Gram to Cup

80 grams of powdered sugar to cups

80 g of powdered sugar is about 0.67 cups, which is roughly 2/3 cup or 10.67 tablespoons. That comes from 120 g per US cup. Unsifted. Sifted powdered sugar falls to roughly 100 g a cup.

Measure80 g of powdered sugar
Cups0.67
Kitchen measure2/3 cup
Tablespoons10.67
Grams per cup used120 g

Powdered sugar, also sold as confectioners or icing sugar, is ground so fine that it aerates like flour. An unsifted spooned cup weighs about 120 g, while a sifted cup drops to roughly 100 g. That is a 17 percent difference from one word in the recipe.

Result
0.83 cups
About 7/8 cup of all-purpose flour. 100 g is 3.53 oz by weight.
Assumes spoon-and-level. Scooped flour runs closer to 140 g a cup.

Questions

How many cups is 80 g of powdered sugar?
0.67 cups, or about 2/3 cup. That is worked out at 120 g per US cup, and a cup of powdered sugar can run 100 to 125 g depending on sifting.
How many tablespoons is 80 g of powdered sugar?
About 10.67 tablespoons, since one US cup is 16 tablespoons. For small amounts tablespoons are usually the more accurate measure to work with.
Why does 80 g give a different number of cups for other ingredients?
Because cups measure volume and grams measure weight. 80 g of powdered sugar is 0.67 cups at 120 g per cup, while the same 80 g of a denser or lighter ingredient fills a different amount of space.

Other amounts of powdered sugar

50 g60 g70 g74 g75 g85 g90 g100 g110 g112 g

See all powdered sugar conversions or 80 g of every other ingredient.