Deep Dark Chocolate Cake

Cheryl Slocum · countryliving.com · 2009 · 16 serving(s)

Against 357 chocolate cake recipes

More fat than 90% of recipes and more cocoa than 84%.

How it compares

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

More fat than 90% of recipes: 134% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 62%, about twice as much.
More cocoa than 84% of recipes: 34% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 23%.
Less liquid than 84% of recipes: 92% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 138%.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

1 c. (2 sticks) unsalted butter at room temperature, plus more for cake pans≈ 227 g
2 c. all-purpose flour≈ 250 g
1 c. cocoa≈ 86 g
2 c. granulated sugar≈ 400 g
1 tsp. baking soda≈ 6 g
1 tsp. baking powder≈ 4.6 g
1 tsp. kosher salt≈ 4 g
2 large eggs≈ 100 g
1 c. sour cream≈ 230 g
1/2 c. canola oil≈ 109 g
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
1 tsp. white vinegar≈ 4.9 g
3/4 c. raspberry jam, strained and seeds discarded≈ 94 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

flour 250 gbatter 1520 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 357 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: cocoa, chocolate, sugar, fat, egg, liquid, leavening, salt.