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Milk Chocolate Chip Pecan Pound Cake Recipe | Hersheyland

hersheyland.com · 2024 · 1 cake

Against 462 pound cake recipes

Less egg than 90% of recipes and less sugar than 89%.

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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 sugar than 89% of recipes: 89% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
  • More dairy than 90% of recipes: 87% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 46%.
Butter: 81%, 33rd percentileSugar: 89%, 10th percentileEgg: 53%, 7th percentileDairy: 87%, 91st percentileLeavening: 0.5%, 27th percentileSalt: 0.1%, 25th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (13)

  • 2 cups HERSHEY'S Milk Chocolate Chips (11.5 oz pkg.), divided≈ 340 g
  • 1 cup butter or margarine (2 sticks), softened≈ 227 g
  • 1-1/4 cups granulated sugar≈ 250 g
  • 3 eggs≈ 150 g
  • 2-1/4 cups all-purpose flour≈ 281 g
  • 1/4 cup HERSHEY'S Cocoa≈ 22 g
  • 1/4 tsp baking soda≈ 1.5 g
  • dash salt≈ 0.4 g
  • 1 cup buttermilk or sour milk*≈ 244 g
  • 3/4 cup HERSHEY'S Syrup≈ 178 g
  • 2 tsps vanilla extract≈ 8 g
  • 1 cup pecans chopped≈ 110 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • powdered sugar (optional)n/a

flour 281 gbatter 1812 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.

  • Butter81% · 33rd percentile
  • Sugar89% · 10th percentile
  • Egg53% · 7th percentile
  • Dairy87% · 91st percentile
  • Leavening0.5% · 27th percentile
  • Salt0.1% · 25th percentile

Oven

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

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