Golden Vanilla Pound Cake

PJ Hamel · kingarthurbaking.com · 18 / 9" loaf cake

Against 462 pound cake recipes

More egg than 94% of recipes and more salt than 95%.

How it compares

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

More egg than 94% of recipes: 111% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
More salt than 95% of recipes: 2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%, about 3 times as much.
Butter in the middle half of recipes: 75% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.

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

12 tablespoons (170g) unsalted butter, at room temperature, at least 65°F170 g
3 ounces (85g) cream cheese, at room temperature85 g
3/4 teaspoon table salt, (1/2 teaspoon if you use salted butter)≈ 4.5 g
1 1/2 cups (298g) granulated sugar298 g
1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
2 teaspoons King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract*≈ 8 g
1 teaspoon almond extract*≈ 4.2 g
5 large eggs, at room temperature≈ 250 g
3 tablespoons (43g) milk43 g
2 tablespoons (14g) King Arthur Bread and Cake Enhancer, optional14 g
1 3/4 cups plus 2 tablespoons (226g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour226 g
2 tablespoons (25g) granulated sugar25 g
1 teaspoon King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract≈ 4.2 g
1 teaspoon water≈ 4.9 g

flour 226 gbatter 1142 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.