Eggnog Pound Cake

theflavorbender.com · 2020 · 10 slices

Against 462 pound cake recipes

More sugar than 98% of recipes and more butter than 91%.

How it compares

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

More sugar than 98% of recipes: 217% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
More butter than 91% of recipes: 116% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
More dairy than 92% of recipes: 91% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 46%, about twice as much.

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

226 g unsalted butter (softened at room temperature, 2 sticks)226 g
226 g white sugar (preferably caster sugar, 1 ⅛ cup)226 g
¼ tsp sea salt≈ 1.5 g
2 large eggs≈ 100 g
2 yolks from large eggs≈ 36 g
120 mL eggnog (½ cup, full fat (I use homemade eggnog))≈ 120 g
2 tsp vanilla extract≈ 8 g
195 g AP flour (about 1 ½ cups, measured by spoon and level method)195 g
½ tsp freshly grated nutmeg≈ 1.3 g
¼ tsp ground cinnamon≈ 0.7 g
1 tsp baking powder≈ 4.6 g
170 g confectioner's sugar (1 ½ cup, sifted)170 g
3 tbsp full fat eggnog (I use homemade (use less or more, according to preference))≈ 44 g
1 tbsp rum (optional)≈ 15 g
Pinch of salt≈ 0.4 g
120 mL heavy cream (½ cup (35% fat))≈ 121 g
57 g cream cheese (2 oz)57 g
28 g confectioner's sugar (about ¼ cup)28 g
2 tbsp rum (30 mL)≈ 30 g

flour 195 gbatter 1385 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.