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Quatre quart au citron et limoncello

Original in French

épicétout · chefsimon.com · 2015

Against 462 pound cake recipes

More butter than 96% 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.

  • More butter than 96% of recipes: 125% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
  • More leavening than 96% of recipes: 5.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about 3.5 times as much.
  • More egg than 77% of recipes: 100% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
  • No salt at all, where 75% of recipes use some (most of those 0.5 to 1.5% of the flour weight).
Butter: 125%, 97th percentileSugar: 125%, 54th percentileEgg: 100%, 83rd percentileDairy: 0%, 16th percentileLeavening: 5.5%, 98th percentileSalt: 0%, 12th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (10)

  • 200 g de sucre200 g
  • 4 œufs≈ 200 g
  • 1 sachet de levure chimique11 g
  • 200 g de farine200 g
  • 200 g de beurre fondu200 g
  • 1 citron bion/a
  • 5 cuillères à soupe de lemon-curd≈ 74 g
  • 10 cl de limoncello≈ 100 g
  • 50 g de sucre glace50 g
  • 50 g de beurre50 g

flour 200 gbatter 1085 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.

  • Butter125% · 97th percentile
  • Sugar125% · 54th percentile
  • Egg100% · 83rd percentile
  • Dairy0% · 16th percentile
  • Leavening5.5% · 98th percentile
  • Salt0% · 12th percentile

Oven

Temperature
not stated
median 350°F
Time
not stated
median 60 minutes

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