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Torta al cioccolato soffice

Original in Italian

Il Cucchiaio d'Argento · cucchiaio.it · 2025 · 8 porzioni

Against 357 chocolate cake recipes

More leavening than 95% of recipes and less sugar than 84%.

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How it compares

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

  • More leavening than 95% of recipes: 8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.8%.
  • Less sugar than 84% of recipes: 90% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 142%.
Cocoa: 25%, 55th percentileChocolate: 25%, 66th percentileSugar: 90%, 15th percentileFat: 46%, 26th percentileEgg: 50%, 57th percentileLiquid: 104%, 26th percentileLeavening: 8%, 96th percentileSalt: 0.2%, 35th percentileCocoaChocolateSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (12)

  • 200 g di farina 00200 g
  • 50 g di cacao amaro in polvere50 g
  • 180 g di zucchero semolato180 g
  • 2 uova a temperatura ambiente≈ 100 g
  • 1 vasetto da 125 g di yogurt bianco intero125 g
  • 100 ml di olio di semi≈ 92 g
  • 1 cucchiaino di estratto di vaniglia≈ 4.2 g
  • 80 ml di latte≈ 83 g
  • 1 bustina di lievito per dolci (16 g)16 g
  • 1 pizzico di sale≈ 0.4 g
  • 50 g di cioccolato fondente (facoltativo)50 g
  • zucchero a velon/a

flour 200 gbatter 900 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.

  • Cocoa25% · 55th percentile
  • Chocolate25% · 66th percentile
  • Sugar90% · 15th percentile
  • Fat46% · 26th percentile
  • Egg50% · 57th percentile
  • Liquid104% · 26th percentile
  • Leavening8% · 96th percentile
  • Salt0.2% · 35th percentile

Oven

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

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