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Bolo de chocolate

Original in Portuguese

Vaqueiro · vaqueiro.pt · 2026 · 4

Against 357 chocolate cake recipes

No cocoa, unlike 85% of recipes and more chocolate than 93%.

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How it compares

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

  • No cocoa at all, where 85% of recipes use some (most of those 16 to 31% of the flour weight).
  • More chocolate than 93% of recipes: 110% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0%.
  • More egg than 97% of recipes: 120% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 46%, about 2.5 times as much.
  • Less liquid than 94% of recipes: 61% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 138%, about half as much.
Cocoa: 0%, 7th percentileChocolate: 110%, 94th percentileSugar: 120%, 37th percentileFat: 56%, 42nd percentileEgg: 120%, 98th percentileLiquid: 61%, 5th percentileLeavening: 3.7%, 29th percentileSalt: 0%, 15th percentileCocoaChocolateSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (10)

  • 75 g de chocolate em pó75 g
  • 1 dl de água quente≈ 100 g
  • 250 g de farinha250 g
  • 1 colher de sobremesa de fermento em pó≈ 9 g
  • 300 g de açúcar300 g
  • 6 ovos≈ 300 g
  • 100 g de Vaqueiro Sabor a Manteiga100 g
  • 200 g de chocolate em barra200 g
  • ± 0,5 dl de café, de leite, de natas ou de um licor a gosto≈ 52 g
  • 40 g de Vaqueiro Sabor a Manteiga40 g

flour 250 gbatter 1426 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.

  • Cocoa0% · 7th percentile
  • Chocolate110% · 94th percentile
  • Sugar120% · 37th percentile
  • Fat56% · 42nd percentile
  • Egg120% · 98th percentile
  • Liquid61% · 5th percentile
  • Leavening3.7% · 29th percentile
  • Salt0% · 15th percentile

Oven

Temperature
400°F / 205°C
median 350°F
Time
45 minutes
median 33 minutes

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