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85g Powdered Sugar in Cups

85 grams of powdered sugar is ⅔ cup + 2 tsp — 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.

85 g of powdered sugar is

⅔ cup + 2 tsp

0.71 US cups · 11.3 tbsp · 168 ml · 120 g per cup

To measure it · spoon and level

2 × ⅓ cup+2 tsp

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 × ⅓ cup + 2 teaspoons. It is about 17% 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.

85g of powdered sugar vs other ingredients

Ingredient85g in cupsPer cup
Powdered Sugar⅔ cup + 2 tsp120 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 powdered sugar amounts

GramsCupsTablespoons
65 g½ cup + 2 tsp8.7 tbsp
70 g½ cup + 1½ tbsp9.3 tbsp
75 g½ cup + 2 tbsp10 tbsp
80 g⅔ cup10.7 tbsp
90 g¾ cup12 tbsp
100 g¾ cup + 1½ tbsp13.3 tbsp
110 g¾ cup + 2½ tbsp14.7 tbsp
112 g¾ cup + 3 tbsp14.9 tbsp

Full ladder on the powdered sugar grams to cups chart.

Questions

How many cups is 85g of powdered sugar?

85 grams of powdered sugar is ⅔ cup + 2 tsp. In kitchen measures that is 2 × ⅓ cup + 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.

How do I measure 85g of powdered sugar without a scale?

Use 2 × ⅓ cup + 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. 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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