Key Lime Pound Cake

Ree Drummond · thepioneerwoman.com · 2024 · 8 - 10 serving(s)

Against 462 pound cake recipes

More sugar than 94% of recipes and more butter than 84%.

How it compares

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

More sugar than 94% of recipes: 188% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
More butter than 84% of recipes: 106% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
No dairy at all, where 67% of recipes use some (most of those 45 to 75% of the flour weight).

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

4 graham cracker sheets, finely crushed (about 3/4 cup)n/a
2 tbsp. granulated sugar≈ 25 g
2 tbsp. packed light brown sugar≈ 28 g
2 tbsp. salted butter, melted and cooled≈ 28 g
1 1/2 sticks (12 Tbsp.) salted butter, at room temperature, plus more for the pan≈ 170 g
1 1/2 c. all-purpose flour≈ 188 g
1/2 tsp. baking powder≈ 2.3 g
1/4 tsp. kosher salt≈ 1 g
1/3 c. lemon-lime soda≈ 79 g
1 tbsp. grated lime zest, plus 2 Tbsp. lime juice≈ 6 g
1 1/2 c. granulated sugar≈ 300 g
3 large eggs≈ 150 g

flour 188 gbatter 976 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.