The Best Sweet Potato Pound Cake

easyanddelish.com · 2023 · 16 slices

Against 462 pound cake recipes

Less egg than 90% of recipes and less butter than 83%.

How it compares

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

Less egg than 90% of recipes: 53% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
Less butter than 83% of recipes: 61% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
More leavening than 81% of recipes: 3.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about twice as much.

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

1 cup unsalted butter (softened)≈ 227 g
2 cups granulated sugar≈ 400 g
4 large eggs (at room temperature)≈ 200 g
3 tablespoons buttermilk (or 3 Tablespoons whole milk mixed with ½ teaspoon of white vinegar)≈ 46 g
3 cups all-purpose flour≈ 375 g
¼ teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g
2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 9 g
½ teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon≈ 5 g
1 teaspoon ground nutmeg≈ 2.6 g
2 cups mashed sweet potatoes≈ 300 g
1 tablespoons pure vanilla extract≈ 13 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

½ cup dark brown sugar≈ 110 g
¼ cup unsalted butter≈ 57 g
⅓ cup heavy whipping cream≈ 79 g
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
½ cup powdered sugar (For a less thick, runny frosting, reduce it to ⅓ cup. )≈ 60 g

flour 375 gbatter 1582 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.