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Vanilla Cake Recipe

africanbites.com · 2025 · 12

Against 126 vanilla cake recipes

Less leavening than 96% of recipes.

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How it compares

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

  • Less leavening than 96% of recipes: 1.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.9%, about half as much.
  • Egg in the middle half of recipes: 64% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 56%.
Sugar: 96%, 31st percentileFat: 71%, 65th percentileEgg: 64%, 74th percentileLiquid: 76%, 36th percentileLeavening: 1.6%, 3rd percentileSalt: 1%, 48th percentileSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (13)

  • ½ cup (113g) unsalted butter (at room temperature)113 g
  • ½ cup (118ml) canola oil≈ 109 g
  • 1½ cups (300g) sugar300 g
  • ½ cup (115g) sour cream115 g
  • 4 large eggs (at room temperature)≈ 200 g
  • 2½ cups (312g) all-purpose flour312 g
  • 1¼ teaspoons (5g) baking powder5 g
  • ½ teaspoon (3g) salt3 g
  • ½ cup (122g) milk122 g
  • 2 teaspoons (8ml) vanilla extract≈ 8 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 1½ cups (340g) butter, (softened)340 g
  • 5-6 cups (625-750g) icing sugar ((confectioners or powdered sugar))750 g
  • 2-3 tablespoons (30-45ml) milk≈ 38 g

flour 312 gbatter 1287 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% · 31st percentile
  • Fat71% · 65th percentile
  • Egg64% · 74th percentile
  • Liquid76% · 36th percentile
  • Leavening1.6% · 3rd percentile
  • Salt1% · 48th percentile

Oven

Temperature
not stated
median 350°F
Time
18 to 20 minutes
median 28 minutes

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