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Irish Soda Bread

africanbites.com · 2021 · 10 slices

Against 123 Irish soda bread recipes

More sugar than 95% of recipes and less buttermilk than 83%.

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How it compares

Against the typical loaf: the median of 123 Irish soda bread recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • More sugar than 95% of recipes: 20% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1%, about 20 times as much.
  • Less buttermilk than 83% of recipes: 72% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 84%.
  • More butter than 78% of recipes: 14% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 5.6%, about 2.5 times as much.
  • Less salt than 77% of recipes: 1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.2%.
Buttermilk: 72%, 16th percentileBaking soda: 1.2%, 36th percentileButter: 14%, 79th percentileSugar: 20%, 96th percentileEgg: 10%, 72nd percentileSalt: 1%, 21st percentileButtermilkBakingsodaButterSugarEggSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (12)

  • 1 cup (245g) buttermilk245 g
  • 1 egg (, slightly beaten)≈ 50 g
  • 3 cups (375g) all-purpose flour375 g
  • 1 cup (125g) cake flour125 g
  • ½ cup (100g) granulated sugar100 g
  • 1 teaspoon (6g) baking soda6 g
  • 1 ½ teaspoon (6g) baking powder6 g
  • 1 teaspoon (5g) salt5 g
  • 5 tablespoons (70g) unsalted butter (, cold and cubed)70 g
  • 1 ½ -2 cups (225g-300g) raisins225 g
  • ½ cup (115g) sour cream115 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • granulated sugar for sprinklingn/a

flour 500 gbatter 1322 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 123 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Buttermilk72% · 16th percentile
  • Baking soda1.2% · 36th percentile
  • Butter14% · 79th percentile
  • Sugar20% · 96th percentile
  • Egg10% · 72nd percentile
  • Salt1% · 21st percentile

Oven

Temperature
425°F / 220°C
median 400°F
Time
45 minutes
median 40 minutes

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