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Easy Coconut Pound Cake

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

Against 462 pound cake recipes

Less sugar than 97% of recipes and more leavening than 96%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less sugar than 97% of recipes: 77% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
  • More leavening than 96% of recipes: 5.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about 3.5 times as much.
  • Less egg than 88% of recipes: 58% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
  • Less butter than 82% of recipes: 63% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
Butter: 63%, 17th percentileSugar: 77%, 3rd percentileEgg: 58%, 11th percentileDairy: 47%, 50th percentileLeavening: 5.3%, 96th percentileSalt: 0.3%, 35th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (15)

  • 1 cup (200g) sugar200 g
  • 3/4 cup (180ml) sunflower oil*≈ 164 g
  • 3 large eggs≈ 150 g
  • 1 tbsp. lemon juice≈ 15 g
  • 1 organic lemon, zestn/a
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract*≈ 8 g
  • 2 1/2 cups (260g) all-purpose flour260 g
  • 3.2 oz. (90g) desiccated coconut*90 g
  • 3 tsp. baking powder≈ 14 g
  • 1/8 tsp. salt≈ 0.8 g
  • 1/2 cup (120ml) coconut milk*≈ 122 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 2 tbsp. butter, melted≈ 28 g
  • 1/2 cup (65g) confectioners’ sugar65 g
  • 1/4 tsp. vanilla extract*≈ 1.1 g
  • 1 tbsp. coconut milk*some toasted coconut flakes*≈ 15 g

flour 260 gbatter 1023 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.

  • Butter63% · 17th percentile
  • Sugar77% · 3rd percentile
  • Egg58% · 11th percentile
  • Dairy47% · 50th percentile
  • Leavening5.3% · 96th percentile
  • Salt0.3% · 35th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
60 to 65 minutes
median 60 minutes

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