Meyer Lemon Pound Cake
rasamalaysia.com · 2014 · 1 loaf
Against 462 pound cake recipes
More egg than 95% of recipes and more butter than 83%.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 462 pound cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More egg than 95% of recipes: 114% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
- More butter than 83% of recipes: 104% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
- More salt than 76% of recipes: 1.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%, about twice as much.
Ingredients (13)
- 1¾ cups all-purpose flour≈ 219 g
- ½ teaspoon baking powder≈ 2.3 g
- ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- ¼ cup sour cream≈ 58 g
- 1½ tablespoons meyer lemon juice≈ 22 g
- 1½ tablespoons meyer lemon zest≈ 9 g
- 1 cup plus 2 additional tablespoons granulated sugar≈ 200 g
- 1 cup unsalted butter (at room temperature (2 sticks))≈ 227 g
- 5 large eggs (at room temperature, beaten)≈ 250 g
- ¼ cup granulated sugar≈ 50 g
- ¼ cup meyer lemon juice≈ 59 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- ½ cup confectioners sugar (sifted)≈ 60 g
- 1 tablespoon meyer lemon juice≈ 15 g
flour 219 gbatter 1099 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.
- Butter104% · 84th percentile · median 91%
- Sugar114% · 47th percentile · median 120%
- Egg114% · 96th percentile · median 80%
- Dairy26% · 39th percentile · median 46%
- Leavening1.1% · 38th percentile · median 1.6%
- Salt1.4% · 78th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 325°F / 165°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 55 to 65 minutes
- median 60 minutes
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