Vanilla Pound Cake

Amanda Rettke--iambaker.net · iambaker.net · 2019 · 24

Against 462 pound cake recipes

Less egg than 83% 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.

Less egg than 83% of recipes: 60% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
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).

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

2 cups (4 sticks / 454 g) unsalted butter, (room temperature)454 g
3 cups (600 g) granulated sugar600 g
6 large eggs, (room temperature)≈ 300 g
4 cups (500 g) all-purpose flour, (sifted)500 g
⅔ cup (163 g) whole milk163 g
1 teaspoon vanilla extract, (optional (I do not add it but readers requested how much to add.))≈ 4.2 g

flour 500 gbatter 2021 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.