Butter Pecan Pound Cake
Christabel Lobo · tasteofhome.com · 2018 · 16 servings
Against 462 pound cake recipes
More butter than 87% 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 87% of recipes: 109% 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).
- Egg in the middle half of recipes: 96% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
Ingredients (9)
- 1-1/2 cups butter, softened≈ 341 g
- 3-3/4 cups confectioners' sugar≈ 450 g
- 6 large eggs, room temperature≈ 300 g
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract≈ 13 g
- 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 313 g
- 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 1 cup sweetened shredded coconut≈ 85 g
- 2/3 cup chopped pecans, toasted≈ 73 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- Optional: butter pecan ice cream, confectioners' sugarn/a
flour 313 gbatter 1577 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.
- Butter109% · 87th percentile · median 91%
- Sugar144% · 66th percentile · median 120%
- Egg96% · 75th percentile · median 80%
- Dairy0% · 16th percentile · median 46%
- Leavening0% · 12th percentile · median 1.6%
- Salt1% · 65th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 325°F / 165°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 60 to 65 minutes
- median 60 minutes
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