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Brown Butter Eggnog Pound Cake with Salted Caramel Buttercream - Baker by Nature

Ashley Manila · bakerbynature.com · 2013

Against 462 pound cake recipes

More salt than 88% of recipes and no dairy, unlike 67%.

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How it compares

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

  • 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.
  • No dairy at all, where 67% of recipes use some (most of those 45 to 75% of the flour weight).
Butter: 99%, 61st percentileSugar: 144%, 66th percentileEgg: 87%, 66th percentileDairy: 0%, 16th percentileLeavening: 2.7%, 73rd percentileSalt: 1.7%, 90th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (14)

  • 2 sticks (8 ounces) unsalted butter, melted until browned, then cooled≈ 226 g
  • 2 3/4 cups all purpose flour≈ 344 g
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 9 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg≈ 0.7 g
  • 2 1/4 cups light brown sugar≈ 495 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 6 large eggs, at room temperature≈ 300 g
  • 2/3 cup eggnog≈ 158 g
  • 1 teaspoon orange zest, optional≈ 2 g
  • 4 ounces unsalted butter, very soft113 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla≈ 4.2 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt≈ 3 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 4 cups confectioners sugar≈ 480 g

flour 344 gbatter 1663 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.

  • Butter99% · 61st percentile
  • Sugar144% · 66th percentile
  • Egg87% · 66th percentile
  • Dairy0% · 16th percentile
  • Leavening2.7% · 73rd percentile
  • Salt1.7% · 90th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
55 to 60 minutes
median 60 minutes

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