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Old-Fashioned Cream Cheese Pound Cake

savorthebest.com · 2017 · 10 servings

Against 462 pound cake recipes

More sugar than 86% of recipes and more dairy than 85%.

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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%.
  • More dairy than 85% of recipes: 79% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 46%.
Butter: 94%, 56th percentileSugar: 167%, 87th percentileEgg: 83%, 63rd percentileDairy: 79%, 86th percentileLeavening: 1.3%, 45th percentileSalt: 0.8%, 56th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (9)

  • 8 ounces cream cheese (room temperature)227 g
  • 1 ½ cups butter (room temperature (3 sticks/340 grams))340 g
  • 3 cups granulated sugar (600 grams)600 g
  • ¼ cup sour cream (57 grams)57 g
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 8 g
  • 6 large eggs (at room temperature)≈ 300 g
  • 3 cups cake flour (360 grams)360 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
  • ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g

flour 360 gbatter 1900 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.

  • Butter94% · 56th percentile
  • Sugar167% · 87th percentile
  • Egg83% · 63rd percentile
  • Dairy79% · 86th percentile
  • Leavening1.3% · 45th percentile
  • Salt0.8% · 56th percentile

Oven

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

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