Lemon Pound Cake

smittenkitchen.com · Servings: Makes 2 loaves or 1 bundt cake

Against 462 pound cake recipes

Less butter than 95% of recipes and less egg than 89%.

How it compares

Against the typical cake: the median of 462 pound cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.

Less butter than 95% of recipes: 58% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
Less egg than 89% of recipes: 57% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

1 cup (225 grams or 8 ounces) unsalted butter, at room temperature225 g
2 1/2 cups (500 grams) sugar500 g
4 extra-large eggs, at room temperature≈ 224 g
1/3 cup grated lemon zest (6 to 8 large lemons)≈ 32 g
3 cups (390 grams) all-purpose flour390 g
1/2 teaspoon baking powder≈ 2.3 g
1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
1 teaspoon (5 grams) kosher salt5 g
3/4 cup (175 ml) plus 3 1/2 tablespoons (50 ml) freshly squeezed lemon juice≈ 230 g
3/4 cup (175 ml) buttermilk, at room temperature≈ 183 g
1 teaspoon (5 ml) vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

flour 390 gbatter 1798 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 462 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: butter, sugar, egg, dairy, leavening, salt.