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Quatre quart

Original in French

Simone · cuisineaz.com · 2021 · 4

Against 462 pound cake recipes

More leavening than 90% of recipes and no salt, unlike 75%.

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How it compares

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

  • More leavening than 90% of recipes: 4.2% 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).
  • Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 160% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
Butter: 76%, 28th percentileSugar: 160%, 79th percentileEgg: 76%, 37th percentileDairy: 0%, 16th percentileLeavening: 4.2%, 91st percentileSalt: 0%, 12th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (6)

  • 4 Œuf(s)≈ 200 g
  • 4 pot(s) Sucre≈ 423 g
  • 4 pot(s) Farine≈ 264 g
  • 1 Levure≈ 11 g
  • 1 Sucre vanillén/a
  • 200 g Beurre200 g

flour 264 gbatter 1098 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.

  • Butter76% · 28th percentile
  • Sugar160% · 79th percentile
  • Egg76% · 37th percentile
  • Dairy0% · 16th percentile
  • Leavening4.2% · 91st percentile
  • Salt0% · 12th percentile

Oven

Temperature
325°F / 165°C
median 350°F
Time
25 to 30 minutes
median 60 minutes

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