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Quatre-quarts

Original in French

Nota Banane · chefsimon.com · 2020

Against 462 pound cake recipes

Less sugar than 90% of recipes and more leavening than 89%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less sugar than 90% of recipes: 88% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
  • More leavening than 89% of recipes: 4.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about 2.5 times as much.
  • No salt at all, where 75% of recipes use some (most of those 0.5 to 1.5% of the flour weight).
  • No dairy at all, where 67% of recipes use some (most of those 45 to 75% of the flour weight).
Butter: 100%, 72nd percentileSugar: 88%, 10th percentileEgg: 88%, 68th percentileDairy: 0%, 16th percentileLeavening: 4.1%, 90th percentileSalt: 0%, 12th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (5)

  • 3 œufs≈ 150 g
  • 150 gr de cassonade (ou 170 gr de sucre)150 g
  • 170 gr de farine170 g
  • 170 gr de beurre salé170 g
  • 7 gr de poudre à pâte7 g

flour 170 gbatter 647 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.

  • Butter100% · 72nd percentile
  • Sugar88% · 10th percentile
  • Egg88% · 68th percentile
  • Dairy0% · 16th percentile
  • Leavening4.1% · 90th percentile
  • Salt0% · 12th percentile

Oven

Temperature
370°F / 190°C
median 350°F
Time
40 minutes
median 60 minutes

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