The Perfect Pound Cake Recipe

sugarspunrun.com · 2021 · 12 slices

Against 462 pound cake recipes

More butter than 83% 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 butter than 83% of recipes: 104% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
No leavening at all, where 76% of recipes use some (most of those 1.2 to 3.2% of the flour weight).
No dairy at all, where 67% of recipes use some (most of those 45 to 75% of the flour weight).
Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 160% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.

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

2 cups unsalted butter (softened)≈ 454 g
3 ½ cups granulated sugar≈ 700 g
6 large whole eggs¹≈ 300 g
6 large egg yolks¹ ((these 6 egg yolks are in addition to the 6 whole eggs listed above))≈ 108 g
1 Tablespoon vanilla extract≈ 13 g
1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
3 ½ cups all-purpose (plain) flour²≈ 438 g

flour 438 gbatter 2018 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.