Ina Garten's Chocolate Cake

Ingredients (16)

• 1 3/4 cup all purpose flour≈ 219 g
• 2 cups granulated sugar≈ 400 g
• 3/4 cup cocoa powder≈ 65 g
• 2 tsp baking soda≈ 12 g
• 1 tsp baking powder≈ 4.6 g
• 1 tsp salt≈ 6 g
• 1 cup buttermilk (I used half-and-half, which worked fine, too!)≈ 244 g
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil≈ 109 g
• 2 large eggs≈ 100 g
• 1 tsp vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
• 1 cup hot coffee≈ 237 g
• 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, chopped170 g
• 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks), room temperature≈ 227 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

• 3 cups powdered sugar, sifted≈ 360 g
• 1 pinch salt≈ 0.4 g
• 1/2 cup sour cream≈ 115 g

flour 219 gbatter 1797 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.

• Cocoa30% · 73rd percentile · median 23%
• Chocolate78% · 87th percentile · median 0%
• Sugar183% · 84th percentile · median 142%
• Fat154% · 95th percentile · median 62%
• Egg46% · 48th percentile · median 46%
• Liquid220% · 95th percentile · median 138%
• Leavening7.6% · 93rd percentile · median 4.8%
• Salt2.7% · 96th percentile · median 1.1%

Oven

Temperature

350°F / 175°C

median 350°F

Time

35 minutes

median 33 minutes