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Quatre quart facile

Original in French

Cuisine AZ · cuisineaz.com · 2022 · 6

Against 462 pound cake recipes

More egg than 93% of recipes and more leavening than 88%.

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How it compares

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

  • More egg than 93% of recipes: 107% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
  • More leavening than 88% of recipes: 3.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about 2.5 times as much.
  • 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: 100% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
Butter: 100%, 72nd percentileSugar: 100%, 24th percentileEgg: 107%, 94th percentileDairy: 0%, 16th percentileLeavening: 3.9%, 88th percentileSalt: 0.3%, 35th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (9)

  • 140 g Farine140 g
  • 140 g Sucre en poudre140 g
  • 140 g Beurre140 g
  • 3 Œuf(s)≈ 150 g
  • 0.5 paquet(s) Levure chimique6 g
  • 1 pincée(s) Sel≈ 0.4 g
  • 1 c. à café Extrait de vanille≈ 4.2 g
  • 1 c. à soupe Rhum≈ 15 g
  • 1 Citron(s)n/a

flour 140 gbatter 595 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
  • Egg107% · 94th percentile
  • Dairy0% · 16th percentile
  • Leavening3.9% · 88th percentile
  • Salt0.3% · 35th percentile

Oven

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

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