Lemon Blueberry Pound Cake
Amanda Rettke--iambaker.net · iambaker.net · 2024 · 12 slices
Against 462 pound cake recipes
More sugar than 96% of recipes and no leavening, unlike 76%.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 462 pound cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More sugar than 96% of recipes: 200% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
- No leavening at all, where 76% of recipes use some (most of those 1.2 to 3.2% of the flour weight).
- More egg than 77% of recipes: 100% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
- No salt at all, where 75% of recipes use some (most of those 0.5 to 1.5% of the flour weight).
Ingredients (10)
- 1 ¼ cups (2 ½ sticks / 284 g) salted butter, ( room temperature)284 g
- 3 cups (600 g) granulated sugar600 g
- 6 large eggs, (room temperature)≈ 300 g
- 3 cups (300 g) cake flour300 g
- ¼ cup (60 g) buttermilk, (room temperature)60 g
- 2 teaspoons lemon extract≈ 8 g
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest≈ 2 g
- 2 cups (296 g) fresh blueberries296 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 2 cups (250 g) confectioners’ sugar250 g
- ¼ cup (61 g) lemon juice61 g
flour 300 gbatter 1850 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.
- Butter95% · 59th percentile · median 91%
- Sugar200% · 97th percentile · median 120%
- Egg100% · 83rd percentile · median 80%
- Dairy20% · 36th percentile · median 46%
- Leavening0% · 12th percentile · median 1.6%
- Salt0% · 12th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 325°F / 165°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 85 to 90 minutes
- median 60 minutes
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