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Drunken Cherry Chocolate Cake

natashaskitchen.com · 2013 · 12 -16

Against 357 chocolate cake recipes

More cocoa than 90% of recipes and less fat than 92%.

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How it compares

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

  • More cocoa than 90% of recipes: 39% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 23%.
  • Less fat than 92% of recipes: 34% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 62%.
  • More sugar than 78% of recipes: 180% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 142%.
  • More leavening than 79% of recipes: 6.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.8%.
Cocoa: 39%, 91st percentileChocolate: 0%, 32nd percentileSugar: 180%, 79th percentileFat: 34%, 7th percentileEgg: 60%, 71st percentileLiquid: 146%, 59th percentileLeavening: 6.9%, 80th percentileSalt: 0.5%, 41st percentileCocoaChocolateSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (19)

  • 4 Tbsp unsalted butter (softened to room temp)≈ 57 g
  • 1 1/2 cups white granulated sugar≈ 300 g
  • 2 eggs≈ 100 g
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 1 cup warm milk (I used 1%)≈ 244 g
  • 1 1/3 cups all-purpose flour≈ 167 g
  • 3/4 cup unsweetened dark chocolate cocoa powder (I used one that is a blend of natural and dutched cocoa)≈ 65 g
  • 2 1/2 tsp baking powder≈ 12 g
  • 1/8 tsp fine sea salt≈ 0.8 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 4 cups 1 lb fresh pitted cherries≈ 948 g
  • 1/2 cup golden rum (I used Bacardi Gold $8/bottle at a liquor store)≈ 119 g
  • 1/4 cup cold filtered water≈ 59 g
  • 2 sticks (1 cup or 16 Tbsp unsalted butter, softened to room temp)≈ 226 g
  • 3 cups powdered sugar≈ 360 g
  • 1/4 tsp fine sea salt≈ 1.5 g
  • 16 oz 2 blocks cream cheese, softened to room temp and cut into 16 pieces454 g
  • 4 Tbsp of the reserved cherry/rum syrup≈ 59 g
  • Semi-sweet chocolate chips to create shaved chocolaten/a
  • A handful of fresh cherries for the topn/a

flour 167 gbatter 949 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.

  • Cocoa39% · 91st percentile
  • Chocolate0% · 32nd percentile
  • Sugar180% · 79th percentile
  • Fat34% · 7th percentile
  • Egg60% · 71st percentile
  • Liquid146% · 59th percentile
  • Leavening6.9% · 80th percentile
  • Salt0.5% · 41st percentile

Oven

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

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