White Cake
Lindsay · lifeloveandsugar.com · 2022 · 14
Against 126 vanilla cake recipes
Close to the middle of 126 vanilla cake recipes on every ingredient.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 126 vanilla cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Fat in the middle half of recipes: 60% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 66%.
- Egg in the middle half of recipes: 61% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 56%.
Ingredients (13)
- 2 1/2 cups (325g) all-purpose flour325 g
- 1 tbsp baking powder≈ 14 g
- ½ tsp salt≈ 3 g
- 3/4 cup (168g) unsalted butter, room temperature168 g
- 2 tbsp vegetable oil≈ 27 g
- 1 3/4 cups (362g) sugar362 g
- 6 large egg whites, room temperature≈ 198 g
- 1 cup plus 2 tbsp (270ml) milk, room temperature≈ 275 g
- 1 tbsp vanilla extract≈ 13 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 2 1/2 cups (560g) unsalted butter, room temperature560 g
- 10 cups (1150g) powdered sugar1150 g
- 5-6 tbsp (75-90ml) heavy cream≈ 82 g
- Salt, to tasten/a
flour 325 gbatter 1384 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.
- Sugar111% · 57th percentile · median 108%
- Fat60% · 32nd percentile · median 66%
- Egg61% · 65th percentile · median 56%
- Liquid85% · 55th percentile · median 82%
- Leavening4.2% · 65th percentile · median 3.9%
- Salt0.9% · 39th percentile · median 1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 20 to 23 minutes
- median 28 minutes
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