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Brown Sugar Sour Cream Pound Cake

King Arthur Baking · kingarthurbaking.com · 16 / one Bundt cake

Against 462 pound cake recipes

Less egg than 97% of recipes and more salt than 98%.

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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 97% of recipes: 42% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%, about half as much.
  • More salt than 98% of recipes: 2.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%, about 3.5 times as much.
  • More dairy than 93% of recipes: 95% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 46%, about twice as much.
Butter: 95%, 58th percentileSugar: 130%, 58th percentileEgg: 42%, 2nd percentileDairy: 95%, 94th percentileLeavening: 2.5%, 69th percentileSalt: 2.5%, 99th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (10)

  • 16 tablespoons (227g) unsalted butter, at room temperature, at least 65°F227 g
  • 1 cup (213g) light brown sugar, packed213 g
  • 1/2 cup (99g) granulated sugar99 g
  • 2 large eggs, at room temperature≈ 100 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
  • 1 teaspoon table salt≈ 6 g
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda≈ 1.5 g
  • 2 cups (240g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour240 g
  • 1 cup (227g) sour cream, at room temperature227 g
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract≈ 6 g

flour 240 gbatter 1124 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
  • Sugar130% · 58th percentile
  • Egg42% · 2nd percentile
  • Dairy95% · 94th percentile
  • Leavening2.5% · 69th percentile
  • Salt2.5% · 99th percentile

Oven

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

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