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Guinness Chocolate Cake

Tricia · savingdessert.com · 2020 · 8 servings

Against 357 chocolate cake recipes

Less liquid than 96% of recipes and less egg than 78%.

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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 96% of recipes: 50% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 138%, about half as much.
  • Less egg than 78% of recipes: 35% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 46%.
  • More fat than 75% of recipes: 90% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 62%.
Cocoa: 25%, 54th percentileChocolate: 0%, 32nd percentileSugar: 135%, 47th percentileFat: 90%, 75th percentileEgg: 35%, 21st percentileLiquid: 50%, 4th percentileLeavening: 5.3%, 58th percentileSalt: 0.5%, 41st percentileCocoaChocolateSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (14)

  • 9 ounces unsalted butter (melted (18 tablespoons or 255g))255 g
  • 1 cup Guinness Stout Foreign Extra beer ((250g))250 g
  • ¾ cup all-natural unsweetened cocoa powder (measured before sifting (70g))70 g
  • 1 ¾ cup granulated sugar ((386g))386 g
  • ⅔ cup sour cream ((142g))142 g
  • 2 large eggs≈ 100 g
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract≈ 13 g
  • 2 cups plus 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour ((285g))285 g
  • 2 ½ teaspoons baking soda≈ 15 g
  • ¼ teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 12 ounces cream cheese, (room temperature)340 g
  • 1 ½ cups powdered sugar ((170g))170 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • ½ cup whipping cream ((100g))100 g

flour 285 gbatter 1517 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.

  • Cocoa25% · 54th percentile
  • Chocolate0% · 32nd percentile
  • Sugar135% · 47th percentile
  • Fat90% · 75th percentile
  • Egg35% · 21st percentile
  • Liquid50% · 4th percentile
  • Leavening5.3% · 58th percentile
  • Salt0.5% · 41st percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
45 to 50 minutes
median 33 minutes

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