Orange Pound Cake
momontimeout.com · 2025 · 10
Against 462 pound cake recipes
Less egg than 83% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 462 pound cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less egg than 83% of recipes: 60% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
- Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 100% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
Ingredients (13)
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (spooned and leveled)≈ 250 g
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder≈ 7 g
- ½ teaspoon fine sea salt≈ 3 g
- 1¼ cups granulated sugar≈ 250 g
- 2 tablespoons orange zest (from 2 large oranges)≈ 12 g
- 1 cup unsalted butter (2 sticks, softened)≈ 227 g
- 3 large eggs (at room temperature)≈ 150 g
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract≈ 13 g
- ¼ cup sour cream (at room temperature)≈ 58 g
- ¼ cup fresh orange juice≈ 59 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 cup powdered sugar≈ 120 g
- 2 to 3 tablespoons orange juice≈ 37 g
- ½ teaspoon orange zest≈ 1 g
flour 250 gbatter 1028 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.
- Butter91% · 48th percentile · median 91%
- Sugar100% · 24th percentile · median 120%
- Egg60% · 15th percentile · median 80%
- Dairy23% · 37th percentile · median 46%
- Leavening2.8% · 75th percentile · median 1.6%
- Salt1.2% · 70th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 55 to 65 minutes
- median 60 minutes
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