Lemon Pound Cake
livewellbakeoften.com · 2022 · 12 slices
Against 462 pound cake recipes
Less egg than 88% of recipes and more dairy than 78%.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 462 pound cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less egg than 88% of recipes: 58% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
- More dairy than 78% of recipes: 70% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 46%.
Ingredients (14)
- 3 cups cake flour (spooned & leveled (345 grams))345 g
- ½ teaspoon baking powder≈ 2.3 g
- ½ teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
- ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 1 cup unsalted butter (softened (2 sticks; 230 grams))230 g
- 2 ¼ cups granulated sugar ((450 grams))450 g
- 4 large eggs (at room temperature)≈ 200 g
- ¼ cup canola oil (can sub vegetable or melted coconut oil (60 ml))≈ 55 g
- ¼ cup fresh lemon juice ((60 ml))≈ 59 g
- 3 tablespoons lemon zest (3 large lemons or 4 medium lemons)≈ 18 g
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract≈ 8 g
- 1 cup full-fat sour cream or plain Greek yogurt (at room temperature (240 grams))240 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 ½ cups powdered sugar ((180 grams))180 g
- 2 to 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice ((30 to 45 ml))≈ 37 g
flour 345 gbatter 1614 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.
- Butter83% · 34th percentile · median 91%
- Sugar130% · 58th percentile · median 120%
- Egg58% · 12th percentile · median 80%
- Dairy70% · 79th percentile · median 46%
- Leavening1.5% · 48th percentile · median 1.6%
- Salt0.9% · 63rd percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 55 to 70 minutes
- median 60 minutes
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