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Classic Yellow Cake

12tomatoes.com · Serves 8-10

Against 126 vanilla cake recipes

More salt than 90% of recipes and more liquid than 88%.

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How it compares

Against the typical cake: the median of 126 vanilla cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • More salt than 90% of recipes: 1.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1%, about twice as much.
  • More liquid than 88% of recipes: 117% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 82%.
Sugar: 96%, 29th percentileFat: 73%, 70th percentileEgg: 64%, 72nd percentileLiquid: 117%, 88th percentileLeavening: 4.4%, 71st percentileSalt: 1.9%, 92nd percentileSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 313 g
  • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter≈ 227 g
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar≈ 300 g
  • 1 1/2 cups buttermilk≈ 366 g
  • 4 large eggs≈ 200 g
  • 3 teaspoons baking powder≈ 14 g
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 8 g
  • 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g

flour 313 gbatter 1434 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 126 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Sugar96% · 29th percentile
  • Fat73% · 70th percentile
  • Egg64% · 72nd percentile
  • Liquid117% · 88th percentile
  • Leavening4.4% · 71st percentile
  • Salt1.9% · 92nd percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
25 to 30 minutes
median 28 minutes

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