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Zwetschken-Schoko-Kuchen

Original in German

Christina Bauer · backenmitchristina.at · 2020

Against 357 chocolate cake recipes

Less sugar than 99% of recipes and no cocoa, unlike 85%.

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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 99% of recipes: 60% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 142%, about half as much.
  • No cocoa at all, where 85% of recipes use some (most of those 16 to 31% of the flour weight).
  • Less liquid than 99% of recipes: 40% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 138%, under a third as much.
  • More egg than 91% of recipes: 100% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 46%, about twice as much.
Cocoa: 0%, 7th percentileChocolate: 40%, 71st percentileSugar: 60%, 0th percentileFat: 52%, 39th percentileEgg: 100%, 92nd percentileLiquid: 40%, 0th percentileLeavening: 6.4%, 71st percentileSalt: 0%, 15th percentileCocoaChocolateSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (9)

  • 5 Eier≈ 250 g
  • 150 g Zucker150 g
  • 130 g Öl130 g
  • 100 g Schokolade100 g
  • 250 g Weizenmehl 700250 g
  • 50 g geriebene Mandeln50 g
  • 100 g Sauerrahm100 g
  • 16 g Backpulver16 g
  • 20 Zwetschken, je nach Größe halbiert oder gevierteltn/a

flour 250 gbatter 1046 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
  • Chocolate40% · 71st percentile
  • Sugar60% · 0th percentile
  • Fat52% · 39th percentile
  • Egg100% · 92nd percentile
  • Liquid40% · 0th percentile
  • Leavening6.4% · 71st percentile
  • Salt0% · 15th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
25 minutes
median 33 minutes

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