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Healthy Chocolate Cake Recipe

joyfoodsunshine.com · 2022 · 12 Servings

Against 357 chocolate cake recipes

Less fat than 90% of recipes and more egg than 75%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less fat than 90% of recipes: 36% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 62%.
  • Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 106% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 142%.
Cocoa: 14%, 30th percentileChocolate: 27%, 67th percentileSugar: 106%, 25th percentileFat: 36%, 9th percentileEgg: 64%, 76th percentileLiquid: 156%, 65th percentileLeavening: 3.4%, 23rd percentileSalt: 1.9%, 76th percentileCocoaChocolateSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (15)

  • 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour *≈ 156 g
  • ¼ cup cocoa powder≈ 22 g
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
  • ½ teaspoon baking powder≈ 2.3 g
  • ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
  • ½ teaspoon espresso powder≈ 1.2 g
  • ¼ cup butter (melted)≈ 57 g
  • ¾ cup coconut sugar≈ 165 g
  • ½ cup applesauce≈ 128 g
  • ½ cup Greek yogurt≈ 123 g
  • 2 eggs≈ 100 g
  • ½ cup whole milk≈ 122 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla≈ 4.2 g
  • ¼ cup mini chocolate chips (optional)≈ 43 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • Chocolate Buttercream Frostingn/a

flour 156 gbatter 928 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.

  • Cocoa14% · 30th percentile
  • Chocolate27% · 67th percentile
  • Sugar106% · 25th percentile
  • Fat36% · 9th percentile
  • Egg64% · 76th percentile
  • Liquid156% · 65th percentile
  • Leavening3.4% · 23rd percentile
  • Salt1.9% · 76th percentile

Oven

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

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