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Sour Cream Pound Cake

houseofnasheats.com · 2019 · 12 servings

Against 462 pound cake recipes

Less butter than 96% of recipes and more salt than 76%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less butter than 96% of recipes: 54% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
  • More salt than 76% of recipes: 1.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%, about twice as much.
Butter: 54%, 3rd percentileSugar: 130%, 58th percentileEgg: 71%, 33rd percentileDairy: 54%, 57th percentileLeavening: 0.7%, 33rd percentileSalt: 1.4%, 78th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 1 cup salted butter (softened)≈ 227 g
  • 2 3/4 cup (550g) granulated sugar550 g
  • 6 large eggs (room temperature)≈ 300 g
  • 3 cups (423g) all-purpose flour423 g
  • 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
  • 1 cup sour cream (room temperature)≈ 230 g
  • 1 Tablespoon pure vanilla extract≈ 13 g

flour 423 gbatter 1752 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.

  • Butter54% · 3rd percentile
  • Sugar130% · 58th percentile
  • Egg71% · 33rd percentile
  • Dairy54% · 57th percentile
  • Leavening0.7% · 33rd percentile
  • Salt1.4% · 78th percentile

Oven

Temperature
325°F / 165°C
median 350°F
Time
15 to 25 minutes
median 60 minutes

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