Converting Grams To Cups

Baking By RetiredNavyChief Updated 9 May 2009 , 7:54am by brincess_b

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RetiredNavyChief Posted 6 May 2009 , 8:50pm
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i dont understand the conversion tool on the site. Does anyone know the conversion for 500 gram 150 grams and 50 grams. thank you.
oh this is off of the white chocolate paste-for making roses receipe

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nonnyscakes Posted 7 May 2009 , 12:05am
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Grams to Cups is different depending on the weight of the item.

Flour is 500 grams => 4 cups US
Sugar (Caster/Superfine) is 500 grams => 2.22 cups US
Sugar (Icing/Powdered) is 500 grams => 4 cups US

Flour is 150 grams => 1.2 cups US
Sugar (Caster/Superfine) is 150 grams => .67 cups US
Sugar (Icing/Powdered) is 150 grams => 1.2 cups US

Flour is 50 grams => .4 cups US
Sugar (Caster/Superfine) is 50 grams => .22 cups US
Sugar (Icing/Powdered) is 50 grams => .4 cups US

Hope that helps you out.

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indydebi Posted 7 May 2009 , 12:31am
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Originally Posted by lees_luv

Grams to Cups is different depending on the weight of the item.


There's an old joke about this .....

How much does a cup of something weigh?
Depends ... a cup of nails or a cup of feathers?

remember, grams is weight and cups is volume, so it's definitely an apples and oranges thing.
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brincess_b Posted 7 May 2009 , 10:06am
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im from the uk, we always weigh ingrediants. i dont understand why you would use cups, which is pretty inacurate compared to actually weighing it.
but anyway, you can always go to ask.com or google and just type in 500g cocolate into cups, and your answer comes up.
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JanH Posted 9 May 2009 , 4:32am
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[quote="brincess_b"]im from the uk, we always weigh ingrediants. i dont understand why you would use cups, which is pretty inacurate compared to actually weighing it. [/brincess_b]

Americans also don't do metric when it comes to measuring length.... we use inches, feet and yards, etc. icon_lol.gif
Doesn't make us bad..,, tapedshut.gif

You might enjoy the history of American measurements and the blog on this thread:

http://www.cakecentral.com/cake-decorating-ftopict-582763-.html

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brincess_b Posted 9 May 2009 , 7:54am
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im just biter cause i have to spend my morning converting a recipe icon_sad.gif and trying to figure out if i can be bothered figuring out how to 'make' cake flour, or if i should just make a different recipe.
thats a great site though!
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