Lemon-Blueberry Pound Cake
Lena Abraham · delish.com · 2019 · 10 serving(s)
Against 462 pound cake recipes
Less sugar than 97% of recipes and no dairy, unlike 67%.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 462 pound cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less sugar than 97% of recipes: 75% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
- No dairy at all, where 67% of recipes use some (most of those 45 to 75% of the flour weight).
- More salt than 79% of recipes: 1.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%, about twice as much.
Ingredients (11)
- 1 c. butter, softened≈ 227 g
- 1 c. granulated sugar≈ 200 g
- 4 large eggs≈ 200 g
- 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 1 lemon, zestedn/a
- 2 c. plus 2 tbsp. all-purpose flour, divided≈ 266 g
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder≈ 7 g
- 1 tsp. kosher salt≈ 4 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 pt. fresh blueberries, some reserved for topping≈ 296 g
- 1 c. powdered sugar≈ 120 g
- 2 tbsp. lemon juice≈ 30 g
flour 266 gbatter 908 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.
- Butter86% · 36th percentile · median 91%
- Sugar75% · 2nd percentile · median 120%
- Egg75% · 37th percentile · median 80%
- Dairy0% · 16th percentile · median 46%
- Leavening2.6% · 71st percentile · median 1.6%
- Salt1.5% · 81st percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 70 minutes
- median 60 minutes
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