Classic Chocolate Cake
Bettie · bakerbettie.com · 2019 · 1
Against 357 chocolate cake recipes
More cocoa than 93% of recipes and more sugar than 89%.
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 89% of recipes: 188% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 142%.
- More liquid than 87% of recipes: 205% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 138%.
Ingredients (11)
- 240 grams (2 cups) all-purpose flour240 g
- 100 grams (1 ¼ cups) natural cocoa powder100 g
- 450 grams (2 ¼ cups) granulated sugar450 g
- 2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 9 g
- 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
- ¾ teaspoon fine sea salt≈ 4.5 g
- 170 grams (¾ cup, 180 milliliters) neutral oil (canola, vegetable, safflower, or grapeseed)170 g
- 3 large eggs, room temperature≈ 150 g
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract≈ 13 g
- 151 grams (⅔ cup, 160 milliliters) milk, room temperature (1%, 2%, or whole)151 g
- 340 grams (1 ½ cups, 360 milliliters) very hot coffee or water340 g
flour 240 gbatter 1633 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.
- Cocoa42% · 93rd percentile · median 23%
- Chocolate0% · 32nd percentile · median 0%
- Sugar188% · 89th percentile · median 142%
- Fat71% · 59th percentile · median 62%
- Egg63% · 75th percentile · median 46%
- Liquid205% · 88th percentile · median 138%
- Leavening6.3% · 69th percentile · median 4.8%
- Salt1.9% · 76th percentile · median 1.1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 45 minutes
- median 33 minutes
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