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Basisrecept Cake

Original in Dutch

Sabine · ohmyfoodness.nl · 2011 · 10 plakjes

Against 462 pound cake recipes

More leavening than 95% of recipes and no salt, unlike 75%.

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How it compares

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

  • More leavening than 95% of recipes: 5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about 3 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).
  • Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 100% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
Butter: 80%, 32nd percentileSugar: 100%, 24th percentileEgg: 80%, 50th percentileDairy: 25%, 38th percentileLeavening: 5%, 96th percentileSalt: 0%, 12th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (6)

  • 200 g boter/margarine200 g
  • 250 g suiker250 g
  • 250 g zelfrijzend bakmeel250 g
  • 4 eieren≈ 200 g
  • 4 el melk≈ 61 g
  • 1 tl vanille-extract (naar keuze)≈ 4.2 g

flour 250 gbatter 965 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. Leavening includes the baking powder in the self-rising flour, counted as 5% of its weight.

  • Butter80% · 32nd percentile
  • Sugar100% · 24th percentile
  • Egg80% · 50th percentile
  • Dairy25% · 38th percentile
  • Leavening5% · 96th percentile
  • Salt0% · 12th percentile

Oven

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

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