Lemon Pound Cake Is the Perfect Dessert to Make This Weekend
Ree Drummond · thepioneerwoman.com · 2021 · 16 serving(s)
Against 462 pound cake recipes
No leavening, unlike 76% of recipes and no dairy, unlike 67%.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 462 pound cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- 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).
- Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 160% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
- Egg in the middle half of recipes: 67% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
Ingredients (11)
- 3 sticks salted butter, softened≈ 339 g
- 3 c. granulated sugar≈ 600 g
- 5 large eggs≈ 250 g
- 1/4 tsp. salt≈ 1.5 g
- 3 c. all-purpose flour≈ 375 g
- 1 c. lemon-lime soda≈ 237 g
- 3 tbsp. grated lemon zest (from 2 to 3 lemons)≈ 18 g
- 2 tbsp. grated lemon zest (from about 2 lemons)≈ 12 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 2 c. powdered sugar, sifted≈ 240 g
- 2 tbsp. fresh lemon juice, plus more if needed≈ 30 g
- 1 tbsp. water≈ 15 g
flour 375 gbatter 1833 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.
- Butter90% · 42nd percentile · median 91%
- Sugar160% · 79th percentile · median 120%
- Egg67% · 24th percentile · median 80%
- Dairy0% · 16th percentile · median 46%
- Leavening0% · 12th percentile · median 1.6%
- Salt0.4% · 40th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- not stated
- median 350°F
- Time
- 70 to 75 minutes
- median 60 minutes
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