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Sour Cream Pound Cake Recipe

preppykitchen.com · 2021 · 12 servings

Against 462 pound cake recipes

More sugar than 86% of recipes and less butter than 82%.

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How it compares

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

  • More sugar than 86% of recipes: 167% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
  • Less butter than 82% of recipes: 63% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
  • More dairy than 76% of recipes: 67% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 46%.
Butter: 63%, 17th percentileSugar: 167%, 87th percentileEgg: 83%, 63rd percentileDairy: 67%, 76th percentileLeavening: 0.8%, 35th percentileSalt: 1.1%, 67th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour ((360g))360 g
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt or ½ tsp fine salt≈ 4 g
  • ½ teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
  • 1 cup unsalted butter (room temperature (226g))226 g
  • 3 cups granulated sugar ((600g))600 g
  • 6 large eggs (room temperature)≈ 300 g
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract≈ 13 g
  • 1 cup sour cream (room temperature (240g))240 g

flour 360 gbatter 1746 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.

  • Butter63% · 17th percentile
  • Sugar167% · 87th percentile
  • Egg83% · 63rd percentile
  • Dairy67% · 76th percentile
  • Leavening0.8% · 35th percentile
  • Salt1.1% · 67th percentile

Oven

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

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