How Many Tablespoons in 2/3 Cup? Easily Explained

If you cook or bake with any regularity, you’ve probably learned to measure equivalents along the way. Ideally, you’ll have measuring cups and measuring spoons. But what if your only measuring vessel is a set of measuring spoons?

If you’ve come here wondering how many tablespoons in 2/3 cup, we’ll help you find the answer!

2/3 of a cup would equal 10-2/3 tablespoons, exactly 10 tablespoons and 2 teaspoons

Table of Contents

• Understanding Spoon Measurements
• Understanding Cup Measurements
• How Many Tablespoons in 2/3 Cup?
• How Many Teaspoons are in 2/3 Cup?
• How Accurate is Measuring By Volume?
• Measuring Tablespoons By Weight
• Simplify Your Baking Routine
• FAQ

Understanding Spoon Measurements

Before we break down 2/3 cup in tbsp, it’s important to understand how spoon measurements work. Most sets of measuring spoons are pretty straightforward: you have a 1/8 teaspoon, a 1/4 teaspoon, a 1/2 teaspoon, and a teaspoon.

That’s all straightforward enough. But most sets also include a tablespoon measure. You wouldn’t know just based on the names, but there are three teaspoons per tablespoon.

Some sets of spoons will also include 1/2 tablespoon measurement, although it’s not extremely common. However, if you frequently halve recipes or use recipes with odd measurements, having a 1/2 tablespoon measure can be really helpful!

Understanding Cup Measurements

So how many tablespoons is 2/3 cup? Before we get to that, it’s important to understand the cup measurement seen in most recipes. The cup measurement is a volume measurement that is especially accurate for measuring out liquids. It’s also very easy to convert to ounces, as one cup is equal to eight fluid ounces.

If you prefer measuring liquid by ounces, that also makes it easy to quickly skim a recipe and see how many fluid ounces you’ll need. If a recipe calls for 1/8 of a cup, that’s one fluid ounce. A 1/4 cup measurement is 2 fluid ounces, a 1/2 cup measurement is 4 fluid ounces, etc.

Of course, if you want to save yourself the trouble of mentally converting cups into fluid ounces, you can simply invest in a measuring cup. A good measuring cup usually includes cups and fluid ounces. It’s great for measuring liquid ingredients and some dry ingredients like sugar.

Read here how many cups are in a pound of powdered sugar.

How Many Tablespoons in 2/3 Cup?

So what if you’re converting 2/3 cup to tablespoons? This conversion isn’t exactly straightforward. The answer isn’t an even number: there are 10 and 2/3 tablespoons in 2/3 of a cup.

You probably remember from above that each tablespoon contains 3 teaspoons, so 2/3 of a tablespoon is two teaspoons. Therefore, in 2/3 of a cup, there are 10 tablespoons and 2 teaspoons.

If you generally weigh your ingredients (more on that in a bit) you might want that number in decimal form. In 2/3 of a cup, there are 10.67 tablespoons.

So now you know how to convert 2/3 cup to tbsp. But when cooking or baking, you’ll probably need to know how to break other cup measurements into spoon measurements. Here’s a helpful chart of how various cup measurements break down into tablespoons:

Cups	Tablespoons
1/8	2
¼	4
1/3	5-1/3
3/8	6
½	8
5/8	10
2/3	10-2/3
¾	12
7/8	14
1	16

Want to see a cool visual demonstration of how many tablespoons are in 2/3 cup? Check out this short video!

How Many Teaspoons are in 2/3 Cup?

Measuring out 2/3 cup of anything with a teaspoon will be a little tedious. But in case you’ve lost all of your measuring spoons but the teaspoon, you may want to know what a 2/3 cup measurement equals in teaspoons.

You need 10 tablespoons and 2 teaspoons to get 2/3 cup, and there are 3 teaspoons in a tablespoon. So to get 2/3 of a cup, you would need 32 teaspoons.

In case you want a quick reference for breaking down a given cup measurement into teaspoons, here’s a handy chart:

• 1/8 cup: 6 teaspoons
• 1/4 cup: 12 teaspoons
• 1/3 cup: 16 teaspoons
• 1/2 cup: 24 teaspoons
• 2/3 cup: 32 teaspoons
• 3/4 cup: 36 teaspoons
• 1 cup: 48 teaspoons

How Accurate is Measuring By Volume?

Many solid forms can be measured by volume. How many times have you placed a cup or two of sifted flour into a mixing bowl?

Though measuring dry and wet ingredients by volume is very common, there’s a much more accurate method for measuring the exact amount of any dry ingredient you need. Dry baking products can sometimes become packed or settled in a cup measurement. Wheat flour is a great example. If you’re using a measuring cup to scoop flour from a bag, the weight in grams will vary depending on how densely the flour is packed into the cup.

Of course, if you’re measuring liquid, it’s a different story. You can’t pack water, milk, or oil into a measuring cup.

If you want accurate results when you measure flour or other dry baking products, measuring by weight is the way to go. If you know how much a teaspoon or tablespoon of a given dry good weighs, you can use the gram function on a kitchen weighing scale to calculate the exact amount you need. This way you’ll get much more consistent results.

That said, most recipes call for dry ingredients by volume, not weight. Luckily, plenty of cooking websites can tell you how many grams of various spices are in a teaspoon, tablespoon, cup, etc. Scales are easy to get, too; you can find them in home stores or online.

Measuring Tablespoons By Weight

If you haven’t used a food scale when cooking before, it can seem a little confusing at first. But it’s easy when you get the hang of it!

To start, switch on your food scale and tare it to zero. That way, the scale has a baseline measurement. Make sure the scale is set on the gram function — that’s the best unit to use when weighing out small amounts of any substance.

Take a tablespoon of butter, a spice, flour, etc. and weigh it.

If you need to convert this amount to 2/3 of a cup, that’s simple, too. Remember the decimal form we mentioned earlier? In 2/3 of a cup, there are 10.67 tablespoons. So to get 2/3 of a cup, you multiply the weight (in grams) of the one tablespoon by 10.67. That’s how many grams you would need for the recipe.

Simplify Your Baking Routine

Whether you need to know how many tablespoons in 2 3 cup butter or just want to make sure you’re measuring out exactly what a recipe calls for, it’s a good idea to have a simple chart like the ones above to reference. With one of these, even if you don’t have the exact measuring cup you need, whatever you’re making should turn out exactly as planned!

FAQ

Need a little more clarification? Here are some frequently asked questions: