅓ cup + 1 tsp5.6 tbsp
90 g⅓ cup + 1 tbsp6.3 tbsp
100 g7 tbsp7.1 tbsp
110 gabout ½ cup7.8 tbsp
112 g½ cup7.9 tbsp

Full ladder on the butter grams to cups chart.

Questions

How many cups is 85g of butter?

85 grams of butter is 6 tbsp, because one US cup weighs 227 grams.

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 85g of butter without a scale?

Use 6 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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