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Chocolate cake

Original in Italian

Marianna Pascarella · ricettedalmondo.it · 2013 · 10-12 persone

Against 357 chocolate cake recipes

Less leavening than 89% 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 leavening than 89% of recipes: 2.4% 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: 27%, 66th percentileChocolate: 0%, 32nd percentileSugar: 114%, 34th percentileFat: 64%, 51st percentileEgg: 46%, 44th percentileLiquid: 150%, 62nd percentileLeavening: 2.4%, 8th percentileSalt: 0%, 15th percentileCocoaChocolateSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (11)

  • 160 gr di farina 00160 g
  • 60 gr di farina60 g
  • 250 gr di zucchero250 g
  • 140 gr di burro140 g
  • 2 uova≈ 100 g
  • 60 gr di cacao60 g
  • 170 ml di yogurt≈ 176 g
  • 150 ml di latte≈ 155 g
  • 1/2 cucchiaino di bicarbonato≈ 3 g
  • 1 bustina di vanillina0.5 g
  • 1/2 cucchiaino di lievito per dolci≈ 2.3 g

flour 220 gbatter 1107 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.

  • Cocoa27% · 66th percentile
  • Chocolate0% · 32nd percentile
  • Sugar114% · 34th percentile
  • Fat64% · 51st percentile
  • Egg46% · 44th percentile
  • Liquid150% · 62nd percentile
  • Leavening2.4% · 8th percentile
  • Salt0% · 15th percentile

Oven

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

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