Classic Birthday Cake Recipe
crazyforcrust.com · 2024 · 24 servings
Against 126 vanilla cake recipes
Close to the middle of 126 vanilla cake recipes on every ingredient.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 126 vanilla cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Egg above the middle half: 65% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 56%, more than 74% of recipes use.
- Liquid in the middle half of recipes: 98% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 82%.
Ingredients (16)
- ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 3 teaspoons baking powder≈ 14 g
- 2 ½ cups (310g) all-purpose flour310 g
- 1 cup (226g) unsalted butter, melted226 g
- 1 ½ cups (300g) granulated sugar300 g
- 4 large eggs≈ 200 g
- 1 teaspoon (5 ml) vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 1 ¼ cups (296) ml buttermilk≈ 305 g
- 1 cup rainbow sprinkles≈ 237 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 ½ cups (339g) unsalted butter, softened339 g
- ¾ cup (60g) unsweetened cocoa powder60 g
- 4 ⅓ cups (486g) powdered sugar486 g
- 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 6 g
- 2-3 tablespoons (15-45ml) heavy whipping cream≈ 37 g
- More sprinkles for decoratingn/a
flour 310 gbatter 1599 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.
- Sugar97% · 33rd percentile · median 108%
- Fat73% · 71st percentile · median 66%
- Egg65% · 75th percentile · median 56%
- Liquid98% · 75th percentile · median 82%
- Leavening4.5% · 75th percentile · median 3.9%
- Salt1% · 48th percentile · median 1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 14 to 17 minutes
- median 28 minutes
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