White Cake

Food Network Kitchen · foodnetwork.com · 2018 · two 9-inch layer cakes

Against 126 vanilla cake recipes

Less sugar than 80% of recipes and more leavening than 83%.

How it compares

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

Less sugar than 80% of recipes: 94% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 108%.
More leavening than 83% of recipes: 4.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.9%.
More liquid than 80% of recipes: 107% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 82%.
Less egg than 76% of recipes: 46% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 56%.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

14 tablespoons unsalted butter, at room temperature, plus more for the pans≈ 199 g
2 1/2 cups cake flour, plus more for the pans≈ 285 g
1 tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
3/4 teaspoon salt≈ 4.5 g
1 1/3 cups sugar≈ 267 g
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract≈ 8 g
1 1/4 cups whole milk, at room temperature≈ 305 g
4 large egg whites, at room temperature≈ 132 g

flour 285 gbatter 1214 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 126 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: sugar, fat, egg, liquid, leavening, salt.