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Vanilla Cake Recipe

Modern Honey - www.modernhoney.com · modernhoney.com · 2019 · 16

Against 126 vanilla cake recipes

More fat than 98% of recipes and more egg than 92%.

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How it compares

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

  • More fat than 98% of recipes: 104% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 66%.
  • More egg than 92% of recipes: 78% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 56%.
  • More leavening than 93% of recipes: 5.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.9%.
  • More salt than 86% of recipes: 1.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1%.
Sugar: 117%, 70th percentileFat: 104%, 99th percentileEgg: 78%, 94th percentileLiquid: 95%, 69th percentileLeavening: 5.4%, 94th percentileSalt: 1.8%, 88th percentileSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (15)

  • 2 large Eggs≈ 100 g
  • 3 large Egg Whites≈ 99 g
  • 1 cup Buttermilk≈ 244 g
  • 3 Tablespoons Oil≈ 41 g
  • 2 teaspoons Vanilla≈ 8 g
  • 1 1/2 cups Sugar≈ 300 g
  • 2 1/4 cups Cake Flour≈ 257 g
  • 1 Tablespoon Baking Powder≈ 14 g
  • 3/4 teaspoon Salt≈ 4.5 g
  • 1 cup Unsalted Butter ((softened and cut into cubes))≈ 227 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 1 cup Butter ((softened))≈ 227 g
  • 4 ounces Cream Cheese ((softened))113 g
  • 4 cups Powdered Sugar≈ 480 g
  • 2 teaspoons Vanilla or Vanilla Bean Paste≈ 8 g
  • 1 Tablespoon Cream or Milk ((optional))≈ 15 g

flour 257 gbatter 1294 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.

  • Sugar117% · 70th percentile
  • Fat104% · 99th percentile
  • Egg78% · 94th percentile
  • Liquid95% · 69th percentile
  • Leavening5.4% · 94th percentile
  • Salt1.8% · 88th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
20 to 24 minutes
median 28 minutes

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