White Cake Recipe
livewellbakeoften.com · 2023 · 10 slices
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 above the middle half: 73% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 66%, more than 74% of recipes use.
- Salt in the middle half of recipes: 1.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1%.
Ingredients (13)
- 2 ¾ cups cake flour≈ 314 g
- 1 tablespoon baking powder≈ 14 g
- ¾ teaspoon salt≈ 4.5 g
- 1 cup buttermilk (at room temperature (240 ml) )≈ 244 g
- 2 teaspoons clear vanilla extract (or pure vanilla extract)≈ 8 g
- 1 cup unsalted butter (softened (230 grams))230 g
- 1 ¾ cups granulated sugar ((350 grams) )350 g
- 5 large egg whites (at room temperature)≈ 165 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 ½ cups unsalted butter (softened (340 grams) )340 g
- 4 ½ cups powdered sugar ((540 grams))540 g
- 3 tablespoons heavy whipping cream ((45 ml))≈ 45 g
- 1 tablespoon clear vanilla extract (or pure vanilla extract)≈ 13 g
- ⅛ teaspoon salt≈ 0.8 g
flour 314 gbatter 1329 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% · 58th percentile · median 108%
- Fat73% · 75th percentile · median 66%
- Egg53% · 35th percentile · median 56%
- Liquid78% · 40th percentile · median 82%
- Leavening4.4% · 71st percentile · median 3.9%
- Salt1.4% · 74th percentile · median 1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 28 to 32 minutes
- median 28 minutes
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