Fudgy Chocolate Sheet Cake with Fudge Glaze

Bettie · bakerbettie.com · 2018 · 15

Against 357 chocolate cake recipes

More cocoa than 93% of recipes and more sugar than 87%.

How it compares

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

More cocoa than 93% of recipes: 42% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 23%.
More sugar than 87% of recipes: 185% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 142%.
More liquid than 86% of recipes: 201% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 138%.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

2 cups (238 gr) all-purpose flour238 g
1 cup (100 gr) unsweetened cocoa powder (natural or dutch-processed)100 g
2 1/4 cup (441 gr) granulated sugar441 g
2 tsp baking powder≈ 9 g
3/4 tsp Morton kosher salt or table salt (use 1 1/2 tsp if using Diamond kosher)≈ 3.6 g
2 tsp vanilla extract≈ 8 g
1/2 cup (120 ml) whole or 2% milk, room temperature≈ 122 g
3 large eggs, room temperature≈ 150 g
3/4 cup (180 ml) vegetable or canola oil≈ 164 g
1 1/2 cups (355 ml) very hot coffee or water≈ 356 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

1/2 cup (1 stick, 112 gr) unsalted butter112 g
12 fl oz can (355 ml) sweetened condensed milk≈ 459 g
1/2 cup (90 gr) semi-sweet chocolate chips (or chopped up chocolate)90 g
1/4 cup (24 gr) unsweetened cocoa powder (can be natural or dutch-processed)24 g
1/2 tsp Morton kosher salt or table salt (use 1 tsp if using Diamond kosher)≈ 2.4 g

flour 238 gbatter 1591 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 357 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: cocoa, chocolate, sugar, fat, egg, liquid, leavening, salt.