White Cake Recipe
baking-sense.com · 2017 · 16 servings
Against 126 vanilla cake recipes
More sugar than 93% of recipes and more fat than 92%.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 126 vanilla cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More sugar than 93% of recipes: 133% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 108%.
- More fat than 92% of recipes: 89% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 66%.
- More egg than 92% of recipes: 78% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 56%.
- Less leavening than 91% of recipes: 2.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.9%.
Ingredients (10)
- 9 ounces cake flour (2 cups, preferably bleached (see note))255 g
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder≈ 3.5 g
- ½ teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
- ¾ teaspoon salt≈ 4.5 g
- 12 ounces granulated sugar ( 1 ½ cups)340 g
- 8 ounces sour cream (1 cup, room temperature)227 g
- 8 ounces unsalted butter (room temperature (see note))227 g
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract≈ 13 g
- 6 large egg whites (room temperature (see note))≈ 198 g
- ½ teaspoon cream of tartar≈ 1.6 g
flour 255 gbatter 1272 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.
- Sugar133% · 94th percentile · median 108%
- Fat89% · 93rd percentile · median 66%
- Egg78% · 94th percentile · median 56%
- Liquid89% · 60th percentile · median 82%
- Leavening2.5% · 8th percentile · median 3.9%
- Salt1.8% · 88th percentile · median 1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 25 to 30 minutes
- median 28 minutes
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