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Quatre-quarts classique : la meilleure recette

Original in French

as · cuisine.journaldesfemmes.fr · 2024 · 4 personnes

Against 462 pound cake recipes

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

How French pound cake recipes differ from English ones →

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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).
  • Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 100% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
  • Butter in the middle half of recipes: 100% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
Butter: 100%, 72nd percentileSugar: 100%, 24th percentileEgg: 83%, 63rd percentileDairy: 0%, 16th percentileLeavening: 1.9%, 55th percentileSalt: 0%, 12th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (5)

  • 120 g beurre demi-sel120 g
  • 120 g sucre120 g
  • 2 unité Œuf≈ 100 g
  • 120 g farine120 g
  • 1/2 c à c levure≈ 2.3 g

flour 120 gbatter 462 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
  • Egg83% · 63rd percentile
  • Dairy0% · 16th percentile
  • Leavening1.9% · 55th percentile
  • Salt0% · 12th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
40 to 50 minutes
median 60 minutes

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