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Chocolate Cake

Bake to the roots · baketotheroots.de · 2015

Against 357 chocolate cake recipes

More cocoa than 91% of recipes and more liquid than 91%.

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How it compares

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

  • More cocoa than 91% of recipes: 40% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 23%.
  • More liquid than 91% of recipes: 214% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 138%.
Cocoa: 40%, 92nd percentileChocolate: 0%, 32nd percentileSugar: 133%, 46th percentileFat: 51%, 37th percentileEgg: 44%, 42nd percentileLiquid: 214%, 91st percentileLeavening: 4%, 35th percentileSalt: 1.3%, 58th percentileCocoaChocolateSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (11)

  • 1 3/4 cups (225g) all-purpose flour225 g
  • 1 1/2 cups (300g) sugar300 g
  • 3/4 cup (90g) cocoa powder90 g
  • 1 1/2 tsp. baking soda≈ 9 g
  • 1/2 tsp. salt≈ 3 g
  • 2 eggs≈ 100 g
  • 1 cup (240gml) buttermilk≈ 244 g
  • 1/2 cup (115g) butter, melted115 g
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract≈ 8 g
  • 1 cup (240ml) hot coffee≈ 237 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • Dark Chocolate Frostingn/a

flour 225 gbatter 1331 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.

  • Cocoa40% · 92nd percentile
  • Chocolate0% · 32nd percentile
  • Sugar133% · 46th percentile
  • Fat51% · 37th percentile
  • Egg44% · 42nd percentile
  • Liquid214% · 91st percentile
  • Leavening4% · 35th percentile
  • Salt1.3% · 58th percentile

Oven

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

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