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Quatre-quarts citronné pour Halloween

Original in French

Catalina - Le Blog de Cata · chefsimon.com · 2016

Against 462 pound cake recipes

No salt, unlike 75% of recipes and no dairy, unlike 67%.

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How it compares

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

  • 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).
  • More leavening than 80% of recipes: 3.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about twice as much.
  • Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 100% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
Butter: 100%, 72nd percentileSugar: 100%, 24th percentileEgg: 88%, 68th percentileDairy: 0%, 16th percentileLeavening: 3.2%, 81st percentileSalt: 0%, 12th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (9)

  • 3 œufs≈ 150 g
  • 170 g de sucre170 g
  • 170 g de farine170 g
  • 170 g de beurre170 g
  • 1 citron bio ou non-traitén/a
  • 1/2 sachet de levure chimique6 g
  • seln/a
  • 3 c à s de fondant blanc pâtissier≈ 44 g
  • colorants alimentairesn/a

flour 170 gbatter 710 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
  • Sugar100% · 24th percentile
  • Egg88% · 68th percentile
  • Dairy0% · 16th percentile
  • Leavening3.2% · 81st percentile
  • Salt0% · 12th percentile

Oven

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

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