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Quatre-quarts moelleux facile

Original in French

Patricia · cuisine.journaldesfemmes.fr · 2024 · 8 personnes

Against 462 pound cake recipes

Less sugar than 86% 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.

  • Less sugar than 86% of recipes: 96% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
  • No salt at all, where 75% of recipes use some (most of those 0.5 to 1.5% of the flour weight).
  • More leavening than 84% of recipes: 3.7% 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).
Butter: 100%, 72nd percentileSugar: 96%, 13th percentileEgg: 80%, 50th percentileDairy: 0%, 16th percentileLeavening: 3.7%, 86th percentileSalt: 0%, 12th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (6)

  • 4 oeuf≈ 200 g
  • 250 g farine250 g
  • 250 g beurre250 g
  • 240 g sucre240 g
  • 10 g sucre vanillé10 g
  • 2 c à c levure chimique≈ 9 g

flour 250 gbatter 959 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
  • Sugar96% · 13th percentile
  • Egg80% · 50th percentile
  • Dairy0% · 16th percentile
  • Leavening3.7% · 86th percentile
  • Salt0% · 12th percentile

Oven

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

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