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Vanilla Sheet Cake with Grilled Strawberries

Tessa Arias · handletheheat.com · 2018 · 36 servings

Against 126 vanilla cake recipes

More sugar than 95% of recipes and more fat than 93%.

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How it compares

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

  • More sugar than 95% of recipes: 138% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 108%.
  • More fat than 93% of recipes: 89% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 66%.
  • More liquid than 97% of recipes: 141% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 82%.
  • Less leavening than 99% of recipes: 1.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.9%, about half as much.
Sugar: 138%, 96th percentileFat: 89%, 94th percentileEgg: 39%, 11th percentileLiquid: 141%, 98th percentileLeavening: 1.2%, 0th percentileSalt: 0.6%, 13th percentileSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (14)

  • 2 cups (254 grams) all-purpose flour254 g
  • 1 3/4 cups (350 grams) granulated sugar350 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
  • 1/4 teaspoon fine sea salt≈ 1.5 g
  • 2 sticks (227 grams) unsalted butter227 g
  • 1 cup water≈ 237 g
  • 1/2 cup buttermilk (or whole milk)≈ 122 g
  • 2 large eggs, at room temperature≈ 100 g
  • 2 teaspoons Simple Truth Madagascar Vanilla Extract≈ 8 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 2 cups heavy whipping cream, cold≈ 476 g
  • 1/2 cup (63 grams) powdered sugar63 g
  • 2 pounds fresh hulled strawberries907 g
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted≈ 28 g
  • 1 tablespoon honey≈ 21 g

flour 254 gbatter 1303 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.

  • Sugar138% · 96th percentile
  • Fat89% · 94th percentile
  • Egg39% · 11th percentile
  • Liquid141% · 98th percentile
  • Leavening1.2% · 0th percentile
  • Salt0.6% · 13th percentile

Oven

Temperature
375°F / 190°C
median 350°F
Time
23 minutes
median 28 minutes

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