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Le gâteau au chocolat de Grand-mère

Original in French

Betty Bossi · bettybossi.ch · 2022 · 8 personnes

Against 357 chocolate cake recipes

No cocoa, unlike 85% of recipes and less leavening than 97%.

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How it compares

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

  • No cocoa at all, where 85% of recipes use some (most of those 16 to 31% of the flour weight).
  • Less leavening than 97% of recipes: 1.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.8%, about half as much.
  • Less liquid than 95% of recipes: 52% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 138%, about half as much.
  • Less sugar than 78% of recipes: 100% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 142%.
Cocoa: 0%, 7th percentileChocolate: 33%, 68th percentileSugar: 100%, 20th percentileFat: 50%, 35th percentileEgg: 50%, 57th percentileLiquid: 52%, 4th percentileLeavening: 1.8%, 2nd percentileSalt: 0.1%, 32nd percentileCocoaChocolateSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (11)

  • 150 g de beurre , mou150 g
  • 300 g de sucre300 g
  • 1 sachet de sucre vanillé8 g
  • 1 pincée de sel≈ 0.4 g
  • 3 œufs≈ 150 g
  • 300 g de farine300 g
  • 0.5 sachet de poudre à lever6 g
  • 100 g de chocolat en poudre100 g
  • 75 g de noisettes moulues75 g
  • 1.5 dl de lait≈ 155 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • sucre glace pour le décorn/a

flour 300 gbatter 1243 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
  • Chocolate33% · 68th percentile
  • Sugar100% · 20th percentile
  • Fat50% · 35th percentile
  • Egg50% · 57th percentile
  • Liquid52% · 4th percentile
  • Leavening1.8% · 2nd percentile
  • Salt0.1% · 32nd percentile

Oven

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

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