02-20-2010, 10:43 PM
AlphaDog wrote:
I'm finding a ridiculously big variation in the answers. One converter says 500 grams of flour is equal to just over 2 cups, and another converter says it's equal to a little over 4 cups.
You can use Google for most conversions.
Google for "convert 5 tablespoons to cups" and it responds "5 US tablespoons = 0.3125 US cups."
But that specific conversion -- grams to cups -- depends upon the substance that you're measuring. There are no good shortcuts until you learn to eye it.
Different kinds of flour will have different volumes at the same weight. This is where you should use your scale. Weigh the empty cup, then weigh the cup with flour. Subtract the weight of the cup and you'll have the weight of the flour.
Do the math and you'll know how many cups of flour it will take to equal 500 grams of flour.