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Original in Italian

Il Cucchiaio d'Argento · cucchiaio.it · 2020 · 8 porzioni

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 83% of recipes: 3.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about 2.5 times 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: 91%, 70th percentileDairy: 0%, 16th percentileLeavening: 3.6%, 84th percentileSalt: 0%, 12th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 4 uova≈ 200 g
  • 220 g di zucchero semolato220 g
  • 220 g di farina 00220 g
  • 220 g di burro220 g
  • 8 g di lievito per dolci8 g
  • la scorza grattugiata di 1 limonen/a
  • salen/a
  • zucchero a velon/a

flour 220 gbatter 868 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
  • Egg91% · 70th percentile
  • Dairy0% · 16th percentile
  • Leavening3.6% · 84th percentile
  • Salt0% · 12th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
40 to 45 minutes
median 60 minutes

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