50g butter to cups
Based on 1 US cup of butter at 227 g. Use the calculator below to change the cup size or ingredient.
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Measuring 50g of butter without a scale
No scale? 50 g of butter is about ¼ cup (0.22 cups), or roughly 4 tablespoons using standard US measuring cups and spoons. Spoon it in and level off the top instead of scooping, which packs in extra.
At 50 grams, butter is firmly in tablespoon territory rather than full-stick territory: it works out to about 3.5 tablespoons, or just under a quarter cup. This is the amount you reach for when sauteing onions, finishing a pan sauce, or greasing tins and enriching a small batch of muffins. On a US wrapper, slice a stick a hair past its third tablespoon mark. Soft butter at this scale is easy to mismeasure by eye, so a quick weigh keeps it honest.
Butter grams to cups
| Grams | Cups | Decimal |
|---|---|---|
| 50 g | ¼ cup | 0.22 |
| 100 g | 0.44 cup | 0.44 |
| 125 g | 0.55 cup | 0.55 |
| 150 g | ⅔ cup | 0.66 |
| 200 g | ⅞ cup | 0.88 |
| 250 g | 1⅛ cups | 1.1 |
Brands and how you fill the cup shift this a little. For why butter varies and the most accurate way to measure it, see the full butter grams to cups guide.
FAQ
How many cups is 50g of butter?
50 grams of butter is about ¼ cup (0.22 cups), based on 1 US cup of butter weighing 227 g.
Does cup size change 50g of butter?
A little. 50 g of butter is about ¼ cup in a US cup (240 ml) and about 0.21 cup in a larger metric or Australian cup (250 ml).