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Le quatre quart multicolore

Original in French

gateauxagogo · ptitchef.com · 2010 · 4

Against 462 pound cake recipes

More egg than 98% of recipes and more leavening than 96%.

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How it compares

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

  • More egg than 98% of recipes: 125% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
  • More leavening than 96% of recipes: 5.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about 3.5 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).
  • No dairy at all, where 67% of recipes use some (most of those 45 to 75% of the flour weight).
Butter: 100%, 72nd percentileSugar: 100%, 24th percentileEgg: 125%, 99th percentileDairy: 0%, 16th percentileLeavening: 5.5%, 98th percentileSalt: 0%, 12th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (6)

  • 5 oeufs≈ 250 g
  • 200 g de sucre200 g
  • 200 g de farine200 g
  • 200 g de beurre200 g
  • 1 sachet de sucre vanillé8 g
  • 1 sachet de levure11 g

flour 200 gbatter 869 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.

  • Butter100% · 72nd percentile
  • Sugar100% · 24th percentile
  • Egg125% · 99th percentile
  • Dairy0% · 16th percentile
  • Leavening5.5% · 98th percentile
  • Salt0% · 12th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
45 minutes
median 60 minutes

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