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Quatre-quarts revisité : la meilleure recette

Original in French

evansm · marmiton.org · 2022 · 8 personnes

Against 462 pound cake recipes

More egg than 96% of recipes and more dairy 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 egg than 96% of recipes: 117% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
  • More dairy than 98% of recipes: 109% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 46%, about 2.5 times as much.
  • No salt at all, where 75% of recipes use some (most of those 0.5 to 1.5% of the flour weight).
  • More leavening than 84% of recipes: 3.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about 2.5 times as much.
Butter: 77%, 28th percentileSugar: 100%, 24th percentileEgg: 117%, 96th percentileDairy: 109%, 98th percentileLeavening: 3.7%, 86th percentileSalt: 0%, 12th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 7 oeufs séparer le blanc des jaunes≈ 350 g
  • 1 sachet de levure chimique11 g
  • 300 sucre≈ 300 g
  • 2 sachets de sucre vanillé15 g
  • 300 farine≈ 300 g
  • 2 pots d'huile≈ 230 g
  • 2 yaourts natures≈ 250 g
  • 5 cuillères à soupe de lait≈ 77 g

flour 300 gbatter 1533 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.

  • Butter77% · 28th percentile
  • Sugar100% · 24th percentile
  • Egg117% · 96th percentile
  • Dairy109% · 98th percentile
  • Leavening3.7% · 86th percentile
  • Salt0% · 12th percentile

Oven

Temperature
325°F / 165°C
median 350°F
Time
45 minutes
median 60 minutes

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