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Easy Chocolate Pound Cake

Bake to the roots · baketotheroots.de · 2025 · 1

Against 462 pound cake recipes

Less butter than 98% of recipes and less sugar than 99%.

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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: 50% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
  • Less sugar than 99% of recipes: 62% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%, about half as much.
  • More leavening than 98% of recipes: 5.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about 3.5 times as much.
  • Less egg than 89% of recipes: 54% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
Butter: 50%, 2nd percentileSugar: 62%, 0th percentileEgg: 54%, 10th percentileDairy: 38%, 46th percentileLeavening: 5.7%, 99th percentileSalt: 0.2%, 30th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (15)

  • 1/2 cup (100g) sugar100 g
  • 1/2 cup (100g) brown sugar100 g
  • 3/4 cup (180ml) sunflower oil*≈ 164 g
  • 4 medium eggs≈ 176 g
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract*≈ 8 g
  • 2 1/2 cups (325g) all-purpose flour*325 g
  • 1/2 cup (65g) cocoa powder*65 g
  • 4 tsp. baking powder≈ 18 g
  • 1 tsp. instant espresso powder*≈ 2.4 g
  • 1/8 tsp. salt≈ 0.8 g
  • 1/2 cup (120ml) buttermilk≈ 122 g
  • 1.8 oz. (50g) milk chocolate*, roughly chopped50 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 3.5 oz. (100g) milk chocolate*, finely chopped100 g
  • 1/2 tsp. coconut oil*≈ 2.3 g
  • 1/4 cup (60ml) heavy cream≈ 60 g

flour 325 gbatter 1132 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.

  • Butter50% · 2nd percentile
  • Sugar62% · 0th percentile
  • Egg54% · 10th percentile
  • Dairy38% · 46th percentile
  • Leavening5.7% · 99th percentile
  • Salt0.2% · 30th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
60 to 70 minutes
median 60 minutes

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