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Einfacher Schokokuchen – saftig und lecker

Original in German

Emmi · emmikochteinfach.de · 2025 · 12 Portionen

Against 357 chocolate cake recipes

Less sugar than 95% of recipes and less cocoa than 82%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less sugar than 95% of recipes: 69% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 142%, about half as much.
  • Less cocoa than 82% of recipes: 8.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 23%, about half as much.
  • Less liquid than 86% of recipes: 87% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 138%.
  • No salt at all, where 69% of recipes use some (most of those 0.9 to 2.3% of the flour weight).
Cocoa: 8.3%, 17th percentileChocolate: 0%, 32nd percentileSugar: 69%, 4th percentileFat: 62%, 50th percentileEgg: 46%, 52nd percentileLiquid: 87%, 13th percentileLeavening: 4.6%, 47th percentileSalt: 0%, 15th percentileCocoaChocolateSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (11)

  • 3 Eier, Größe M≈ 150 g
  • 325 g Weizenmehl, Type 405 (alternativ Dinkelmehl Type 630)325 g
  • 275 ml Vollmilch≈ 284 g
  • 225 g Zucker225 g
  • 200 g Butter, sehr weich (so weich wie eine Creme) (alternativ Margarine)200 g
  • 1 Pck. Bourbon-Vanillezucker8 g
  • 1 Pck Backpulver15 g
  • 5 EL Backkakao≈ 27 g
  • Salzn/a
  • 100 g Zartbitter-Schokotröpfchen (nach Belieben)100 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 1 Becher Zartbitter-Kuchenglasurn/a

flour 325 gbatter 1334 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.

  • Cocoa8.3% · 17th percentile
  • Chocolate0% · 32nd percentile
  • Sugar69% · 4th percentile
  • Fat62% · 50th percentile
  • Egg46% · 52nd percentile
  • Liquid87% · 13th percentile
  • Leavening4.6% · 47th percentile
  • Salt0% · 15th percentile

Oven

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

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