Chocolate Layer Cake
inlaurasbakery.com · 2026 · 12 people
Against 357 chocolate cake recipes
Less fat than 82% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 357 chocolate cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less fat than 82% of recipes: 42% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 62%.
- No chocolate, like 63% of recipes.
Ingredients (12)
- 220 grams all-purpose flour220 g
- 60 grams cocoa powder60 g
- 275 grams dark brown sugar275 g
- 1 ½ tsp baking soda≈ 9 g
- 1 tsp baking powder≈ 4.6 g
- ½ tsp salt≈ 3 g
- 100 ml sunflower oil (or other neutral oil)≈ 92 g
- 2 eggs≈ 100 g
- 1 tsp vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 200 ml buttermilk≈ 206 g
- 150 ml strong brewed coffee (cooled)≈ 150 g
- Chocolate buttercream (one full batch)n/a
flour 220 gbatter 1125 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.
- Cocoa27% · 66th percentile · median 23%
- Chocolate0% · 32nd percentile · median 0%
- Sugar125% · 41st percentile · median 142%
- Fat42% · 17th percentile · median 62%
- Egg46% · 44th percentile · median 46%
- Liquid162% · 67th percentile · median 138%
- Leavening6.2% · 68th percentile · median 4.8%
- Salt1.4% · 61st percentile · median 1.1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 25 minutes
- median 33 minutes
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