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Twix Chocolate Layer Cake

Jess Holmes · handletheheat.com · 2016 · 1 8 inch layer cake

Against 357 chocolate cake recipes

No salt, unlike 69% of recipes.

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How it compares

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

  • No salt at all, where 69% of recipes use some (most of those 0.9 to 2.3% of the flour weight).
  • Cocoa in the middle half of recipes: 29% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 23%.
Cocoa: 29%, 68th percentileChocolate: 0%, 32nd percentileSugar: 139%, 48th percentileFat: 58%, 45th percentileEgg: 54%, 63rd percentileLiquid: 172%, 72nd percentileLeavening: 4.9%, 52nd percentileSalt: 0%, 15th percentileCocoaChocolateSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (17)

  • 2 cups (280 grams) plain flour280 g
  • 1 cup (80 grams) cocoa powder80 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
  • 1 and 1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 9 g
  • 1 and 1/2 cup (300 grams) caster sugar300 g
  • 1/2 cup (90 grams) brown sugar90 g
  • 1 cup (240 ml) buttermilk≈ 244 g
  • 3/4 cup (180 ml) vegetable oil≈ 164 g
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 8 g
  • 3 large eggs, room temperature≈ 150 g
  • 1 cup (240 ml) hot water≈ 237 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 1/2 cup (115 grams or 1 stick) unsalted butter, softened115 g
  • 2 and 1/2 cups (325 grams) powdered or icing sugar325 g
  • 1/2 cup (120 ml) [url]salted caramel sauce∞http://www.sweetestmenu.com/blog/homemade-salted-caramel-sauce[/url]≈ 119 g
  • Twix bars, choppedn/a
  • Shortbread cookies, crumbledn/a
  • Extra caramel sauce for drizzlingn/a

flour 280 gbatter 1567 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.

  • Cocoa29% · 68th percentile
  • Chocolate0% · 32nd percentile
  • Sugar139% · 48th percentile
  • Fat58% · 45th percentile
  • Egg54% · 63rd percentile
  • Liquid172% · 72nd percentile
  • Leavening4.9% · 52nd percentile
  • Salt0% · 15th percentile

Oven

Temperature
360°F / 180°C
median 350°F
Time
30 minutes
median 33 minutes

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