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Sour Cream Lemon Pound Cake

africanbites.com · 2026 · 12

Against 462 pound cake recipes

More leavening than 81% 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.

  • More leavening than 81% of recipes: 3.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about twice as much.
  • Butter in the middle half of recipes: 75% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
Butter: 75%, 26th percentileSugar: 133%, 60th percentileEgg: 83%, 63rd percentileDairy: 57%, 58th percentileLeavening: 3.3%, 82nd percentileSalt: 0.1%, 25th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (14)

  • 8 ounces (225g) unsalted butter (at room temperature)225 g
  • 2 cups (400g) granulated sugar400 g
  • ¾ cup (170g) sour cream (at room temperature)170 g
  • 5 large eggs≈ 250 g
  • 2½ cups (300g) all-purpose flour300 g
  • 1 pinch salt ((optional))≈ 0.4 g
  • 2 teaspoons (10g) baking powder10 g
  • 1 medium lemon, (juiced and zested (about 3 tablespoons of juice and 1 tablespoon of zest))n/a
  • 2 teaspoons (10ml) vanilla (or almond extract)≈ 8 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 1¾ cups (200g) powdered sugar200 g
  • 1 lemon, (zested and juiced (about 3 tablespoons (45ml) of juice and 1 tablespoon (6g) zest))6 g
  • ½ teaspoon (2-3ml) almond extract≈ 2.1 g
  • 1-2 teaspoons (5-10g) salted butter10 g
  • 1 tablespoon (15ml) water ((adjust to desired thickness))≈ 15 g

flour 300 gbatter 1364 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.

  • Butter75% · 26th percentile
  • Sugar133% · 60th percentile
  • Egg83% · 63rd percentile
  • Dairy57% · 58th percentile
  • Leavening3.3% · 82nd percentile
  • Salt0.1% · 25th percentile

Oven

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

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