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Lemon-Glazed Pound Cake

King Arthur Test Kitchen · kingarthurbaking.com · 16 servings

Against 462 pound cake recipes

More egg than 98% of recipes and more sugar than 95%.

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How it compares

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

  • More egg than 98% of recipes: 121% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
  • More sugar than 95% of recipes: 193% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
  • More salt than 79% of recipes: 1.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%, about twice as much.
Butter: 97%, 60th percentileSugar: 193%, 95th percentileEgg: 121%, 98th percentileDairy: 41%, 48th percentileLeavening: 2.2%, 62nd percentileSalt: 1.5%, 81st percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (11)

  • 14 tablespoons (198g) unsalted butter, at room temperature, at least 65°F198 g
  • 3 ounces (85g) cream cheese, at room temperature85 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon table salt≈ 3 g
  • 1 1/2 cups (298g) granulated sugar298 g
  • 1 3/4 cups (206g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour206 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
  • 2 teaspoons King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract≈ 8 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon lemon oil or 1/4 teaspoon King Arthur Fiori di Sicilia≈ 2.3 g
  • 5 large eggs, at room temperature≈ 250 g
  • 1/4 cup (57g) lemon juice, fresh preferred57 g
  • 1/2 cup (99g) King Arthur Baker's Special Sugar or granulated sugar*99 g

flour 206 gbatter 1211 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.

  • Butter97% · 60th percentile
  • Sugar193% · 95th percentile
  • Egg121% · 98th percentile
  • Dairy41% · 48th percentile
  • Leavening2.2% · 62nd percentile
  • Salt1.5% · 81st percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
5 minutes
median 60 minutes

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