Pound Cake
theviewfromgreatisland.com · 2025 · 10
Against 462 pound cake recipes
More dairy than 92% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 462 pound cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More dairy than 92% of recipes: 92% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 46%, about twice as much.
- Salt in the middle half of recipes: 1.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%.
Ingredients (8)
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened to room temperature≈ 227 g
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar≈ 300 g
- 4 large eggs, at room temperature≈ 200 g
- 2 cups all-purpose flour (or White Lily baking flour for an extra tender texture)≈ 250 g
- 1 tsp baking powder≈ 4.6 g
- 1/2 tsp salt≈ 3 g
- 1 Tbsp pure vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste≈ 13 g
- 1 cup sour cream≈ 230 g
flour 250 gbatter 1227 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%
- Sugar120% · 51st percentile · median 120%
- Egg80% · 50th percentile · median 80%
- Dairy92% · 93rd percentile · median 46%
- Leavening1.8% · 52nd percentile · median 1.6%
- Salt1.2% · 70th percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 55 to 65 minutes
- median 60 minutes
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