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New Years Almond Pound Cake (Good Luck Cake)

thereciperebel.com · 2015 · 16 slices

Against 462 pound cake recipes

Less butter than 94% of recipes and no dairy, unlike 67%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less butter than 94% of recipes: 58% 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).
Butter: 58%, 5th percentileSugar: 103%, 32nd percentileEgg: 77%, 38th percentileDairy: 0%, 16th percentileLeavening: 1.2%, 41st percentileSalt: 0.4%, 40th percentileButterSugarEggDairyLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (12)

  • ⅓ cup slivered almonds≈ 40 g
  • 1 cup salted butter (room temperature)≈ 227 g
  • 1¼ cup low fat plain or vanilla Greek yogurt≈ 252 g
  • 2 cups granulated sugar ((400 grams))400 g
  • 6 large eggs (room temperature)≈ 300 g
  • 1½ teaspoons almond extract≈ 6 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 3 cups all purpose flour ((390 grams))390 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
  • ¼ teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g
  • 1 whole almondn/a

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • Optional: whipped cream to serven/a

flour 390 gbatter 1626 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.

  • Butter58% · 5th percentile
  • Sugar103% · 32nd percentile
  • Egg77% · 38th percentile
  • Dairy0% · 16th percentile
  • Leavening1.2% · 41st percentile
  • Salt0.4% · 40th percentile

Oven

Temperature
not stated
median 350°F
Time
50 minutes
median 60 minutes

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