How many tablespoons in a cup? - My Dainty Kitchen (2024)

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Want to know how many tablespoons are in a cup or how many tablespoons are in half a cup or in a quarter a cup? These are some of the common tablespoon to cup conversions we face while scaling a recipe up or down for any recipes.

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This is the major problem we face many times, especially when baking. Since in baking the measurement should be accurate and not on guessing amount will yield perfect result. So these conversions charts really help without wasting your time. These are some of the basic tablespoons to cup conversions.

No problem. You can anyways memorize or take a printout and stick it to the kitchen cooking area where you can easily access and measure your ingredients for the recipe.

Tablespoons in a Cup - Quick Conversions

So the answer to this question "how many tablespoons in a cup?" is 16 tablespoons. That means 16 tablespoons make a cup. These are a few similar tablespoon conversions to keep in mind.

  • 16 tablespoons = 1 cup

There are 16 tablespoons in a cup.

  • 12 tablespoons = ¾ cup

There are 12 tablespoons in ¾ th of a cup.

  • 8 tablespoons = ½ cup

There are 8 tablespoons in half a cup.

  • 4 tablespoons = ¼ cup

There are 4 tablespoons in a quarter cup (¼ cup)

  • 2 tablespoons = 1/8 cup

There are 2 tablespoons in one-eighth of a cup

  • 1 tablespoon = 1/16 cup = 0.0625 cup

One tablespoon makes one-sixteenth of a cup.

Cup is a standard measurement unit in the USA. So these tablespoons measurements and conversions are really helpful in perfect cooking and baking. The tablespoon is abbreviated as tbsp or Tbsp and a teaspoon is as tsp. Also, check here how many teaspoons in a tablespoon?

Though it looks simple, one needs to understand the basics of these conversions, why it's necessary to know, the size and measurement of tablespoons, the size, and measurement of cups, ounces, etc.

Get a PRINTABLE - 1 Tbsp to Cup Conversion Chart here. This is a basic tablespoon to cup conversion chart. Or Pin it for later.

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Is this measurement same across the world?

There are two perspectives of measurements involved - volume measurement and weight measurement. Teaspoons, tablespoons, cups measure volume whereas grams, liters, ounces, gallons are for mass or weight.

Though tablespoons, teaspoons, cups are used globally for measuring ingredients, all sizes and measurements are not equal globally. The USA (and a few more countries) doesn't follow the metric system of measurements unlike the rest of the globe.

Size of a Cup

Cup is a commonly used unit for volume measurement. In the USA, they have two different measurement systems - customary and legal. Legal cup size is used by FDA for nutritional calculations.

  • Size of US Legal cup size - 240ml
  • Size of US Standard (customary) cup - 236.5ml
  • One Metric cup - 250ml
  • One Imperial cup - 284.13 ml

As per the US customary system, one tablespoon is equivalent to 15 ml and one cup measures 8 fluid ounces or 237 ml liquid and 226.8 gms. On the ground rule of this, these are a few simple conversions to remember.

How many tablespoons in a cup?

The US Customary systems

1 US Cup = 236.58 ml

1 US Cup = 16 US tablespoons (Tbsp)

The US Legal Systems

1 US Cup = 240 ml

1 US Cup = 16.23 tablespoons (Tbsp)

In Australia,

1 metric cup = 250 ml

1 tablespoon = 20 ml

So here 1 metric cup = 12 tablespoons (Tbsp)

Some more simple tablespoon conversions ---

TablespoonsFluid OunceCup Teaspoons
1 tbsp0.5 fl oz1/16 cup3 tsp
2 tbsp1 fl oz1/8 cup6 tsp
2 tbsp + 2 tsp1 1/3 fl oz1/6 cup8 tsp
4 tbsp2 fl oz1/4 cup12 tsp
5 tbsp + 1 tsp2 1/3 fl oz1/3 cup16 tsp
6 tbsp3 fl oz3/8 cup18 tsp
8 tbsp4 fl oz1/2 cup24 tsp
10 tbsp + 2 tsp4 2/3 fl oz2/3 cup32 tsp
12 tbsp6 fl oz3/4 cup36 tsp
16 tbsp8 fl oz1 cup48 tsp
24 tbsp12 fl oz1 1/2 cups72 tsp
32 tbsp16 fl oz2 cups (1 pint)96 tsp
64 tbsp32 fl oz4 cups
(1 quartz)
230 tsp
256 tbsp128 fl oz1 gallon768 tsp

Weighing and measuring dry and wet ingredients may vary to a great extent.

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