Perfect Every Time - Almond Pound Cake
Tricia · savingdessert.com · 2016 · 16
Against 462 pound cake recipes
More sugar than 94% of recipes and no leavening, unlike 76%.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 462 pound cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More sugar than 94% of recipes: 191% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
- No leavening at all, where 76% of recipes use some (most of those 1.2 to 3.2% of the flour weight).
- More egg than 75% of recipes: 97% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
- More dairy than 75% of recipes: 65% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 46%.
Ingredients (9)
- 8 ounces cream cheese (room temperature)227 g
- 1 ½ cups unsalted butter (room temperature (339g))339 g
- 3 cups granulated sugar ((665g))665 g
- 3 cups cake flour ((348g) sifted after measuring)348 g
- ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla bean paste (or extract)≈ 4.2 g
- 1 teaspoon almond extract≈ 4.2 g
- 6 jumbo eggs (or 7 large eggs)≈ 336 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- powdered sugar for garnish (if desired)n/a
flour 348 gbatter 1926 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.
- Butter97% · 60th percentile · median 91%
- Sugar191% · 95th percentile · median 120%
- Egg97% · 76th percentile · median 80%
- Dairy65% · 75th percentile · median 46%
- Leavening0% · 12th percentile · median 1.6%
- Salt0.9% · 63rd percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 300°F / 150°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 30 to 60 minutes
- median 60 minutes
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