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Chocolate cake

amiraspantry.com · 2016

Against 357 chocolate cake recipes

Less sugar than 89% of recipes and less cocoa than 78%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less sugar than 89% of recipes: 80% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 142%.
  • Less cocoa than 78% of recipes: 8.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 23%, 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: 8.6%, 19th percentileChocolate: 0%, 32nd percentileSugar: 80%, 10th percentileFat: 65%, 52nd percentileEgg: 40%, 31st percentileLiquid: 102%, 24th percentileLeavening: 5.5%, 61st percentileSalt: 0%, 15th percentileCocoaChocolateSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (12)

  • 1 cup sugar.≈ 200 g
  • 3/4 cup oil.≈ 164 g
  • 4 Tablespoons cocoa powder.≈ 22 g
  • 4 Tablespoons dry milk.≈ 17 g
  • 1 cup water.≈ 237 g
  • 2 large eggs.≈ 100 g
  • a pinch of vanilla powder.≈ 0.4 g
  • 2 cup all purpose flour.≈ 250 g
  • 1 Tablespoon baking powder.≈ 14 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 5 Tablespoon unsalted butter (melted.)≈ 71 g
  • 2 Tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder.≈ 11 g
  • 1/2 can sweetened condensed milk. (14oz)397 g

flour 250 gbatter 1003 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.

  • Cocoa8.6% · 19th percentile
  • Chocolate0% · 32nd percentile
  • Sugar80% · 10th percentile
  • Fat65% · 52nd percentile
  • Egg40% · 31st percentile
  • Liquid102% · 24th percentile
  • Leavening5.5% · 61st percentile
  • Salt0% · 15th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
35 to 40 minutes
median 33 minutes

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