2 cups of butter in grams
2 cups of butter weighs about 454 grams.
| Grams | 454 g |
|---|---|
| Ounces | 16 oz |
| Tablespoons | 32 tbsp |
| Teaspoons | 96 tsp |
| Milliliters (volume) | 473 ml |
This is based on 1 cup of butter = 227 g, so 2 cups of butter is 2 × 227 ≈ 454 g.
How to measure 2 cups of butter
By weight (most accurate): set your bowl on a kitchen scale, press tare, and add 454 g of butter.
By volume: Use a 1-cup measure twice, leveling each one.
In the US one stick of butter is 1/2 cup, 8 tablespoons or about 113 g, so a cup is two sticks.
Why butter weighs what it does
Butter weighs about the same as water by volume: a cup of water is about 237 g.
2 cups of other ingredients
The same 2 cups holds a very different weight depending on the ingredient:
| Ingredient | 2 cups in grams |
|---|---|
| Butter | 454 g |
| Milk | 490 g |
| Heavy cream | 476 g |
| Greek yogurt | 490 g |
| Sour cream | 480 g |
| All-purpose flour | 240 g |
| Granulated sugar | 400 g |
| Water | 474 g |
Other amounts of butter
Full butter conversion chart → · Butter by the tablespoon →