Heavy Cream: Cups to Grams
One US cup (240 ml) of heavy cream weighs about 238 grams, based on its typical kitchen density. Convert any amount below, or use the reference table for common cup fractions.
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1 cups of heavy cream, us legal cup
1 cup heavy cream = 238 g (cupsngrams.com)
Based on heavy cream at 238 g per US cup.
Cup standard: US legal cup (240 ml)
Baking from a UK, Australian or New Zealand recipe? Their cup is not the American one. Pick the standard your recipe assumes and every cup figure above follows it.
Heavy Cream conversion table
| Cups | Grams | Millilitres | Tablespoons | Ounces (weight) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/4 cup | 59.5 g | 60 ml | 4 tbsp | 2.1 oz |
| 1/3 cup | 79.3 g | 80 ml | 5.33 tbsp | 2.8 oz |
| 1/2 cup | 119 g | 120 ml | 8 tbsp | 4.2 oz |
| 2/3 cup | 159 g | 160 ml | 10.7 tbsp | 5.6 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 179 g | 180 ml | 12 tbsp | 6.3 oz |
| 1 cup | 238 g | 240 ml | 16 tbsp | 8.4 oz |
| 1 1/2 cups | 357 g | 360 ml | 24 tbsp | 12.6 oz |
| 2 cups | 476 g | 480 ml | 32 tbsp | 16.8 oz |
| 2 1/2 cups | 595 g | 600 ml | 40 tbsp | 21 oz |
| 3 cups | 714 g | 720 ml | 48 tbsp | 25.2 oz |
Ounces here are ounces of weight (1 oz = 28.35 g), not fluid ounces. One US cup is 8 fluid ounces of volume whatever is in it, but what it weighs in ounces depends on the ingredient: a cup of heavy cream weighs about 8.4 oz. Why these two are not the same.
In grams, 1/4 cup of heavy cream is about 60 g, 1/3 cup is about 79 g, 1/2 cup is about 119 g, 2/3 cup is about 159 g, 3/4 cup is about 179 g, 1 cup is about 238 g, 1 1/2 cups is about 357 g, 2 cups is about 476 g and 3 cups is about 714 g.
A tablespoon of heavy cream is about 14.9 grams, and a teaspoon is about 5 grams.
About measuring heavy cream
Heavy cream, also called double or whipping cream, is rich in fat, and since fat is lighter than water a cup weighs slightly less than a cup of milk. One US cup is about 238 grams. It measures cleanly by volume, but weighing is useful when you are scaling a ganache or a custard where the ratio of cream to chocolate or eggs decides the final set. Remember that whipping roughly doubles the volume without changing the weight.
Whipping cream doubles its volume but not its weight, so weigh before you whip.
How many grams is a cup of heavy cream?
One US cup (240 ml) of heavy cream weighs about 238 grams. Because a cup measures volume rather than weight, that figure is specific to heavy cream and does not transfer to any other ingredient: the same cup holds 125 grams of all-purpose flour and 340 grams of honey.
- 1/4 cup of heavy cream is about 60 grams
- 1/3 cup of heavy cream is about 79 grams
- 1/2 cup of heavy cream is about 119 grams
- 2/3 cup of heavy cream is about 159 grams
- 3/4 cup of heavy cream is about 179 grams
- 1 1/2 cups of heavy cream is about 357 grams
- 2 cups of heavy cream is about 476 grams
- 3 cups of heavy cream is about 714 grams
Working the other way round, 100 grams of heavy cream is about 0.42 cups, and 500 grams is about 2.1 cups.
Does it matter which cup my recipe means?
It does, though less than the ingredient itself. This page uses the US legal cup of 240 ml. An Australian metric cup is 250 ml, so a metric cup of heavy cream comes to about 248 grams, and the old British imperial cup of 284.1 ml holds about 282 grams. See cup sizes by country for every standard side by side.
Frequently asked questions
How many grams is 1 cup of heavy cream?
One US cup of heavy cream is about 238 grams. Its high fat content makes it a touch lighter than milk by volume.
Is heavy cream the same as double cream?
Close enough for most recipes. Double cream has a slightly higher fat content, but both sit around 238 grams per cup and whip up the same way.
Does whipped cream weigh less than liquid cream?
No. Whipping adds air and doubles the volume, but the weight stays the same. Always weigh cream before whipping if a recipe gives grams.
Where this figure comes from
We have not yet found a published reference that states a weight for a cup of heavy cream. The 238 grams on this page follows the calibration the rest of the site is built on, with butter at 227 grams per cup, water at 240, all-purpose flour at 125 and granulated sugar at 200. Treat it as a good working figure rather than a cited one. If you have a better source, tell us and we will check it and credit you.
Published figures for the same ingredient vary between references anyway, because how an ingredient is packed changes what a cup of it weighs. Treat any cup figure as accurate to within a few percent, and weigh on a scale when a recipe is sensitive. Our full approach is on the methodology page.
Figures last verified . Compiled by the CupsToGrams editorial team at FusionStudios. Spotted a value that looks off? Tell us.