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Vida's Chocolate Cake

12tomatoes.com · Serves 8-10

Against 357 chocolate cake recipes

No cocoa, unlike 85% of recipes and less sugar than 86%.

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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 sugar than 86% of recipes: 88% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 142%.
  • 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).
Cocoa: 0%, 7th percentileChocolate: 45%, 75th percentileSugar: 88%, 14th percentileFat: 91%, 77th percentileEgg: 40%, 31st percentileLiquid: 146%, 59th percentileLeavening: 2.4%, 8th percentileSalt: 0%, 15th percentileCocoaChocolateSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 250 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter≈ 227 g
  • 1 cup brown sugar, tightly packed≈ 220 g
  • 2 eggs (unbeaten)≈ 100 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 2 squares (4 oz) of bakers chocolate, melted113 g
  • 1 1/2 cups milk≈ 366 g

flour 250 gbatter 1287 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
  • Sugar88% · 14th percentile
  • Fat91% · 77th percentile
  • Egg40% · 31st percentile
  • Liquid146% · 59th percentile
  • Leavening2.4% · 8th percentile
  • Salt0% · 15th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
30 to 35 minutes
median 33 minutes

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