Beatty's Chocolate Cake

Ingredients (16)

• 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour≈ 219 g
• 2 cups granulated sugar≈ 400 g
• 3/4 cups cocoa powder≈ 65 g
• 2 teaspoons baking soda≈ 12 g
• 1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 4 g
• 1 cup buttermilk, shaken≈ 244 g
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil≈ 109 g
• 2 large eggs, at room temperature≈ 100 g
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
• 1 cup freshly brewed hot coffee≈ 237 g
• 6 oz semisweet chocolate170 g
• 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature≈ 227 g
• 1 large egg yolk, at room temperature≈ 18 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

• 1 1/2 cups powdered sugar, sifted≈ 180 g
• 1 tablespoon instant coffee granules, such as Nescafe≈ 7 g

flour 219 gbatter 1813 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.

• Cocoa30% · 73rd percentile · median 23%
• Chocolate78% · 87th percentile · median 0%
• Sugar183% · 84th percentile · median 142%
• Fat154% · 95th percentile · median 62%
• Egg54% · 64th percentile · median 46%
• Liquid220% · 95th percentile · median 138%
• Leavening7.6% · 93rd percentile · median 4.8%
• Salt1.8% · 73rd percentile · median 1.1%

Oven

Temperature

350°F / 175°C

median 350°F

Time

35 to 40 minutes

median 33 minutes