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Coconut Pound Cake Recipe

baking-sense.com · 2019 · 16 slices

Against 462 pound cake recipes

More sugar than 99% of recipes and more butter than 88%.

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How it compares

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

  • More sugar than 99% of recipes: 250% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%, about twice as much.
  • More butter than 88% of recipes: 113% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
  • More dairy than 82% of recipes: 75% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 46%.
  • More egg than 76% of recipes: 98% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
Butter: 113%, 89th percentileSugar: 250%, 100th percentileEgg: 98%, 77th percentileDairy: 75%, 83rd percentileLeavening: 2%, 58th percentileSalt: 0.7%, 49th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (14)

  • 3 large eggs (room temperature)≈ 150 g
  • 4 large yolks (room temperature)≈ 72 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 4 oz coconut milk (½ cup, divided)113 g
  • 8 oz cake flour (1 ¾ cups, see note)227 g
  • ¼ teaspoon table salt≈ 1.5 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
  • 10 oz granulated sugar (1 ¼ cups)284 g
  • 9 oz unsalted butter (room temp)255 g
  • 4 oz sweetened coconut flakes (1 cup)113 g
  • 2 oz granulated sugar (¼ cup)57 g
  • 2 oz water (¼ cup)57 g
  • 4 teaspoon dark rum (divided (see note))≈ 20 g
  • 8 oz confectioner sugar (2 cups)227 g

flour 227 gbatter 1585 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.

  • Butter113% · 89th percentile
  • Sugar250% · 100th percentile
  • Egg98% · 77th percentile
  • Dairy75% · 83rd percentile
  • Leavening2% · 58th percentile
  • Salt0.7% · 49th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
35 minutes
median 60 minutes

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