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Basic Sour Cream Pound Cake

bakedbyanintrovert.com · 2019 · 12

Against 462 pound cake recipes

More butter than 96% of recipes and more sugar than 84%.

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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 96% of recipes: 123% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
  • More sugar than 84% of recipes: 162% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
  • No leavening at all, where 76% of recipes use some (most of those 1.2 to 3.2% of the flour weight).
Butter: 123%, 96th percentileSugar: 162%, 85th percentileEgg: 68%, 27th percentileDairy: 62%, 68th percentileLeavening: 0%, 12th percentileSalt: 0.8%, 56th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 2 cups unsalted butter (softened)≈ 454 g
  • 3 cups granulated sugar≈ 600 g
  • 5 large eggs (room temperature)≈ 250 g
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice≈ 30 g
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract≈ 13 g
  • ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
  • 1 cup sour cream (room temperature)≈ 230 g
  • 3 ¼ cups cake flour (sifted)≈ 371 g

flour 371 gbatter 1950 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.

  • Butter123% · 96th percentile
  • Sugar162% · 85th percentile
  • Egg68% · 27th percentile
  • Dairy62% · 68th percentile
  • Leavening0% · 12th percentile
  • Salt0.8% · 56th percentile

Oven

Temperature
325°F / 165°C
median 350°F
Time
70 to 75 minutes
median 60 minutes

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