Chocolate Sheet Cake
theviewfromgreatisland.com · 2023 · 16
Against 357 chocolate cake recipes
No egg, unlike 84% of recipes and less fat than 87%.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 357 chocolate cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- No egg at all, where 84% of recipes use some (most of those 40 to 67% of the flour weight).
- Less fat than 87% of recipes: 39% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 62%.
- Less cocoa than 75% of recipes: 12% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 23%, about half as much.
- Less leavening than 78% of recipes: 3.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.8%.
Ingredients (13)
- 2 cups sugar≈ 400 g
- 2 cups brewed coffee≈ 474 g
- 2/3 cup vegetable oil≈ 145 g
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder, I used Ghirardelli≈ 43 g
- 2 Tbsp apple cider vinegar≈ 16 g
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract≈ 13 g
- 1 tsp salt≈ 6 g
- 2 tsp baking soda≈ 12 g
- 3 cups all purpose flour≈ 375 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 6 ounces heavy cream170 g
- 3 Tbsp corn syrup≈ 62 g
- 12 ounces chocolate, chopped340 g
- 1 tsp vanilla≈ 4.2 g
flour 375 gbatter 1483 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.
- Cocoa12% · 24th percentile · median 23%
- Chocolate0% · 32nd percentile · median 0%
- Sugar107% · 29th percentile · median 142%
- Fat39% · 12th percentile · median 62%
- Egg0% · 8th percentile · median 46%
- Liquid126% · 39th percentile · median 138%
- Leavening3.2% · 19th percentile · median 4.8%
- Salt1.6% · 67th percentile · median 1.1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 30 minutes
- median 33 minutes
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