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How many grams in a tablespoon of baking powder?

About 12 g in a level tablespoon (about 15 ml) and 4 g in a level teaspoon (about 5 ml).

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Cup size

Baking powder

1 tbsp = 12 g

  • Cups0.1
  • Teaspoons3
  • Millilitres15
  • Grams12

Dry ingredients are spooned into the cup and levelled. Scooped straight from the bag, flour can weigh up to 20% more — for baking, a scale is the safest bet.

Conversion tables (US cup · 240 ml):

Spoons to grams

SpoonsGrams
½ tsp2 g
1 tsp4 g
2 tsp8 g
½ tbsp6 g
1 tbsp12 g
2 tbsp24 g
3 tbsp36 g
4 tbsp48 g
8 tbsp96 g

Cups to grams

CupsGrams
⅛24 g
¼48 g
⅓64 g
½96 g
⅔128 g
¾144 g
1192 g
1½288 g
2384 g
3576 g

Grams to cups

GramsCups
25 g⅛
50 g¼
100 g½
150 g¾
200 g1
250 g1⅓
300 g1.6
500 g2.6

Other ingredients (1 tablespoon):

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How to convert spoons to grams:

  1. Pick the ingredient

    each one has its own weight per spoon.

  2. Type the spoons

    whole numbers or fractions like ½.

  3. Choose tablespoon or teaspoon

    and read off grams, cups and millilitres.

Questions:

How many grams in a tablespoon of baking powder?
About 12 g in a level tablespoon (about 15 ml) and 4 g in a level teaspoon (about 5 ml).
Level or heaped?
These numbers are for level spoons: fill the spoon and scrape off the top with a knife. A heaped spoon holds about 1½–2 times as much as a level one.
Is a tablespoon the same everywhere?
Almost: 15 ml in most countries (14.8 ml in the US), 20 ml in Australia. A teaspoon is 5 ml.

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