Birthday Pound Cake

Amanda Rettke--iambaker.net · iambaker.net · 2026 · 12 people

Against 462 pound cake recipes

No leavening, unlike 76% of recipes and no salt, unlike 75%.

How it compares

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

No leavening at all, where 76% of recipes use some (most of those 1.2 to 3.2% of the flour weight).
No salt at all, where 75% of recipes use some (most of those 0.5 to 1.5% of the flour weight).
More dairy than 83% of recipes: 77% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 46%.
Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 160% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.

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

1 package (8 ounces) cream cheese, (room temperature)227 g
1 ¼ cups (2 ½ sticks / 284 g) unsalted butter, (room temperature)284 g
3 cups (600 g) granulated sugar600 g
6 large eggs, (room temperature)≈ 300 g
2 teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 8 g
3 cups (375 g) cake flour375 g
¼ cup (60 g) buttermilk, (room temperature)60 g
¾ cup rainbow sprinkles, (jimmies preferred, plus more for serving (optional))≈ 178 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

flour 375 gbatter 2032 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.