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The (Texas) Flag Cake made with Cream Cheese Pound Cake and Frosting

Joy the Baker · joythebaker.com · 2023

Against 462 pound cake recipes

More sugar than 86% 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.

  • More sugar than 86% of recipes: 167% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
  • More salt than 76% of recipes: 1.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%, about twice as much.
Butter: 95%, 58th percentileSugar: 167%, 87th percentileEgg: 69%, 30th percentileDairy: 63%, 69th percentileLeavening: 1.6%, 49th percentileSalt: 1.4%, 78th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (19)

  • 2 1/2 cups (360 grams) all-purpose flour360 g
  • 1 1/4 teaspoon baking powder≈ 6 g
  • 1 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 5 g
  • 1 1/2 cups (3 sticks) unsalted butter, at room temperature≈ 341 g
  • 8 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature227 g
  • 3 cups (600 grams) granulated sugar600 g
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste≈ 13 g
  • A tiny splash of almond extractn/a
  • 5 large eggs, at room temperature≈ 250 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 8 ounces cream cheese, softened227 g
  • 3/4 cup (75 grams) powdered sugar75 g
  • Pinch of salt≈ 0.4 g
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 8 g
  • 2 cups heavy cream, cold≈ 476 g
  • Fresh raspberriesn/a
  • Fresh strawberries, hulled and sliced into roundsn/a
  • Fresh blueberriesn/a
  • Fresh blackberries, sliced in half in big boysn/a
  • Bananas, sliced into thickish diagonalsn/a

flour 360 gbatter 1801 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% · 58th percentile
  • Sugar167% · 87th percentile
  • Egg69% · 30th percentile
  • Dairy63% · 69th percentile
  • Leavening1.6% · 49th percentile
  • Salt1.4% · 78th percentile

Oven

Temperature
325°F / 165°C
median 350°F
Time
60 to 65 minutes
median 60 minutes

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