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Lemon Pound Cake Loaf

Tessa Arias · handletheheat.com · 2026 · 1 9x5-inch loaf

Against 462 pound cake recipes

More butter than 96% of recipes and more egg than 95%.

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How it compares

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

  • More butter than 96% of recipes: 126% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
  • More egg than 95% of recipes: 111% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
  • More salt than 88% of recipes: 1.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%, about 2.5 times as much.
Butter: 126%, 97th percentileSugar: 139%, 63rd percentileEgg: 111%, 95th percentileDairy: 32%, 42nd percentileLeavening: 2.6%, 71st percentileSalt: 1.7%, 90th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (13)

  • 3/4 cup (95 grams) all-purpose flour95 g
  • 3/4 cup (85 grams) cake flour85 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon fine sea salt≈ 3 g
  • 1 1/4 cups (250 grams) granulated sugar250 g
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon zest ((from about 3 lemons))≈ 12 g
  • 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice ((from about 1 lemon))≈ 30 g
  • 4 large eggs, (at room temperature)≈ 200 g
  • 1/4 cup (57 grams) sour cream or plain yogurt, (at room temperature)57 g
  • 2 sticks (227 grams) unsalted butter, (melted and cooled)227 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 1 cup (125 grams) powdered sugar125 g
  • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice≈ 15 g
  • 1 tablespoon milk or cream≈ 15 g

flour 180 gbatter 963 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.

  • Butter126% · 97th percentile
  • Sugar139% · 63rd percentile
  • Egg111% · 95th percentile
  • Dairy32% · 42nd percentile
  • Leavening2.6% · 71st percentile
  • Salt1.7% · 90th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
50 minutes
median 60 minutes

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