Sourdough Vanilla Cake
littlespoonfarm.com · 2024 · 12 slices
Against 126 vanilla cake recipes
Less fat than 93% of recipes and more salt than 90%.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 126 vanilla cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less fat than 93% of recipes: 36% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 66%.
- More salt than 90% of recipes: 1.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1%, about twice as much.
Ingredients (16)
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 313 g
- 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
- 1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
- 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
- 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar≈ 350 g
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter (room temperature)≈ 114 g
- 3 large eggs≈ 150 g
- 1 cup whole milk (see notes for a long-ferment)≈ 244 g
- 1 1/2 tablespoons vanilla extract≈ 19 g
- 1/2 cup sourdough starter discard≈ 120 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 cup unsalted butter (room temperature)≈ 227 g
- 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar≈ 420 g
- 1/2 cup cacao powder (or Dutch-processed cocoa powder)≈ 43 g
- 3 tablespoons heavy cream≈ 45 g
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract≈ 13 g
- pinch of salt≈ 0.4 g
flour 313 gbatter 1326 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.
- Sugar112% · 59th percentile · median 108%
- Fat36% · 6th percentile · median 66%
- Egg48% · 27th percentile · median 56%
- Liquid78% · 43rd percentile · median 82%
- Leavening3.4% · 33rd percentile · median 3.9%
- Salt1.9% · 92nd percentile · median 1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 35 to 40 minutes
- median 28 minutes
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