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Mini Coconut Pound Cakes

Tricia · savingdessert.com · 2017 · 6

Against 462 pound cake recipes

More egg than 96% of recipes and more sugar than 90%.

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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 96% of recipes: 117% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
  • More sugar than 90% of recipes: 175% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
  • More salt than 91% of recipes: 1.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%, about 2.5 times as much.
  • No leavening at all, where 76% of recipes use some (most of those 1.2 to 3.2% of the flour weight).
Butter: 100%, 63rd percentileSugar: 175%, 92nd percentileEgg: 117%, 97th percentileDairy: 45%, 49th percentileLeavening: 0%, 12th percentileSalt: 1.8%, 93rd percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (14)

  • 1 ½ cups cake flour (sifted after measuring)≈ 171 g
  • ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
  • 12 tablespoons unsalted butter (1 ½ sticks, room temperature)≈ 170 g
  • 1 ½ cups granulated sugar≈ 300 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste (or vanilla extract)≈ 4.2 g
  • 1 teaspoon coconut extract≈ 4.2 g
  • ⅓ cup sour cream≈ 77 g
  • 4 large eggs (room temperature)≈ 200 g
  • ¼ cup unsweetened shredded coconut≈ 21 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 1 cup powdered sugar≈ 120 g
  • ¼ teaspoon coconut extract≈ 1.1 g
  • 1 tablespoon milk≈ 15 g
  • sweetened coconut for garnishn/a
  • pastel colored candy eggs for nests if usingn/a

flour 171 gbatter 951 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% · 63rd percentile
  • Sugar175% · 92nd percentile
  • Egg117% · 97th percentile
  • Dairy45% · 49th percentile
  • Leavening0% · 12th percentile
  • Salt1.8% · 93rd percentile

Oven

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

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