Chocolate Pound Cake
theviewfromgreatisland.com · 2016 · 8 servings
Against 462 pound cake recipes
More dairy than 99% of recipes and more salt than 93%.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 462 pound cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More dairy than 99% of recipes: 114% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 46%, about 2.5 times as much.
- More salt than 93% of recipes: 1.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%, about 2.5 times as much.
- Less sugar than 85% of recipes: 97% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 120%.
- Less egg than 79% of recipes: 65% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
Ingredients (13)
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter (at room temperature (1/2 cup = 4 ounces/ 1 stick))≈ 114 g
- 3/4 cup sugar≈ 150 g
- 2 large eggs (room temperature)≈ 100 g
- 1 tsp vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 1 Tbsp espresso powder≈ 7 g
- 1/2 cup sour cream≈ 115 g
- 1/4 cup milk≈ 61 g
- 1 cup all-purpose flour (plus 2 Tbsp)≈ 155 g
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder≈ 43 g
- 1/2 tsp salt≈ 3 g
- 1/2 tsp baking soda≈ 3 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 3/4 cup heavy cream≈ 179 g
- 6 ounces dark chocolate chips (or chopped chocolate)170 g
flour 155 gbatter 755 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.
- Butter73% · 25th percentile · median 91%
- Sugar97% · 14th percentile · median 120%
- Egg65% · 20th percentile · median 80%
- Dairy114% · 99th percentile · median 46%
- Leavening1.9% · 55th percentile · median 1.6%
- Salt1.9% · 94th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 325°F / 165°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 45 to 50 minutes
- median 60 minutes
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