Bourbon Pound Cake
plainchicken.com · 2015 · 12 people
Against 462 pound cake recipes
More butter than 93% of recipes and more egg than 91%.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 462 pound cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More butter than 93% of recipes: 121% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
- More egg than 91% of recipes: 107% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
- No leavening at all, where 76% of recipes use some (most of those 1.2 to 3.2% of the flour weight).
- No salt at all, where 75% of recipes use some (most of those 0.5 to 1.5% of the flour weight).
Ingredients (9)
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans≈ 55 g
- 8 eggs (separated)≈ 400 g
- 3 cups sugar (divided)≈ 600 g
- 2 cups butter (softened (4 sticks))≈ 454 g
- 3 cups all-purpose flour≈ 375 g
- 1/3 cup bourbon≈ 79 g
- 2 tsp almond extract≈ 8 g
- 2 tsp vanilla extract≈ 8 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- powdered sugarn/a
flour 375 gbatter 1980 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.
- Butter121% · 95th percentile · median 91%
- Sugar160% · 79th percentile · median 120%
- Egg107% · 93rd percentile · median 80%
- Dairy0% · 16th percentile · median 46%
- Leavening0% · 12th percentile · median 1.6%
- Salt0% · 12th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 60 to 70 minutes
- median 60 minutes
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