Dark Chocolate Chunk Coconut Key Lime Pound Cake - Baker by Nature

Ashley Manila · bakerbynature.com · 2014

Against 462 pound cake recipes

Less butter than 98% of recipes and more dairy than 98%.

How it compares

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

Less butter than 98% of recipes: 49% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%, about half as much.
More dairy than 98% of recipes: 109% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 46%, about 2.5 times as much.
Less sugar than 89% of recipes: 89% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
More leavening than 78% of recipes: 3.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about twice as much.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour + 2 tablespoons; divided≈ 224 g
1/2 tablespoon baking powder≈ 7 g
1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
1 cup plain whole-milk Greek yogurt, I use Fage≈ 245 g
1 cup sugar≈ 200 g
4 large eggs + 1 egg yolk≈ 200 g
2 teaspoons grated lime or key lime zest (about 3 large lime or 4 small ones)≈ 4 g
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
1/2 cup coconut oil, at room temperature (it should be liquified)≈ 109 g
1 cup dark chocolate chunks≈ 160 g

flour 224 gbatter 1156 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 462 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: butter, sugar, egg, dairy, leavening, salt.