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Sweet Potato Pound Cake

Gemma Stafford · biggerbolderbaking.com · 2025 · 12 slices

Against 462 pound cake recipes

Less butter than 97% of recipes and more dairy than 97%.

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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 97% of recipes: 53% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
  • More dairy than 97% of recipes: 108% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 46%, about 2.5 times as much.
  • More salt than 76% of recipes: 1.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%, about twice as much.
Butter: 53%, 2nd percentileSugar: 110%, 44th percentileEgg: 70%, 33rd percentileDairy: 108%, 98th percentileLeavening: 0.7%, 33rd percentileSalt: 1.4%, 78th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (16)

  • 1 cup (6 oz/170 g) dark brown sugar170 g
  • ⅔ cup (5 fl oz/150 ml) heavy whipping cream≈ 159 g
  • ¼ cup (2 oz/57 g) cream cheese (, softened)57 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • ½ cup (2 ½ oz/71 g) pecans (, toasted and chopped)71 g
  • 3 cups (15 oz/426 g) all-purpose flour426 g
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
  • 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon≈ 2.6 g
  • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg≈ 1.3 g
  • 1 cup (8 oz/225 g) butter (, at room temperature)225 g
  • 1 ¾ cups (10 ½ oz/298 g) dark brown sugar298 g
  • 6 large eggs (, at room temperature)≈ 300 g
  • 1 cup (8 oz/225 g) sweet potato purée225 g
  • 1 teaspoon almond extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 1 cup (8 fl oz/240 ml) buttermilk≈ 244 g

flour 426 gbatter 2196 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.

  • Butter53% · 2nd percentile
  • Sugar110% · 44th percentile
  • Egg70% · 33rd percentile
  • Dairy108% · 98th percentile
  • Leavening0.7% · 33rd percentile
  • Salt1.4% · 78th percentile

Oven

Temperature
325°F / 165°C
median 350°F
Time
70 minutes
median 60 minutes

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