3 cups of sour cream in grams
3 cups of sour cream weighs about 720 grams.
| Grams | 720 g |
|---|---|
| Ounces | 25.4 oz |
| Tablespoons | 48 tbsp |
| Teaspoons | 144 tsp |
| Milliliters (volume) | 710 ml |
This is based on 1 cup of sour cream = 240 g, so 3 cups of sour cream is 3 × 240 ≈ 720 g.
How to measure 3 cups of sour cream
By weight (most accurate): set your bowl on a kitchen scale, press tare, and add 720 g of sour cream.
By volume: Use a 1-cup measure three times, leveling each one. For this much, weighing is quicker and more accurate.
Sour cream and Greek yogurt weigh about the same per cup and can often stand in for each other in baking.
Why sour cream weighs what it does
Sour cream weighs about the same as water by volume: a cup of water is about 237 g.
3 cups of other ingredients
The same 3 cups holds a very different weight depending on the ingredient:
| Ingredient | 3 cups in grams |
|---|---|
| Sour cream | 720 g |
| Butter | 681 g |
| Milk | 735 g |
| Heavy cream | 714 g |
| Greek yogurt | 735 g |
| All-purpose flour | 360 g |
| Granulated sugar | 600 g |
| Water | 711 g |
Other amounts of sour cream
Full sour cream conversion chart → · Sour cream by the tablespoon →