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Sour Cream Pound Cake

Modern Honey® - www.modernhoney.com · modernhoney.com · 2026 · 16

Against 462 pound cake recipes

Less butter than 83% of recipes.

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How it compares

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

  • Less butter than 83% of recipes: 61% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
  • Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 160% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
Butter: 61%, 12th percentileSugar: 160%, 79th percentileEgg: 80%, 50th percentileDairy: 61%, 66th percentileLeavening: 0.6%, 30th percentileSalt: 0.4%, 40th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 1 cup Butter ((softened))≈ 227 g
  • 3 cups Sugar≈ 600 g
  • 6 large Eggs≈ 300 g
  • 1 Tablespoon Vanilla Extract≈ 13 g
  • 1 cup Sour Cream ((full-fat))≈ 230 g
  • 3 cups Flour *≈ 375 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon Baking Powder≈ 2.3 g
  • 1/4 teaspoon Salt≈ 1.5 g

flour 375 gbatter 1748 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.

  • Butter61% · 12th percentile
  • Sugar160% · 79th percentile
  • Egg80% · 50th percentile
  • Dairy61% · 66th percentile
  • Leavening0.6% · 30th percentile
  • Salt0.4% · 40th percentile

Oven

Temperature
300°F / 150°C
median 350°F
Time
90 minutes
median 60 minutes

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