Convert Shredded coconut (desiccated): cups to tablespoons
1 cup of Shredded coconut (desiccated) = 16 tablespoons
Amount of Shredded coconut (desiccated)
Density: 0.393 g/ml · Shredded coconut (desiccated)
Shredded coconut (desiccated): cups to tablespoons at a glance
The amounts people ask for most, worked out for Shredded coconut (desiccated).
How much Shredded coconut (desiccated) weighs
Every figure below is one measured number — 93 g per US cup — scaled. That is why this table and the converter above it cannot disagree.
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Desiccated coconut, or flaked?
Desiccated — the fine dry kind — at 93 g per cup. King Arthur's flaked coconut, the coarse sort, is 53 g per cup: a little over half the weight for the same cup. If your recipe means flaked, this page is the wrong one, and the gap between the two is far too wide to ignore.
Source for Shredded coconut (desiccated): Desiccated; KAB's flaked coconut is 53 g per cup
Frequently asked questions
How many tablespoons is 1 cup of Shredded coconut (desiccated)?
1 cup of Shredded coconut (desiccated) is 16 tablespoons. Cups, millilitres, tablespoons and teaspoons all measure volume, so this figure is the same whatever is in the cup — a US cup is 236.588 ml, 16 tablespoons and 48 teaspoons by definition. What the ingredient changes is the weight: a cup of Shredded coconut (desiccated) is 93 g.
How many cups is 2 tablespoons of Shredded coconut (desiccated)?
2 tablespoons of Shredded coconut (desiccated) is 0.125 cups. It is the same conversion read backwards, so this page and its reverse always agree.
How many tablespoons of Shredded coconut (desiccated) are in a cup?
Sixteen — a US cup is 16 tablespoons and 48 teaspoons by definition, for every ingredient there is. What Shredded coconut (desiccated) decides is what they weigh: one tablespoon is 5.81 g and one teaspoon is 1.94 g, against 93 g for the whole cup.
Where does dishscale's figure for Shredded coconut (desiccated) come from?
One US cup of Shredded coconut (desiccated) is 93 g. The dataset records that as: “Desiccated; KAB's flaked coconut is 53 g per cup”. Every ingredient on the site carries the reference its weight came from, so any number here can be checked — and corrected if the source disagrees.