1 Cup Cashews in Grams

1 cup of cashews weighs 113 g (spooned and levelled, King Arthur Baking). Mild, buttery kidney-shaped nuts. All the figures on this page are approximate conversions based on the King Arthur Baking value, so when a recipe really matters, verify with a kitchen scale.

Why weighing cashews beats measuring it in cups

Cashews are the lightest of the common whole nuts per cup at 113 g, and the reason is their shape. The curved, kidney-shaped nuts do not pack neatly, so a cup of cashews holds a surprising amount of air. That air is invisible when you look at the cup, which is why cooks who measure cashews by volume routinely use less nut than the recipe intended, and why a cashew sauce can come out thin when it should be rich and creamy.

Cashews also play two very different roles in the kitchen, and the weight matters for both. In baking they are a garnish or a crunch, where a few grams either way barely matters. In vegan cooking they are the base of the sauce itself: soaked and blended, they replace cream and cheese, and the ratio of cashews to water decides whether the result is a pourable cream or a thick spread. A sauce made with 100 g of cashews and 120 ml of water is a cream; the same sauce made with a loosely measured cup can be either, depending on how the nuts settled. Weighing is what makes the sauce repeatable.

Cashews cups to grams conversion table

Cups Grams Tablespoons
1/4 cup 28.2 g 4
1/3 cup 37.7 g 5.3
1/2 cup 56.5 g 8
2/3 cup 75.3 g 10.7
3/4 cup 84.8 g 12
1 cup 113 g 16
1 1/2 cups 169.5 g 24
2 cups 226 g 32
3 cups 339 g 48
4 cups 452 g 64

One tablespoon of cashews weighs about 7.1 g, since a cup is 16 tablespoons. That is useful when a recipe calls for a spoonful or two rather than a whole cup, though for small amounts a scale that reads to the gram is far more reliable than a spoon, because a heaped tablespoon can weigh half as much again as a level one.

Worked examples

Cashew cream for a vegan pasta sauce

A cashew cream to coat pasta for four people uses about 1 cup of raw cashews, which is 113 g, soaked in hot water for 30 minutes and blended with 120 ml of fresh water, lemon juice and salt. The 113 g figure is the starting point: blend, then adjust with a splash of water until the cream coats a spoon. If the cashews were measured loosely, the sauce may need more water or more nuts, and the result will vary every time you make it.

Cashew chicken stir-fry for four

A stir-fry for four uses about 3/4 cup of cashews, which is 85 g, added at the end so they stay crunchy. Toast them first in a dry pan for two minutes until they smell nutty, then set them aside and stir them in just before serving. Weighing 85 g keeps the balance right: cashews are rich, and a heavy hand turns a chicken dish into a nut dish.

Cashew butter cookies, one batch

A batch of 24 cashew butter cookies uses about 1/2 cup of cashew butter made from roughly 1 cup of cashews, which is 113 g. Blend the nuts until smooth, stopping to scrape the sides, and weigh the nuts before blending rather than measuring the butter afterwards, because the butter packs into the cup and a cup of butter weighs far more than a cup of whole nuts.

How the weight was measured

How you fill the cup decides what the cup weighs. The method used here is spooned and levelled: the ingredient is spooned into the cup and levelled with a straight edge, never scooped and never tapped down. If you scoop, you compress the ingredient and the same cup can weigh noticeably more, which is the single most common reason a recipe that worked for its author fails in another kitchen.

The value is taken from King Arthur Baking with high confidence. King Arthur Baking is the reference used across this site because its chart is consistent and widely used by recipe developers. No other source was mixed in, and nothing on this page was estimated from a different ingredient. Remember that every conversion on this page is approximate: check the weight on a kitchen scale whenever accuracy matters, and use the table as a guide rather than a guarantee.

Practical guidance

Keep cashews in an airtight container in a cool, dry place for up to 6 months, and refrigerate them if your kitchen is warm, because their oils go rancid and a stale cashew tastes bitter and flat. Buy raw cashews for sauces and blending, and roasted salted cashews only for snacking or garnish, because the salt and oil on roasted nuts change the seasoning of a dish. For the smoothest cashew cream, soak the nuts in hot water for at least 30 minutes, or in cold water overnight, and blend with fresh water rather than the soaking water. If you do not have a scale, spoon the cashews into the cup without pressing them down and level the top, and accept that the figure is approximate: check the sauce or the bake and adjust, rather than assuming the cup was exact.

Common mistakes with nuts and seeds

The most common mistake is measuring whole nuts and chopped nuts as if they weighed the same. Chopped nuts pack tighter, so a cup of chopped pistachios weighs more than a cup of whole ones, and a recipe that calls for a cup of one and gets the other will be off by a noticeable margin. If a recipe says chopped, chop first and then measure, or better, weigh. The second mistake is using stale nuts: rancid oil in an old bag will flavour the whole bake, and no amount of sugar covers it. Taste one before you bake with it. The third is toasting by time instead of by smell: nuts go from toasted to burnt in under a minute, so stand at the oven and pull them when they smell fragrant, not when the timer says so. Finally, do not substitute one nut for another by volume alone in a recipe that depends on weight: a cup of cashews and a cup of hazelnuts differ by nearly 30 g, which changes the balance of a cake or a pesto.

Frequently asked questions

How many grams is 1 cup of cashews?

1 cup of cashews weighs 113 g when spooned and levelled, according to King Arthur Baking. The figure is approximate, because the curved nuts leave different amounts of air depending on how they settle, so verify with a kitchen scale when it matters.

How many cups is 200 g of cashews?

200 g of cashews is about 1.75 cups, or 1 3/4 cups. At 113 g per cup, divide 200 by 113 to get the answer, and use a scale for the most accurate result.

Are raw and roasted cashews the same weight per cup?

They are close, but roasting drives off a little moisture, so roasted cashews are very slightly lighter per cup. The difference is small enough to ignore in most recipes, but for a precise sauce, weigh the nuts in the form the recipe specifies.

Can I use cashews instead of almonds in baking?

Yes, but weigh them rather than measuring by volume. A cup of cashews is 113 g, and a cup of almonds has a different weight, so matching by weight keeps the recipe balanced while matching by volume does not.

Why does my cashew cream come out different every time?

Because a cup of cashews varies by how the nuts settle, and the sauce ratio depends on weight. Weigh 113 g per cup every time, soak the nuts the same way, and measure the blending water, and the cream will be consistent.

Related conversions

If you need a different amount, the table above scales in both directions, and the converter tool will do the maths for any quantity. When a recipe really matters, weigh the ingredient on a kitchen scale rather than trusting the cup alone, because the figures on this page are approximate and natural ingredients vary by brand, variety and moisture.