Perfect Pound Cake
Ree Drummond · thepioneerwoman.com · 2010 · 12 serving(s)
Against 462 pound cake recipes
No leavening, unlike 76% of recipes and no salt, unlike 75%.
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 salt at all, where 75% of recipes use some (most of those 0.5 to 1.5% 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%.
Ingredients (7)
- 1 1/2 c. butter≈ 341 g
- 3 c. granulated sugar≈ 600 g
- 5 eggs, at room temperature≈ 250 g
- 1 tsp. butter flavoring or vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 2 tsp. lemon extract≈ 8 g
- 3 c. all-purpose flour≈ 375 g
- 1 c. lemon-lime soda, such as Sprite≈ 237 g
flour 375 gbatter 1815 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% · 48th 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% · 12th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 325°F / 165°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 60 minutes
- median 60 minutes
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