How to measure pastry flour
The chart entry is “Pastry Flour, 1 cup = 3 3/4 oz = 106 g”. The chart lists the related products separately: the pastry flour blend is 113 grams per cup and unbleached cake flour 120 grams, so pastry flour is the lightest of the three by the cup. It shares its figure with first clear flour, Italian-style flour and all the rye flours on the chart. Spoon the flour into the cup and level the top, since a dipped cup of fine flour holds noticeably more. A half cup weighs 53 grams and a quarter cup about 27 grams. Whole wheat pastry flour is lighter still at 96 grams.
Sources: 106 grams per US cup is the weight per cup in King Arthur Baking’s ingredient weight chart (open the chart), entry “Pastry Flour, 1 cup = 3 3/4 oz = 106 g”. A US cup is about 237 milliliters.
Pastry flour: cups to grams chart
| Cups | Grams | Ounces |
|---|---|---|
| 1/8 cup | 13 g | 0.47 oz |
| 1/4 cup | 27 g | 0.93 oz |
| 1/3 cup | 35 g | 1.25 oz |
| 1/2 cup | 53 g | 1.87 oz |
| 2/3 cup | 71 g | 2.49 oz |
| 3/4 cup | 80 g | 2.8 oz |
| 1 cup | 106 g | 3.74 oz |
| 1 1/2 cups | 159 g | 5.61 oz |
| 2 cups | 212 g | 7.48 oz |
| 3 cups | 318 g | 11.2 oz |
| 4 cups | 424 g | 15 oz |
Tablespoons and teaspoons of pastry flour
Three teaspoons make a tablespoon and 16 tablespoons make a cup, so the spoon weights follow straight from the 106 grams per cup. Use level spoons, not heaped ones.
| Spoons | Grams |
|---|---|
| 1/4 tsp | 0.6 g |
| 1/2 tsp | 1.1 g |
| 1 tsp | 2.2 g |
| 1 tbsp | 6.6 g |
| 2 tbsp | 13 g |
| 3 tbsp | 20 g |
| 4 tbsp | 27 g |
Grams of pastry flour to cups
Going the other way, divide the grams by 106. A cup of pastry flour weighs 131 grams less than a cup of water, which is 237 grams.
| Grams | Cups | In the kitchen |
|---|---|---|
| 25 g | 0.24 cup | just under 1/4 cup |
| 50 g | 0.47 cup | just under 1/2 cup |
| 100 g | 0.94 cup | just under 1 cup |
| 150 g | 1.42 cups | just over 1 3/8 cups |
| 200 g | 1.89 cups | just over 1 7/8 cups |
| 250 g | 2.36 cups | just under 2 3/8 cups |
| 300 g | 2.83 cups | just under 2 7/8 cups |
| 400 g | 3.77 cups | just over 3 3/4 cups |
| 500 g | 4.72 cups | just under 4 3/4 cups |
| 1,000 g | 9.43 cups | just over 9 3/8 cups |
Other flours per cup
- All-purpose flour: 120 grams per cup
- Bread flour: 120 grams per cup
- Cake flour: 120 grams per cup
- Whole wheat flour: 113 grams per cup
- Almond flour: 96 grams per cup
- Self-rising flour: 113 grams per cup
- Rye flour (medium): 106 grams per cup
- Coconut flour: 128 grams per cup
- Oat flour: 92 grams per cup
- Spelt flour: 99 grams per cup
- Semolina flour: 163 grams per cup
- White rice flour: 142 grams per cup
- Buckwheat flour: 120 grams per cup
- Chickpea flour: 85 grams per cup
- Tapioca starch: 113 grams per cup
- Masa harina: 93 grams per cup
- Almond meal: 84 grams per cup
- Cornmeal (yellow, degermed): 157 grams per cup
- Polenta (coarse cornmeal): 163 grams per cup
- Pumpernickel flour: 106 grams per cup
- Durum flour: 124 grams per cup
- 00 flour: 116 grams per cup
- Whole wheat pastry flour: 96 grams per cup
- High-gluten flour: 120 grams per cup
- Brown rice flour: 128 grams per cup
- Glutinous rice flour: 120 grams per cup
- Potato starch: 152 grams per cup
- Potato flour: 184 grams per cup
- Sorghum flour: 138 grams per cup
- Teff flour: 135 grams per cup
- Quinoa flour: 110 grams per cup
- Amaranth flour: 103 grams per cup
- Hazelnut flour: 89 grams per cup
- Cornmeal (whole grain): 138 grams per cup
- Vital wheat gluten: 144 grams per cup
For every ingredient in one place, open the cups to grams converter. The pizza dough calculator works in grams from the start, which suits flour well, and the recipe scaler resizes a whole recipe before you convert it.
Frequently asked questions
How many grams is 1/2 cup of pastry flour?
About 53 grams. A full cup is about 106 grams and 1/4 cup about 27 grams.
How many cups is 100 grams of pastry flour?
About 0.94 cups, just under 1 cup. Divide the grams by 106 to get cups.
How many grams are in a tablespoon of pastry flour?
About 6.6 grams in a tablespoon and 2.2 grams in a teaspoon, measured level.
How many cups is 250 grams of pastry flour?
About 2.36 cups, just over 2 1/3 cups. Divide the grams by 106. For 300 grams that is 2.83 cups.
Can I measure cake flour with the pastry flour number?
Not by the cup. King Arthur Baking’s chart gives 106 grams per cup for pastry flour and 120 grams for unbleached cake flour, a 14 gram difference. Weigh it if you swap one for the other.