Cinnamon Chocolate Cake with Cinnamon Glaze

jamiegeller.com · 2010 · 10 Servings

Against 357 chocolate cake recipes

No cocoa, unlike 85% of recipes and more chocolate than 82%.

How it compares

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

No cocoa at all, where 85% of recipes use some (most of those 16 to 31% of the flour weight).
More chocolate than 82% of recipes: 68% 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 liquid than 77% of recipes: 98% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 138%.

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

2 cups Flour≈ 250 g
1 teaspoon Baking soda≈ 6 g
1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
2 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon≈ 7 g
3/4 cup 1 1/2 sticks unsalted margarine, at room temperature≈ 170 g
1 1/4 cups brown sugar≈ 275 g
3 Eggs≈ 150 g
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract≈ 8 g
6 ounces chopped semisweet chocolate or high quality semisweet chocolate chips (melted)170 g
1 cup plain soy milk≈ 244 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

flour 250 gbatter 1283 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.