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Hemelse chocoladetaart

Original in Dutch

Annemiek Verweij · keukenliefde.nl · 2014

Against 357 chocolate cake recipes

Less sugar than 95% of recipes and more chocolate than 81%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less sugar than 95% of recipes: 73% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 142%, about half as much.
  • More chocolate than 81% of recipes: 62% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
  • Less leavening than 88% of recipes: 2.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.8%, about half as much.
  • No salt at all, where 69% of recipes use some (most of those 0.9 to 2.3% of the flour weight).
Cocoa: 12%, 25th percentileChocolate: 62%, 82nd percentileSugar: 73%, 5th percentileFat: 83%, 68th percentileEgg: 67%, 79th percentileLiquid: 192%, 79th percentileLeavening: 2.5%, 11th percentileSalt: 0%, 15th percentileCocoaChocolateSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (13)

  • 185 g pure chocolade, in stukjes gebroken185 g
  • 35 g cacaopoeder, gezeefd35 g
  • 400 ml kokendheet water≈ 401 g
  • 250 g zachte boter250 g
  • 220 g bruine basterdsuiker220 g
  • 4 eieren≈ 200 g
  • 1 tl vanille-extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 180 ml zure room≈ 175 g
  • 150 g bloem150 g
  • 150 g zelfrijzend bakmeel150 g
  • 1 tl baksoda≈ 4.9 g
  • 1x recept melkchocoladeganachen/a

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • Eventueel vers fruit en poedersuiker voor garneringn/a

flour 300 gbatter 1775 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. Leavening includes the baking powder in the self-rising flour, counted as 5% of its weight.

  • Cocoa12% · 25th percentile
  • Chocolate62% · 82nd percentile
  • Sugar73% · 5th percentile
  • Fat83% · 68th percentile
  • Egg67% · 79th percentile
  • Liquid192% · 79th percentile
  • Leavening2.5% · 11th percentile
  • Salt0% · 15th percentile

Oven

Temperature
300°F / 150°C
median 350°F
Time
70 minutes
median 33 minutes

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