Strawberry Pound Cake

Alexa Prendergast · delish.com · 2026 · 10 - 12 serving(s)

Against 462 pound cake recipes

More dairy than 95% of recipes and less egg than 89%.

How it compares

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

More dairy than 95% of recipes: 96% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 46%, about twice as much.
Less egg than 89% of recipes: 56% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
More leavening than 87% of recipes: 3.8% 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).

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

1 oz. freeze-dried strawberries28 g
1/3 c. strawberry jam (not jelly)≈ 50 g
Kosher saltn/a
1 c. (200 g) granulated sugar200 g
1/3 c. packed light brown sugar≈ 73 g
1 vanilla bean, split lengthwise, seeds scraped, or 2 tsp. vanilla bean paste (optional)n/a
3/4 c. (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, melted, room temperature≈ 170 g
2 large eggs, room temperature≈ 100 g
3/4 c. sour cream, room temperature≈ 173 g
1 tsp. pure vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
2 tbsp. plus 2 tsp. fresh lemon juice, divided≈ 39 g
1 1/2 c. (180 g) all-purpose flour180 g
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder≈ 7 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

flour 180 gbatter 1025 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 462 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: butter, sugar, egg, dairy, leavening, salt.