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Happy Birthday Cake

iambaker.net · 2018 · 12

Against 126 vanilla cake recipes

More leavening than 95% of recipes and less fat than 85%.

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How it compares

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

  • More leavening than 95% of recipes: 5.7% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.9%.
  • Less fat than 85% of recipes: 50% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 66%.
  • More liquid than 81% of recipes: 109% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 82%.
Sugar: 107%, 49th percentileFat: 50%, 13th percentileEgg: 53%, 42nd percentileLiquid: 109%, 82nd percentileLeavening: 5.7%, 96th percentileSalt: 1.4%, 74th percentileSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (15)

  • ½ cup (1 stick or 113g) butter, ( softened)113 g
  • 1 ½ cups (300g) granulated sugar300 g
  • 1 ¼ cups (307g) whole milk307 g
  • ⅛ cup vegetable oil≈ 27 g
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract≈ 13 g
  • 3 large eggs, (room temperature)≈ 150 g
  • 2 ¼ cups (281g) all-purpose flour, (sifted)281 g
  • 3 ½ teaspoons baking powder≈ 16 g
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt, (if using table salt use ½ tsp)≈ 4 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 1 ½ cups (3 sticks or 340g) butter, (room temperature)340 g
  • 4 cups (500g) confectioners sugar500 g
  • ¾ cup (94g) unsweetened cocoa powder94 g
  • 4 tablespoon (60ml) heavy whipping cream≈ 60 g
  • 2 teaspoons (10ml) vanilla extract≈ 8 g
  • ⅛ teaspoon kosher salt≈ 0.5 g

flour 281 gbatter 1211 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.

  • Sugar107% · 49th percentile
  • Fat50% · 13th percentile
  • Egg53% · 42nd percentile
  • Liquid109% · 82nd percentile
  • Leavening5.7% · 96th percentile
  • Salt1.4% · 74th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
18 to 25 minutes
median 28 minutes

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