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Cake flour: weights & conversions

A US cup of cake flour weighs about 114 g. 100 g is 362 calories and 8.2 g of protein.

Also written as: pastry flour.

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1 cup of cake flour is about 114 grams.

Cups to grams

What each measure of cake flour weighs, from the cup weight above.

cake flour volume conversions
VolumeGramsOunces
1 cup114 g4.02 oz
3/4 cup85.5 g
2/3 cup76 g
1/2 cup57 g
1/3 cup38 g
1/4 cup28.5 g
1 tablespoon7.13 g
1 teaspoon2.38 g

Ounces and pounds

The weights an older recipe card is most likely to use.

cake flour weight conversions
WeightGramsOunces
1 oz28.3 g
4 oz (1/4 lb)113 g
8 oz (1/2 lb)227 g
1 lb454 g
100 g100 g

Nutrition

Per 100 g of edible portion, transcribed from USDA reference data, and scaled to the measures above.

Nutrition for cake flour by measure
MeasureCaloriesProteinFatCarbsFiberSodium
Per 100 g (100 g)3628.2 g0.86 g78 g1.7 g2 mg
Per cup (114 g)4139.35 g0.98 g88.9 g1.94 g2 mg
Per tablespoon (7.13 g)260.58 g0.06 g5.56 g0.12 g0 mg
Per 4 oz (113 g)4119.3 g0.98 g88.5 g1.93 g2 mg

If you have run out

  • One cup of all-purpose flour with two tablespoons removed and replaced by two tablespoons of cornstarch.

Common questions

How many grams are in a cup of cake flour?
One US cup of cake flour weighs about 114 g (4.02 oz). A tablespoon is about 7.13 g and a teaspoon about 2.38 g.
How many cups is 100 g of cake flour?
100 g of cake flour is about 0.88 cups — near enough to 7/8 of a cup in a measuring cup.
How many calories are in cake flour?
Cake flour has about 362 calories per 100 g, which works out to roughly 413 calories a cup.
How much protein is in cake flour?
About 8.2 g of protein per 100 g — roughly 9.3 g in a 4 oz portion.
What can I use instead of cake flour?
One cup of all-purpose flour with two tablespoons removed and replaced by two tablespoons of cornstarch.

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