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Berry Chocolate Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

bakeschool.com · 2014 · 12

Against 357 chocolate cake recipes

Less fat than 94% of recipes and no egg, unlike 84%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less fat than 94% of recipes: 30% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 62%, about half as much.
  • No egg at all, where 84% of recipes use some (most of those 40 to 67% of the flour weight).
Cocoa: 20%, 44th percentileChocolate: 0%, 32nd percentileSugar: 108%, 31st percentileFat: 30%, 6th percentileEgg: 0%, 8th percentileLiquid: 139%, 52nd percentileLeavening: 4.9%, 52nd percentileSalt: 0.5%, 41st percentileCocoaChocolateSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (15)

  • 185 grams bleached all-purpose flour185 g
  • 7.5 mL baking soda≈ 9 g
  • 37 grams Cacao Barry extra brute cocoa powder37 g
  • 1.25 mL Diamond Crystal fine kosher salt≈ 0.9 g
  • 15 mL white vinegar≈ 15 g
  • 5 mL pure vanilla extract≈ 4.3 g
  • 250 mL skim milk (fat free)≈ 258 g
  • 60 mL canola oil (or your favourite neutral oil)≈ 55 g
  • 200 grams light brown sugar200 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 218 grams icing sugar218 g
  • 173 grams unsalted butter (room temperature)173 g
  • 500 grams Philadelphia cream cheese (full fat, regular) (cold)500 g
  • 225 grams fresh strawberries225 g
  • 225 grams Fresh raspberries225 g
  • 225 grams fresh blueberries225 g

flour 185 gbatter 764 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.

  • Cocoa20% · 44th percentile
  • Chocolate0% · 32nd percentile
  • Sugar108% · 31st percentile
  • Fat30% · 6th percentile
  • Egg0% · 8th percentile
  • Liquid139% · 52nd percentile
  • Leavening4.9% · 52nd percentile
  • Salt0.5% · 41st percentile

Oven

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

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