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Guinness Chocolate Cake

Olivia's Cuisine · oliviascuisine.com · 2016 · 10 to 12

Against 357 chocolate cake recipes

Less liquid than 84% of recipes and no salt, unlike 69%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less liquid than 84% of recipes: 92% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 138%.
  • No salt at all, where 69% of recipes use some (most of those 0.9 to 2.3% of the flour weight).
  • Chocolate in the middle half of recipes: 45% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
  • More fat than 75% of recipes: 90% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 62%.
Cocoa: 17%, 39th percentileChocolate: 45%, 75th percentileSugar: 160%, 65th percentileFat: 90%, 75th percentileEgg: 40%, 31st percentileLiquid: 92%, 15th percentileLeavening: 6%, 67th percentileSalt: 0%, 15th percentileCocoaChocolateSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (12)

  • 1 cup Guinness stout≈ 237 g
  • 2 sticks (1 cup unsalted butter)≈ 226 g
  • 2 cups sugar≈ 400 g
  • 2 large eggs≈ 100 g
  • 1 cup sour cream≈ 230 g
  • 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract≈ 13 g
  • 4 oz bittersweet (60% cacao chocolate, roughly chopped)113 g
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder≈ 43 g
  • 2 cups all purpose flour≈ 250 g
  • 2 1/2 teaspoons baking soda≈ 15 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 16 ounces bittersweet chocolate (chopped fine)454 g
  • 2 cups heavy cream≈ 476 g

flour 250 gbatter 1627 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
  • Chocolate45% · 75th percentile
  • Sugar160% · 65th percentile
  • Fat90% · 75th percentile
  • Egg40% · 31st percentile
  • Liquid92% · 15th percentile
  • Leavening6% · 67th percentile
  • Salt0% · 15th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
45 to 60 minutes
median 33 minutes

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