Pound Cake
Nancy Mock · tasteofhome.com · 2018 · 16 servings
Against 462 pound cake recipes
Less egg 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.
- Less egg than 83% of recipes: 60% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
- No leavening at all, where 76% of recipes use some (most of those 1.2 to 3.2% of the flour weight).
- No salt at all, where 75% of recipes use some (most of those 0.5 to 1.5% of the flour weight).
Ingredients (7)
- 2 cups butter, softened≈ 454 g
- 3 cups sugar≈ 600 g
- 6 large eggs, room temperature≈ 300 g
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 8 g
- 4 cups all-purpose flour≈ 500 g
- 3/4 cup whole milk≈ 183 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Confectioners' sugar, optionaln/a
flour 500 gbatter 2045 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.
- Butter91% · 48th percentile · median 91%
- Sugar120% · 51st percentile · median 120%
- Egg60% · 15th percentile · median 80%
- Dairy37% · 46th percentile · median 46%
- Leavening0% · 12th percentile · median 1.6%
- Salt0% · 12th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 300°F / 150°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 100 minutes
- median 60 minutes
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