Almond Pound Cake
bakingamoment.com · 2025 · 12 slices
Against 462 pound cake recipes
Less sugar than 87% of recipes and more butter than 85%.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 462 pound cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less sugar than 87% of recipes: 95% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
- More butter than 85% of recipes: 107% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
Ingredients (14)
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour≈ 188 g
- ¼ cup finely ground almond flour≈ 24 g
- ½ teaspoon baking powder≈ 2.3 g
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt≈ 2 g
- 1 cup unsalted butter (room temperature )≈ 227 g
- 1 cup granulated sugar≈ 200 g
- 4 large eggs (room temperature)≈ 200 g
- 2 teaspoons almond extract≈ 8 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- ½ cup sour cream (room temperature )≈ 115 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- ½ cup powdered sugar≈ 60 g
- ¼ teaspoon almond extract≈ 1.1 g
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 2.1 g
- 1-2 teaspoons milk≈ 8 g
flour 212 gbatter 970 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.
- Butter107% · 85th percentile · median 91%
- Sugar95% · 13th percentile · median 120%
- Egg95% · 73rd percentile · median 80%
- Dairy54% · 57th percentile · median 46%
- Leavening1.1% · 38th percentile · median 1.6%
- Salt0.9% · 63rd percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 40 to 50 minutes
- median 60 minutes
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