Classic Pound Cake
thestayathomechef.com · 2024 · 2 loaves
Against 462 pound cake recipes
More egg than 94% of recipes and more butter than 88%.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 462 pound cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More egg than 94% of recipes: 111% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
- More butter than 88% of recipes: 112% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
- Less sugar than 84% of recipes: 98% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
- No leavening at all, where 76% of recipes use some (most of those 1.2 to 3.2% of the flour weight).
Ingredients (4)
- 2 cups softened salted butter (or 1 pound)≈ 454 g
- 2 cups granulated sugar (or 1 pound)≈ 400 g
- 9 large eggs (or 1 pound)≈ 450 g
- 3 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (or 1 pound)≈ 406 g
flour 406 gbatter 1710 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.
- Butter112% · 89th percentile · median 91%
- Sugar98% · 15th percentile · median 120%
- Egg111% · 95th percentile · median 80%
- Dairy0% · 16th 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
- 60 minutes
- median 60 minutes
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