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Golden Vanilla Cake

Susan Reid · kingarthurbaking.com · 24 / one 9" x 13" cake, 24 cupcakes, two 9" round layers, or

Against 126 vanilla cake recipes

Less fat than 90% of recipes and more salt than 77%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less fat than 90% of recipes: 44% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 66%.
  • More salt than 77% of recipes: 1.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1%.
Sugar: 102%, 41st percentileFat: 44%, 9th percentileEgg: 51%, 33rd percentileLiquid: 87%, 58th percentileLeavening: 3.5%, 37th percentileSalt: 1.5%, 78th percentileSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (8)

  • 2 cups (397g) King Arthur Baker's Special Sugar or granulated sugar*397 g
  • 3 1/4 cups (390g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour390 g
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
  • 1 teaspoon table salt≈ 6 g
  • 12 tablespoons (170g) unsalted butter, softened170 g
  • 1 1/2 cups (340g) milk, at room temperature340 g
  • 1 tablespoon (14g) King Arthur Pure Vanilla Extract14 g
  • 4 large eggs, at room temperature≈ 200 g

flour 390 gbatter 1531 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.

  • Sugar102% · 41st percentile
  • Fat44% · 9th percentile
  • Egg51% · 33rd percentile
  • Liquid87% · 58th percentile
  • Leavening3.5% · 37th percentile
  • Salt1.5% · 78th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
35 to 40 minutes
median 28 minutes

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