Easy Chocolate Cake (No Eggs or Butter)
kirbiecravings.com · 2020 · 12 slices
Against 357 chocolate cake recipes
Less fat than 94% 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.
- Less fat than 94% of recipes: 29% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 62%, about half as much.
- No egg at all, where 84% of recipes use some (most of those 40 to 67% of the flour weight).
- More leavening than 89% of recipes: 7.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.8%.
- More cocoa than 77% of recipes: 31% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 23%.
Ingredients (9)
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour≈ 188 g
- 2/3 cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder≈ 57 g
- 1 cup granulated white sugar≈ 200 g
- 1 tbsp baking powder≈ 14 g
- 1/4 cup vegetable or canola oil≈ 55 g
- 3/4 cup low fat milk≈ 183 g
- 3/4 cup water≈ 178 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 4 oz heavy cream113 g
- 4 oz semisweet chocolate (chopped)113 g
flour 188 gbatter 874 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.
- Cocoa31% · 77th percentile · median 23%
- Chocolate0% · 32nd percentile · median 0%
- Sugar107% · 29th percentile · median 142%
- Fat29% · 4th percentile · median 62%
- Egg0% · 8th percentile · median 46%
- Liquid192% · 81st percentile · median 138%
- Leavening7.4% · 90th percentile · median 4.8%
- Salt0% · 15th percentile · median 1.1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 35 minutes
- median 33 minutes
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