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One-Pot Chocolate Sheet Cake

Joy the Baker · joythebaker.com · 2020

Against 357 chocolate cake recipes

Less leavening than 89% of recipes and more salt than 82%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less leavening than 89% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.8%, about half as much.
  • More salt than 82% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.1%, about twice as much.
  • More fat than 78% of recipes: 91% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 62%.
Cocoa: 17%, 39th percentileChocolate: 0%, 32nd percentileSugar: 160%, 65th percentileFat: 91%, 79th percentileEgg: 40%, 31st percentileLiquid: 144%, 55th percentileLeavening: 2.4%, 8th percentileSalt: 2.4%, 86th percentileCocoaChocolateSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (15)

  • 1/2 cup water≈ 119 g
  • 8 tablespoons unsalted butter≈ 114 g
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder≈ 22 g
  • 1/4 cup buttermilk≈ 61 g
  • 1 large egg≈ 50 g
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour≈ 125 g
  • 1 cup granulated sugar≈ 200 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 1 1/2 cups heavy cream≈ 357 g
  • 1/4 cup powdered sugar≈ 30 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract≈ 2.1 g
  • 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder≈ 11 g
  • 1/4 cup strawberry milk powder or powdered dehydrates strawberries≈ 38 g

flour 125 gbatter 700 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
  • Chocolate0% · 32nd percentile
  • Sugar160% · 65th percentile
  • Fat91% · 79th percentile
  • Egg40% · 31st percentile
  • Liquid144% · 55th percentile
  • Leavening2.4% · 8th percentile
  • Salt2.4% · 86th percentile

Oven

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

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