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Mocha Pound Cake

King Arthur Test Kitchen · kingarthurbaking.com · 16 / one 10" Bundt cake

Against 462 pound cake recipes

More sugar than 96% 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.

  • More sugar than 96% of recipes: 206% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
  • 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.
  • More egg than 90% of recipes: 104% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
Butter: 95%, 58th percentileSugar: 206%, 97th percentileEgg: 104%, 91st percentileDairy: 95%, 94th percentileLeavening: 2.2%, 62nd percentileSalt: 2.5%, 99th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (12)

  • 16 tablespoons (227g) unsalted butter, softened227 g
  • 2 1/2 cups (495g) granulated sugar495 g
  • 2 teaspoons King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract≈ 8 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder≈ 2.3 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
  • 1 teaspoon table salt≈ 6 g
  • 5 large eggs, at room temperature≈ 250 g
  • 3 tablespoons (21g) espresso powder21 g
  • 1/4 cup (57g) water, warm57 g
  • 3/4 cup (170g) buttermilk170 g
  • 1 cup (85g) Dutch-process cocoa85 g
  • 2 cups (240g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour240 g

flour 240 gbatter 1565 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
  • Sugar206% · 97th percentile
  • Egg104% · 91st percentile
  • Dairy95% · 94th percentile
  • Leavening2.2% · 62nd percentile
  • Salt2.5% · 99th percentile

Oven

Temperature
325°F / 165°C
median 350°F
Time
75 to 80 minutes
median 60 minutes

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