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Sweet Potato Pound Cake

Amanda Rettke--iambaker.net · iambaker.net · 2024 · 12 slices

Against 462 pound cake recipes

Less egg than 90% of recipes and less butter than 83%.

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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 butter than 83% of recipes: 61% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
  • No dairy at all, where 67% of recipes use some (most of those 45 to 75% of the flour weight).
  • More leavening than 81% of recipes: 3.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about twice as much.
Butter: 61%, 12th percentileSugar: 107%, 39th percentileEgg: 53%, 7th percentileDairy: 0%, 16th percentileLeavening: 3.3%, 82nd percentileSalt: 0.3%, 35th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (17)

  • 3 large sweet potatoes, (rinsed, peeled, cut into 2 inch pieces)≈ 900 g
  • 2 cups (400 g) granulated sugar400 g
  • 1 cup (2 sticks / 227 g) unsalted butter, (softened)227 g
  • 4 large eggs, (room temperature)≈ 200 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 3 cups (375 g) all-purpose flour375 g
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 9 g
  • 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon≈ 2.6 g
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
  • ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg≈ 1.3 g
  • ¼ teaspoon ground allspice≈ 0.7 g
  • ¼ teaspoon kosher salt≈ 1 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • ¼ cup (½ stick / 57 g) unsalted butter57 g
  • 3 tablespoons pure maple syrup≈ 60 g
  • 3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream≈ 45 g
  • ½ cup (62.5 g) confectioners' sugar, (sifted)63 g
  • 3 tablespoons finely chopped pecans, (optional)≈ 21 g

flour 375 gbatter 2124 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.

  • Butter61% · 12th percentile
  • Sugar107% · 39th percentile
  • Egg53% · 7th percentile
  • Dairy0% · 16th percentile
  • Leavening3.3% · 82nd percentile
  • Salt0.3% · 35th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
55 to 60 minutes
median 60 minutes

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