Almond Pound Cake
Justine Harrington · tasteofhome.com · 2018 · 2 cakes (12 servings each)
Against 462 pound cake recipes
More butter than 93% 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 93% of recipes: 121% 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).
Ingredients (7)
- 2 cups butter, softened≈ 454 g
- 4 cups confectioners' sugar≈ 480 g
- 6 eggs≈ 300 g
- 1 teaspoon almond extract≈ 4.2 g
- 3 cups all-purpose flour≈ 375 g
- 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Fresh raspberries and whipped cream, optionaln/a
flour 375 gbatter 1616 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.
- Butter121% · 95th percentile · median 91%
- Sugar128% · 56th percentile · median 120%
- Egg80% · 50th percentile · median 80%
- Dairy0% · 16th percentile · median 46%
- Leavening0% · 12th percentile · median 1.6%
- Salt0.8% · 56th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 325°F / 165°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 60 to 70 minutes
- median 60 minutes
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