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Le sempiternel gâteau au chocolat

Original in French

Déliacious · chefsimon.com · 2018

Against 357 chocolate cake recipes

More cocoa than 91% of recipes and more leavening than 94%.

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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 leavening than 94% of recipes: 7.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.8%.
  • More fat than 82% of recipes: 103% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 62%.
  • No salt at all, where 69% of recipes use some (most of those 0.9 to 2.3% of the flour weight).
Cocoa: 40%, 92nd percentileChocolate: 33%, 68th percentileSugar: 130%, 44th percentileFat: 103%, 83rd percentileEgg: 67%, 79th percentileLiquid: 172%, 72nd percentileLeavening: 7.7%, 95th percentileSalt: 0%, 15th percentileCocoaChocolateSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (14)

  • 125 g sucre en poudre125 g
  • 40 g sucre glace40 g
  • 125 g beurre fondu125 g
  • 2 oeufs entiers≈ 100 g
  • 1 c. à café extrait de vanille≈ 4.2 g
  • 150 g farine150 g
  • 1/2 sachet levure chimique6 g
  • 60 g cacao en poudre60 g
  • 1 c. à café bicarbonate de soude≈ 6 g
  • 250 ml lait végétal≈ 258 g
  • 50 g chocolat noir50 g
  • 30 g beurre demi sel30 g
  • 3 c. à café crème (fleurette ou épaisse, ce que tu as)≈ 15 g
  • 30 g sucre glace30 g

flour 150 gbatter 998 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
  • Chocolate33% · 68th percentile
  • Sugar130% · 44th percentile
  • Fat103% · 83rd percentile
  • Egg67% · 79th percentile
  • Liquid172% · 72nd percentile
  • Leavening7.7% · 95th percentile
  • Salt0% · 15th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
not stated
median 33 minutes

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