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Whole Wheat Chocolate Sheet Cake

jamiegeller.com · 2010

Against 357 chocolate cake recipes

More sugar than 98% of recipes and no egg, unlike 84%.

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How it compares

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

  • More sugar than 98% of recipes: 250% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 142%.
  • No egg at all, where 84% of recipes use some (most of those 40 to 67% of the flour weight).
  • Less cocoa than 83% of recipes: 6.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 23%, under a third as much.
  • Less liquid than 84% of recipes: 93% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 138%.
Cocoa: 6.7%, 16th percentileChocolate: 0%, 32nd percentileSugar: 250%, 98th percentileFat: 70%, 59th percentileEgg: 0%, 8th percentileLiquid: 93%, 16th percentileLeavening: 2.8%, 14th percentileSalt: 0%, 15th percentileCocoaChocolateSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (12)

  • 2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour≈ 320 g
  • 1 cup sugar (2 teaspoons cinnamon)≈ 200 g
  • 1/4 cup cocoa (1 cup water)≈ 22 g
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil≈ 109 g
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons Baking soda≈ 9 g
  • 1 cup buttermilk (2 large eggs, beaten)≈ 244 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla≈ 4.2 g
  • Icing:1/2 cup butter or margarine≈ 114 g
  • 3 to 4 tablespoons milk (2%)≈ 54 g
  • 3 cups confectioner’s sugar≈ 600 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 1 cup flaked coconut≈ 237 g

flour 320 gbatter 1916 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.

  • Cocoa6.7% · 16th percentile
  • Chocolate0% · 32nd percentile
  • Sugar250% · 98th percentile
  • Fat70% · 59th percentile
  • Egg0% · 8th percentile
  • Liquid93% · 16th percentile
  • Leavening2.8% · 14th percentile
  • Salt0% · 15th percentile

Oven

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

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