Almond Pound Cake Recipe
shugarysweets.com · 2026 · 12 servings
Against 462 pound cake recipes
Less egg than 90% of recipes and less butter than 83%.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 462 pound cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less egg than 90% of recipes: 53% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
- Less butter than 83% of recipes: 61% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
Ingredients (14)
- 3 cups all-purpose flour≈ 375 g
- 1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt≈ 2 g
- 2 cups granulated sugar≈ 400 g
- 1 cup unsalted butter, (softened to room temperature)≈ 227 g
- 4 large eggs, (room temperature)≈ 200 g
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 1 1/2 teaspoons almond extract≈ 6 g
- 1 cup whole milk≈ 244 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 cup powdered sugar≈ 120 g
- 1 teaspoon almond extract≈ 4.2 g
- 1 1/2 Tablespoons whole milk≈ 23 g
- 2 Tablespoons sliced almonds, (for garnish)≈ 15 g
flour 375 gbatter 1466 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.
- Butter61% · 12th percentile · median 91%
- Sugar107% · 39th percentile · median 120%
- Egg53% · 7th percentile · median 80%
- Dairy65% · 73rd percentile · median 46%
- Leavening2% · 58th percentile · median 1.6%
- Salt0.5% · 44th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 50 to 55 minutes
- median 60 minutes
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