Pound Cake Recipe
yellowblissroad.com · 2019 · 12 slices
Against 462 pound cake recipes
Less egg than 87% of recipes and less butter than 80%.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 462 pound cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less egg than 87% of recipes: 58% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 80%.
- Less butter than 80% of recipes: 66% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 91%.
- More dairy than 80% of recipes: 71% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 46%.
Ingredients (10)
- 1 cup butter (room temperature)≈ 227 g
- 2 cups granulated sugar≈ 400 g
- 4 large eggs≈ 200 g
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract≈ 13 g
- 2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour≈ 344 g
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder≈ 2.3 g
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
- 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 1 cup milk≈ 244 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- fresh berries (for garnish)n/a
flour 344 gbatter 1436 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% · 19th percentile · median 91%
- Sugar116% · 48th percentile · median 120%
- Egg58% · 12th percentile · median 80%
- Dairy71% · 81st percentile · median 46%
- Leavening1.5% · 48th percentile · median 1.6%
- Salt0.9% · 63rd percentile · median 0.7%
Oven
- Temperature
- 325°F / 165°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 60 minutes
- median 60 minutes
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