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7-Up Pound Cake

12tomatoes.com · Serves 12-16

Against 462 pound cake recipes

No leavening, unlike 76% of recipes.

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How it compares

Against the typical cake: the median of 462 pound cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • No leavening at all, where 76% of recipes use some (most of those 1.2 to 3.2% of the flour weight).
  • Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 160% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
  • Egg in the middle half of recipes: 67% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
Butter: 91%, 48th percentileSugar: 160%, 79th percentileEgg: 67%, 24th percentileDairy: 16%, 35th percentileLeavening: 0%, 12th percentileSalt: 0.8%, 56th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (14)

  • 1 cup unsalted butter, softened≈ 227 g
  • 1/2 cup butter-flavored shortening≈ 114 g
  • 3 cups granulated sugar≈ 600 g
  • 5 eggs, room temperature≈ 250 g
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 6 g
  • 1 teaspoon lemon extract≈ 4.2 g
  • Zest of 1 lemonn/a
  • Zest of 1 limen/a
  • 3 cups all-purpose flour, sifted≈ 375 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
  • 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream≈ 60 g
  • 1 cup 7-Up soda≈ 237 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 1 cup powdered sugar≈ 120 g
  • 2-3 tablespoons 7-up≈ 37 g

flour 375 gbatter 1876 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 462 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Butter91% · 48th percentile
  • Sugar160% · 79th percentile
  • Egg67% · 24th percentile
  • Dairy16% · 35th percentile
  • Leavening0% · 12th percentile
  • Salt0.8% · 56th percentile

Oven

Temperature
not stated
median 350°F
Time
60 to 70 minutes
median 60 minutes

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