King Arthur's Original Pound Cake

Brinna Sands · kingarthurbaking.com · 18

Against 462 pound cake recipes

Less sugar than 92% of recipes and more leavening than 76%.

How it compares

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

Less sugar than 92% of recipes: 83% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
More leavening than 76% of recipes: 2.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%.

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

16 tablespoons (227g) salted butter, at room temperature, at least 65°F*227 g
1 cup (198g) granulated sugar198 g
4 large eggs, at room temperature≈ 200 g
2 cups (240g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour240 g
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 7 g
1/2 teaspoon table salt≈ 3 g
1/2 cup (113g) milk, at room temperature113 g
1 tablespoon (28g) brandy, sherry, rum, or the liqueur of your choice, optional28 g
1 teaspoon King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract, almond extract, or a combination; or flavor to taste with other flavors≈ 4.2 g

flour 240 gbatter 1020 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.