Lemon Pound Cake

sugarspunrun.com · 2021 · 12 slices with glaze

Against 462 pound cake recipes

Less butter than 83% of recipes and more dairy than 87%.

How it compares

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

Less butter than 83% of recipes: 61% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
More dairy than 87% of recipes: 82% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 46%.
Egg in the middle half of recipes: 67% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.

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

1 cup unsalted butter (softened )≈ 227 g
8 oz cream cheese (softened (use full-fat cream cheese that is sold in bricks, not the spreadable kind sold in tubs) )227 g
2 ½ cups granulated sugar≈ 500 g
2.5 Tablespoons lemon zest≈ 15 g
5 large eggs (room temperature preferred)≈ 250 g
2 teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 8 g
1 teaspoon lemon extract (optional, see note)≈ 4.2 g
3 cups all-purpose flour≈ 375 g
1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
¾ teaspoon salt≈ 4.5 g
⅓ cup buttermilk≈ 81 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

flour 375 gbatter 1697 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.