Salted Caramel Pound Cake
Laura Rege · delish.com · 2019 · 8 serving(s)
Against 462 pound cake recipes
Less sugar than 93% 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 93% of recipes: 80% 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 82% of recipes: 1.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%, about 2.5 times as much.
Ingredients (8)
- 1 c. (2 sticks) butter, softened≈ 227 g
- 1 c. granulated sugar≈ 200 g
- 4 large eggs≈ 200 g
- 2 c. all-purpose flour≈ 250 g
- 1 1/2 tsp. baking powder≈ 7 g
- 1 tsp. kosher salt≈ 4 g
- 1/4 c. caramel sauce, plus more for topping≈ 59 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Flaky sea salt, for toppingn/a
flour 250 gbatter 947 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.
- Butter91% · 48th percentile · median 91%
- Sugar80% · 5th percentile · median 120%
- Egg80% · 50th percentile · median 80%
- Dairy0% · 16th percentile · median 46%
- Leavening2.8% · 75th percentile · median 1.6%
- Salt1.6% · 86th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 60 minutes
- median 60 minutes
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