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Quatre-quarts vanillé (Gâteau)

Original in French

Laurence · cuisine.journaldesfemmes.fr · 2025 · 10 personnes

Against 462 pound cake recipes

More egg than 77% 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 egg than 77% of recipes: 100% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
  • 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: 100%, 72nd percentileSugar: 100%, 24th percentileEgg: 100%, 83rd percentileDairy: 0%, 16th percentileLeavening: 1.2%, 41st percentileSalt: 0%, 12th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (6)

  • 200 g de sucre en poudre200 g
  • 200 g de beurre200 g
  • 200 g de farine200 g
  • 4 oeufs moyens≈ 200 g
  • 1/2 cuillère à café de levure chimique≈ 2.3 g
  • 1/2 cuillère à café de vanille en poudre≈ 2.1 g

flour 200 gbatter 804 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
  • Egg100% · 83rd percentile
  • Dairy0% · 16th percentile
  • Leavening1.2% · 41st percentile
  • Salt0% · 12th percentile

Oven

Temperature
not stated
median 350°F
Time
50 minutes
median 60 minutes

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