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Cold Oven Pound Cake

africanbites.com · 2024 · 12

Against 462 pound cake recipes

More sugar than 86% of recipes and more salt 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 sugar than 86% of recipes: 167% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
  • More salt than 88% of recipes: 1.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%, about 2.5 times as much.
Butter: 94%, 56th percentileSugar: 167%, 87th percentileEgg: 83%, 63rd percentileDairy: 34%, 45th percentileLeavening: 2.8%, 75th percentileSalt: 1.7%, 90th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 1½ cups (340g) unsalted butter, (softened)340 g
  • 2½-3 cups (500-600g) granulated sugar600 g
  • 6 large eggs (at room temperature)≈ 300 g
  • 1 tablespoon (15ml) vanilla extract≈ 13 g
  • 3 cups (360g) all-purpose flour360 g
  • 2 teaspoons (9-10g) baking powder10 g
  • 1 teaspoon (5-6g) salt6 g
  • ½ cup (120ml) milk≈ 122 g

flour 360 gbatter 1751 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.

  • Butter94% · 56th percentile
  • Sugar167% · 87th percentile
  • Egg83% · 63rd percentile
  • Dairy34% · 45th percentile
  • Leavening2.8% · 75th percentile
  • Salt1.7% · 90th percentile

Oven

Temperature
325°F / 165°C
median 350°F
Time
80 minutes
median 60 minutes

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