Coconut Pound Cake
Ree Drummond · thepioneerwoman.com · 2025 · 8 - 10 serving(s)
Against 462 pound cake recipes
More leavening than 81% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 462 pound cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More leavening than 81% of recipes: 3.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.6%, about twice as much.
- Dairy in the middle half of recipes: 61% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 46%.
Ingredients (14)
- 12 tbsp. salted butter, at room temperature, plus more for the pan≈ 170 g
- 1 1/2 c. all-purpose flour≈ 188 g
- 1 tsp. baking powder≈ 4.6 g
- 1/4 tsp. baking soda≈ 1.5 g
- 1/4 tsp. kosher salt≈ 1 g
- 1 c. granulated sugar≈ 200 g
- 3 large eggs, at room temperature≈ 150 g
- 1/2 c. sour cream, at room temperature≈ 115 g
- 2 tsp. coconut extract≈ 8 g
- 2 1/2 c. sweetened shredded coconut≈ 213 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 2 c. powdered sugar≈ 240 g
- 2 tbsp. salted butter, melted≈ 28 g
- 3 tbsp. milk, plus more as needed≈ 46 g
- 1 tsp. coconut extract≈ 4.2 g
flour 188 gbatter 1051 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% · 53rd percentile · median 91%
- Sugar107% · 39th percentile · median 120%
- Egg80% · 50th percentile · median 80%
- Dairy61% · 66th percentile · median 46%
- Leavening3.3% · 82nd percentile · median 1.6%
- Salt0.5% · 44th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 60 minutes
- median 60 minutes
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