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Honey: cups to grams
1 cup of honey weighs 340 grams. Use the converter below for any other amount, or check the quick-reference table.
Honey baseline: 1 cup = 340 g.
Common amounts
| Cups | Tablespoons | Grams | Ounces (weight) | Milliliters |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/4 cup | 4.0 | 85 g | 3.00 oz | 59 mL |
| 1/3 cup | 5.3 | 113 g | 3.99 oz | 79 mL |
| 1/2 cup | 8.0 | 170 g | 6.00 oz | 118 mL |
| 2/3 cup | 10.7 | 227 g | 8.00 oz | 158 mL |
| 3/4 cup | 12.0 | 255 g | 8.99 oz | 177 mL |
| 1 cup | 16.0 | 340 g | 11.99 oz | 237 mL |
| 1.5 cups | 24.0 | 510 g | 17.99 oz | 355 mL |
| 2 cups | 32.0 | 680 g | 23.99 oz | 473 mL |
| 3 cups | 48.0 | 1020 g | 35.98 oz | 710 mL |
| 4 cups | 64.0 | 1360 g | 47.97 oz | 946 mL |
Why measuring honey by cup goes wrong
Honey is a saturated sugar solution: about 80 percent sugar, 17 percent water, and a few percent acids and aromatic compounds. A cup weighs 340 grams — far more than the 200 grams a cup of granulated sugar weighs — because the water-sugar matrix is dense. That density also means honey carries more sweetness per cup than sugar.
Practical tips for working with honey
When substituting honey for sugar in a baked good, use 3/4 cup honey for every 1 cup sugar, reduce other liquids by 1/4 cup per cup of honey used, drop the oven temperature by 25 °F (honey browns faster), and add 1/4 teaspoon baking soda per cup to neutralize the acidity. With those four adjustments, most cake and quick-bread recipes can swap honey for sugar without redesign.
Note from this ingredient's record: Heavier than sugar because it is denser and water-rich. To substitute honey for one cup of sugar, use 3/4 cup honey, drop oven temperature by 25 °F, and reduce other liquids by about 1/4 cup.
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