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chocolate crusted chocolate cake

jamiegeller.com · 2012

Against 357 chocolate cake recipes

More chocolate than 87% of recipes and less leavening than 89%.

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How it compares

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

  • More chocolate than 87% of recipes: 80% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
  • Less leavening than 89% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.8%, about half as much.
  • Less fat than 76% of recipes: 44% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 62%.
Cocoa: 17%, 39th percentileChocolate: 80%, 88th percentileSugar: 160%, 65th percentileFat: 44%, 21st percentileEgg: 40%, 31st percentileLiquid: 142%, 54th percentileLeavening: 2.4%, 8th percentileSalt: 1.2%, 54th percentileCocoaChocolateSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (12)

  • 2 cup flour≈ 250 g
  • 2 cup sugar≈ 400 g
  • 1/2 cup cocoa≈ 43 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
  • 1 tablespoon instant coffee≈ 7 g
  • 1/2 cup hot water≈ 119 g
  • 1 cup water≈ 237 g
  • 1/2 cup oil≈ 109 g
  • 2 eggs≈ 100 g
  • 2 teaspoon vanilla≈ 8 g
  • baking chocolate i use 200 grams (coarsly chopped)200 g

flour 250 gbatter 1482 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.

  • Cocoa17% · 39th percentile
  • Chocolate80% · 88th percentile
  • Sugar160% · 65th percentile
  • Fat44% · 21st percentile
  • Egg40% · 31st percentile
  • Liquid142% · 54th percentile
  • Leavening2.4% · 8th percentile
  • Salt1.2% · 54th percentile

Oven

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

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