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Chocolate Chip Pound Cake

africanbites.com · 2024 · 12

Against 462 pound cake recipes

More butter than 90% of recipes and more leavening than 88%.

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How it compares

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

  • More butter than 90% of recipes: 114% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
  • More leavening than 88% of recipes: 4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about 2.5 times as much.
  • More egg than 77% of recipes: 100% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
  • Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 100% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
Butter: 114%, 90th percentileSugar: 100%, 24th percentileEgg: 100%, 83rd percentileDairy: 31%, 40th percentileLeavening: 4%, 89th percentileSalt: 0.5%, 44th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (9)

  • 1 cup (227g) unsalted butter, (at room temperature)227 g
  • 1 cup (200g) granulated sugar200 g
  • 4 large eggs, (at room temperature)≈ 200 g
  • 2 teaspoons (10ml) vanilla extract≈ 8 g
  • ¼ cup (60ml) buttermilk, (at room temperature)≈ 61 g
  • 1⅔ cups (200g) all-purpose flour ((plus 1 tablespoon (8g) for dusting the chocolate chips))200 g
  • 1½ teaspoons (7-8g) baking powder8 g
  • ⅛ teaspoon (﹤1g) salt1 g
  • 1 cup (170g) semi-sweet chocolate chips170 g

flour 200 gbatter 1075 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.

  • Butter114% · 90th percentile
  • Sugar100% · 24th percentile
  • Egg100% · 83rd percentile
  • Dairy31% · 40th percentile
  • Leavening4% · 89th percentile
  • Salt0.5% · 44th percentile

Oven

Temperature
325°F / 165°C
median 350°F
Time
40 to 50 minutes
median 60 minutes

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