Eggnog Pound Cake

leitesculinaria.com · 2017 · 20 servings

Against 462 pound cake recipes

Less egg than 98% of recipes and less butter than 92%.

How it compares

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

Less egg than 98% of recipes: 40% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%, about half as much.
Less butter than 92% of recipes: 60% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
No dairy at all, where 67% of recipes use some (most of those 45 to 75% of the flour weight).

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

Scant 1/2 cup currantsn/a
2 tablespoons dark rum or water (at room temperature)≈ 30 g
3 cups all-purpose flour (plus more for the pan)≈ 375 g
2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 9 g
1/4 teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg (preferably freshly grated)≈ 0.7 g
2 sticks (8 oz) unsalted butter (at room temperature, plus more for the pan)≈ 226 g
2 cups granulated sugar≈ 400 g
3 large eggs (lightly beaten)≈ 150 g
1 cup refrigerated eggnog (at room temperature)≈ 237 g
1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

flour 375 gbatter 1433 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.