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Chocolate Pound Cake

Molly Marzalek-Kelly · kingarthurbaking.com · 16 / 9” loaf cake

Against 462 pound cake recipes

More salt than 88% of recipes and more dairy than 84%.

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How it compares

Against the typical cake: the median of 462 pound cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • More salt than 88% of recipes: 1.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%, about 2.5 times as much.
  • More dairy than 84% of recipes: 78% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 46%.
  • More leavening than 83% of recipes: 3.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about twice as much.
Butter: 78%, 31st percentileSugar: 138%, 62nd percentileEgg: 83%, 63rd percentileDairy: 78%, 85th percentileLeavening: 3.4%, 83rd percentileSalt: 1.7%, 90th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (11)

  • 10 tablespoons (141g) unsalted butter, softened141 g
  • 1 1/4 cups (248g) granulated sugar248 g
  • 2 teaspoons King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract≈ 8 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda≈ 1.5 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon table salt≈ 3 g
  • 3 large eggs, at room temperature≈ 150 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon espresso powder, optional≈ 1.2 g
  • 10 tablespoons (141g) warm water or 10 tablespoons (142g) brewed coffee, warm141 g
  • 1 1/2 cups (180g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour180 g
  • 1/2 cup (42g) Dutch-process cocoa42 g

flour 180 gbatter 921 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.

  • Butter78% · 31st percentile
  • Sugar138% · 62nd percentile
  • Egg83% · 63rd percentile
  • Dairy78% · 85th percentile
  • Leavening3.4% · 83rd percentile
  • Salt1.7% · 90th percentile

Oven

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

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