Perfected Yellow Cake
Mel · melskitchencafe.com · 2014 · 2 9-inch layers
Against 126 vanilla cake recipes
More sugar than 94% of recipes and more fat than 92%.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 126 vanilla cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More sugar than 94% of recipes: 137% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 108%.
- More fat than 92% of recipes: 89% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 66%.
- More egg than 86% of recipes: 73% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 56%.
Ingredients (11)
- 1 cup butter (softened to room temperature)≈ 227 g
- 1 3/4 cups granulated sugar≈ 350 g
- 2 teaspoons vanilla≈ 8 g
- 3 large eggs (room temperature)≈ 150 g
- 2 large egg yolks (room temperature)≈ 36 g
- 2 1/4 cups cake flour (lightly measured, see note for high altitude adjustments)≈ 257 g
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 7 g
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda (see note)≈ 1.5 g
- 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
- 1/2 cup milk (1% or above, room temperature)≈ 122 g
- 1/2 cup sour cream (light or regular, room temperature)≈ 115 g
flour 257 gbatter 1276 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.
- Sugar137% · 95th percentile · median 108%
- Fat89% · 92nd percentile · median 66%
- Egg73% · 87th percentile · median 56%
- Liquid92% · 66th percentile · median 82%
- Leavening3.3% · 29th percentile · median 3.9%
- Salt1.2% · 61st percentile · median 1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 25 to 28 minutes
- median 28 minutes
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