Recipe for Cream Cheese Pound Cake
thefirstyearblog.com · 2024 · 12 slices
Against 462 pound cake recipes
More dairy than 93% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 462 pound cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More dairy than 93% of recipes: 95% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 46%, about twice as much.
- Salt in the middle half of recipes: 1.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%.
Ingredients (14)
- 2 cups (240g) all-purpose flour240 g
- 1 tsp baking powder≈ 4.6 g
- 1/2 tsp salt≈ 3 g
- 1 cup (226g) unsalted butter (room temperature, 2 sticks)226 g
- 8 oz (227g) cream cheese (room temperature)227 g
- 1 ¼ cups (248g) granulated sugar248 g
- 3 large eggs (room temperature)≈ 150 g
- 1 egg yolk (room temperature)≈ 18 g
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract≈ 8 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 4 oz (113g) cream cheese (room temperature)113 g
- 2 Tbsp (28g) unsalted butter (room temperature)28 g
- 1 tsp vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 1 cup (113g) powdered sugar (plus more for thicker frosting)113 g
- Dash of salt≈ 0.4 g
flour 240 gbatter 1125 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.
- Butter94% · 55th percentile · median 91%
- Sugar103% · 33rd percentile · median 120%
- Egg70% · 32nd percentile · median 80%
- Dairy95% · 94th percentile · median 46%
- Leavening1.9% · 55th percentile · median 1.6%
- Salt1.3% · 75th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 10 minutes
- median 60 minutes
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