Roasted Cardamom and Coffee Pound Cake
theviewfromgreatisland.com · 2012 · 10
Against 462 pound cake recipes
Less butter than 80% of recipes and more dairy than 76%.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 462 pound cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less butter than 80% of recipes: 66% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
- More dairy than 76% of recipes: 67% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 46%.
Ingredients (14)
- 1 1/2 cups cake flour≈ 171 g
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda≈ 1.5 g
- 1/4 teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g
- 1/4 tsp baking powder≈ 1.2 g
- 2 tsp toasted and finely ground cardamom seeds (measured after grinding)≈ 5 g
- 1/2 cup sour cream or creme fraiche≈ 115 g
- 1 1/2 tsp instant espresso powder≈ 3.6 g
- 1 tsp vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 4 ounces butter, at room temperature113 g
- 1 1/4 cups sugar≈ 250 g
- 3 large eggs≈ 150 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 cup confectioner's sugar≈ 200 g
- seeds from 1 vanilla beann/a
- heavy cream (a few Tablespoons)n/a
flour 171 gbatter 817 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.
- Butter66% · 20th percentile · median 91%
- Sugar146% · 66th percentile · median 120%
- Egg88% · 67th percentile · median 80%
- Dairy67% · 77th percentile · median 46%
- Leavening1.6% · 49th percentile · median 1.6%
- Salt0.9% · 63rd percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 325°F / 165°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 50 minutes
- median 60 minutes
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