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85g Cocoa Powder in Cups

85 grams of cocoa powder is 1 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.

85 g of cocoa powder is

1 cup

0.99 US cups · 15.8 tbsp · 234 ml · 86 g per cup

To measure it · spoon and level

1 cup

Rest of the recipe in grams? Paste it and every line comes back in cups. Free, no sign-in.

Measuring by hand? That is 1 cup. It is about 34% 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.

85g of cocoa powder vs other ingredients

Ingredient85g in cupsPer cup
Cocoa Powder1 cup86 g
All-Purpose Flour⅔ cup125 g
Granulated Sugar⅓ cup + 1½ tbsp200 g
Butter6 tbsp227 g

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

Another ingredient or amount

Nearby cocoa powder amounts

GramsCupsTablespoons
65 g¾ cup12.1 tbsp
70 g¾ cup + 1 tbsp13 tbsp
75 g¾ cup + 2 tbsp14 tbsp
80 g¾ cup + 3 tbsp14.9 tbsp
90 gabout 1 cup16.7 tbsp
100 g1 cup + 2½ tbsp18.6 tbsp
110 gabout 1¼ cups20.5 tbsp
112 gabout 1⅓ cups20.8 tbsp

Full ladder on the cocoa powder grams to cups chart.

Questions

How many cups is 85g of cocoa powder?

85 grams of cocoa powder is 1 cup, because one US cup weighs 86 grams.

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 85g of cocoa powder without a scale?

Use 1 cup. 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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