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HERSHEY'S "Perfectly Chocolate" Chocolate Cake

hersheyland.com · 2025 · 1 cake

Against 357 chocolate cake recipes

More liquid than 92% of recipes and more salt than 93%.

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How it compares

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

  • More liquid than 92% of recipes: 220% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 138%.
  • More salt than 93% of recipes: 2.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.1%, about 2.5 times as much.
  • More sugar than 81% of recipes: 183% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 142%.
  • More leavening than 84% of recipes: 7.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.8%.
Cocoa: 30%, 73rd percentileChocolate: 0%, 32nd percentileSugar: 183%, 84th percentileFat: 50%, 32nd percentileEgg: 46%, 48th percentileLiquid: 220%, 95th percentileLeavening: 7.3%, 87th percentileSalt: 2.7%, 96th percentileCocoaChocolateSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (11)

  • 2 cups sugar≈ 400 g
  • 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour≈ 219 g
  • 3/4 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa≈ 65 g
  • 1 1/2 tsps baking powder≈ 7 g
  • 1 1/2 tsps baking soda≈ 9 g
  • 1 tsp salt≈ 6 g
  • 2 eggs≈ 100 g
  • 1 cup milk≈ 244 g
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil≈ 109 g
  • 2 tsps vanilla extract≈ 8 g
  • 1 cup boiling water≈ 237 g

flour 219 gbatter 1404 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.

  • Cocoa30% · 73rd percentile
  • Chocolate0% · 32nd percentile
  • Sugar183% · 84th percentile
  • Fat50% · 32nd percentile
  • Egg46% · 48th percentile
  • Liquid220% · 95th percentile
  • Leavening7.3% · 87th percentile
  • Salt2.7% · 96th percentile

Oven

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

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