Old Fashioned Lemon Pound Cake
thestayathomechef.com · 2024 · 12 slices
Against 462 pound cake recipes
Less butter than 83% of recipes and no leavening, unlike 76%.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 462 pound cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less butter than 83% of recipes: 61% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
- 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).
Ingredients (12)
- 1 cup salted butter (softened)≈ 227 g
- 8 ounces cream cheese (softened)227 g
- 2 cups granulated sugar≈ 400 g
- 6 large eggs≈ 300 g
- 1/4 cup lemon juice≈ 59 g
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest≈ 6 g
- 1 teaspoon lemon extract≈ 4.2 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 3 cups all-purpose flour≈ 375 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 cup powdered sugar≈ 120 g
- 2 tablespoons lemon juice≈ 30 g
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 2.1 g
flour 375 gbatter 1603 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.
- Butter61% · 12th percentile · median 91%
- Sugar107% · 39th percentile · median 120%
- Egg80% · 50th percentile · median 80%
- Dairy61% · 62nd percentile · median 46%
- Leavening0% · 12th percentile · median 1.6%
- Salt0% · 12th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 15 to 60 minutes
- median 60 minutes
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