Red Velvet Pound Cake
Jenna Barnard · butternutbakeryblog.com · 2022 · 8-10 slices
Against 462 pound cake recipes
More butter than 95% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 462 pound cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More butter than 95% of recipes: 122% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
- Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 103% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
Ingredients (14)
- 1 1/2 cups (195g) all purpose flour195 g
- 1 tsp baking powder≈ 4.6 g
- 1/8 tsp salt≈ 0.8 g
- 1 cup (200g) granulated sugar200 g
- 1 cup (210g) Danish Creamery salted butter, room temp and sliced210 g
- 2 tsp vanilla extract≈ 8 g
- 3 large eggs≈ 150 g
- 2 tbsp any mild oil (vegetable, canola, avocado)≈ 27 g
- 1/4 cup milk≈ 61 g
- 1/2 tbsp liquid red food coloring≈ 7 g
- 1 tbsp dutch process cocoa powder≈ 5 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 4 oz semisweet chocolate, chopped113 g
- 1/2 cup (118ml) heavy cream≈ 119 g
- Flaky sea salt for sprinklingn/a
flour 195 gbatter 870 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.
- Butter122% · 96th percentile · median 91%
- Sugar103% · 32nd percentile · median 120%
- Egg77% · 38th percentile · median 80%
- Dairy31% · 42nd percentile · median 46%
- Leavening2.4% · 66th percentile · median 1.6%
- Salt0.4% · 40th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 60 minutes
- median 60 minutes
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