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Rum Soaked Pound Cake

Alica · alicaspepperpot.com · 2021

Against 462 pound cake recipes

More butter than 97% of recipes and more sugar than 97%.

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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 97% of recipes: 134% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
  • More sugar than 97% of recipes: 208% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
  • No salt at all, where 75% of recipes use some (most of those 0.5 to 1.5% of the flour weight).
  • More leavening than 84% of recipes: 3.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about 2.5 times as much.
Butter: 134%, 98th percentileSugar: 208%, 97th percentileEgg: 80%, 50th percentileDairy: 49%, 52nd percentileLeavening: 3.7%, 86th percentileSalt: 0%, 12th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (18)

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 250 g
  • 1 1/2 cups white sugar≈ 300 g
  • 1/2 cup salted butter, softened≈ 114 g
  • 1/2 cup vanilla pudding, prepared≈ 101 g
  • 2 tsp baking powder≈ 9 g
  • 1/2 cup vegetable oil≈ 109 g
  • 1/2 cup milk≈ 122 g
  • 4 large eggs≈ 200 g
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract≈ 8 g
  • 1/4 tsp lemon zest≈ 0.5 g
  • 1/4 tsp orange zest≈ 0.5 g
  • 1/2 cup rum≈ 119 g
  • Rum Syrupn/a
  • 1/4 cup cherry brandy≈ 59 g
  • 1/4 cup spiced rum≈ 31 g
  • 1/2 cup salted butter≈ 114 g
  • 1 cup white or brown sugar≈ 220 g
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g

flour 250 gbatter 1761 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.

  • Butter134% · 98th percentile
  • Sugar208% · 97th percentile
  • Egg80% · 50th percentile
  • Dairy49% · 52nd percentile
  • Leavening3.7% · 86th percentile
  • Salt0% · 12th percentile

Oven

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

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