Double Chocolate Cake

Food Network · foodnetwork.com · 2016 · Serves 12 (makes one 9-inch round layer cake)

Against 357 chocolate cake recipes

More egg than 99% of recipes and less fat than 96%.

How it compares

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

More egg than 99% of recipes: 128% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 46%, about 3 times as much.
Less fat than 96% of recipes: 27% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 62%, about half as much.
More cocoa than 89% of recipes: 38% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 23%.
Less sugar than 87% of recipes: 84% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 142%.

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

1 1/2 cups non-fat plain Greek yogurt≈ 368 g
1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (Dutch-process is best)≈ 22 g
4 ounces dark chocolate (70% cocoa or greater), chopped, melted and cooled to room temperature113 g
1/2 cup organic icing sugar≈ 60 g
2 1/2 cups whole-wheat pastry flour≈ 285 g
1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (Dutch-process is best)≈ 86 g
1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
1/4 teaspoon sea salt≈ 1.5 g
1 1/4 cups unsweetened applesauce≈ 319 g
1 cup non-fat plain Greek yogurt≈ 245 g
1/3 cup honey≈ 113 g
1/3 cup organic sugar≈ 67 g
1/3 cup unsalted butter≈ 76 g
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract≈ 8 g
1 1/2 cups egg whites (about 12 large)≈ 365 g

flour 285 gbatter 2138 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.