Convert White sugar: cups to tablespoons
1 cup of White sugar = 16 tablespoons
Amount of White sugar
Density: 0.837 g/ml · White sugar
White sugar: cups to tablespoons at a glance
The amounts people ask for most, worked out for White sugar.
How much White sugar weighs
Every figure below is one measured number — 198 g per US cup — scaled. That is why this table and the converter above it cannot disagree.
One cup, side by side
Is white sugar measured packed or levelled?
Levelled. King Arthur lists granulated white sugar at 198 g per cup with no packing instruction attached — unlike brown sugar, which the same chart marks “packed”. The absence is meaningful: 198 g is a cup filled and levelled off, not pressed down.
Source for White sugar: King Arthur Baking · King Arthur Baking ingredient weight chart
Frequently asked questions
How many tablespoons is 1 cup of White sugar?
1 cup of White sugar 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 White sugar is 198 g.
How many cups is 2 tablespoons of White sugar?
2 tablespoons of White sugar is 0.125 cups. It is the same conversion read backwards, so this page and its reverse always agree.
How many tablespoons of White sugar are in a cup?
Sixteen — a US cup is 16 tablespoons and 48 teaspoons by definition, for every ingredient there is. What White sugar decides is what they weigh: one tablespoon is 12.38 g and one teaspoon is 4.13 g, against 198 g for the whole cup.
Where does dishscale's figure for White sugar come from?
One US cup of White sugar is 198 g. The dataset records that as: “King Arthur Baking”. That is the King Arthur Baking ingredient weight chart. 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.