Basic Vanilla Cake
Food Network Kitchen · foodnetwork.com · 2015 · two 9-inch cakes
Against 126 vanilla cake recipes
Less sugar than 97% of recipes.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 126 vanilla cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less sugar than 97% of recipes: 67% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 108%.
- Salt in the middle half of recipes: 0.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1%.
Ingredients (8)
- 2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for the pans≈ 226 g
- 3 cups all-purpose flour, plus more for the pans≈ 375 g
- 1 tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
- 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 1 1/4 cups sugar≈ 250 g
- 4 large eggs, at room temperature≈ 200 g
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract≈ 13 g
- 1 1/4 cups whole milk (or 3/4 cup heavy cream mixed with 1/2 cup water)≈ 305 g
flour 375 gbatter 1385 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.
- Sugar67% · 2nd percentile · median 108%
- Fat60% · 34th percentile · median 66%
- Egg53% · 40th percentile · median 56%
- Liquid81% · 48th percentile · median 82%
- Leavening3.7% · 44th percentile · median 3.9%
- Salt0.8% · 28th percentile · median 1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 30 to 35 minutes
- median 28 minutes
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