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Creole Chocolate Cake

12tomatoes.com · Serves 16

Against 357 chocolate cake recipes

No cocoa, unlike 85% of recipes and less leavening than 89%.

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How it compares

Against the typical cake: the median of 357 chocolate cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • No cocoa at all, where 85% of recipes use some (most of those 16 to 31% of the flour weight).
  • Less leavening than 89% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.8%, about half as much.
  • No salt at all, where 69% of recipes use some (most of those 0.9 to 2.3% of the flour weight).
  • Chocolate in the middle half of recipes: 45% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
Cocoa: 0%, 7th percentileChocolate: 45%, 75th percentileSugar: 160%, 65th percentileFat: 89%, 74th percentileEgg: 40%, 31st percentileLiquid: 145%, 58th percentileLeavening: 2.4%, 8th percentileSalt: 0%, 15th percentileCocoaChocolateSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (23)

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 250 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
  • 1 stick butter (8 tablespoons)≈ 113 g
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil≈ 109 g
  • 1 4-ounce package dark, unsweetened baking chocolate, chopped113 g
  • 2 cups sugar≈ 400 g
  • 2 eggs, beaten≈ 100 g
  • 1 cup milk≈ 244 g
  • 1/2 cup water≈ 119 g
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla≈ 8 g
  • Generous dash cinnamonn/a

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 1/4 cup water≈ 59 g
  • 1 5-ounce can of evaporated milk142 g
  • 3/4 cup sugar≈ 150 g
  • 1/2 cup raisins≈ 75 g
  • 1/2 cup dried dates, chopped≈ 119 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla≈ 4.2 g
  • 1/2 cup chilled heavy whipping cream≈ 119 g
  • 1/3 cup walnuts (optional)≈ 40 g
  • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips≈ 170 g
  • 1/2 cup sour cream≈ 115 g
  • Pinch salt≈ 0.4 g
  • Generous pinch of cinnamon≈ 0.4 g

flour 250 gbatter 1462 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Baker's percentages

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 357 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Cocoa0% · 7th percentile
  • Chocolate45% · 75th percentile
  • Sugar160% · 65th percentile
  • Fat89% · 74th percentile
  • Egg40% · 31st percentile
  • Liquid145% · 58th percentile
  • Leavening2.4% · 8th percentile
  • Salt0% · 15th percentile

Oven

Temperature
not stated
median 350°F
Time
30 to 35 minutes
median 33 minutes

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