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Denver Chocolate Sheet Cake

12tomatoes.com

Against 357 chocolate cake recipes

Less leavening than 97% of recipes and more fat than 83%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less leavening than 97% of recipes: 1.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.8%, about half as much.
  • More fat than 83% of recipes: 109% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 62%.
  • Less egg than 81% of recipes: 32% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 46%.
Cocoa: 14%, 30th percentileChocolate: 0%, 32nd percentileSugar: 128%, 43rd percentileFat: 109%, 84th percentileEgg: 32%, 18th percentileLiquid: 182%, 74th percentileLeavening: 1.9%, 3rd percentileSalt: 0.5%, 41st percentileCocoaChocolateSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (15)

  • 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour (plus extra for pan)≈ 313 g
  • 2 cups granulated sugar≈ 400 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g
  • 2 sticks unsalted butter, cubed (plus extra for pan)≈ 226 g
  • 1/2 cup Dutch cocoa powder, sifted≈ 43 g
  • 1 ½ cups water≈ 356 g
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk≈ 122 g
  • 2 eggs, lightly beaten≈ 100 g
  • 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla≈ 6 g
  • 1 stick unsalted butter≈ 113 g
  • 6 tablespoons buttermilk≈ 92 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 3 ½ cups powdered sugar≈ 420 g
  • 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (optional)≈ 60 g

flour 313 gbatter 1782 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.

  • Cocoa14% · 30th percentile
  • Chocolate0% · 32nd percentile
  • Sugar128% · 43rd percentile
  • Fat109% · 84th percentile
  • Egg32% · 18th percentile
  • Liquid182% · 74th percentile
  • Leavening1.9% · 3rd percentile
  • Salt0.5% · 41st percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
28 to 32 minutes
median 33 minutes

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