Vanilla Cake Recipe
natashaskitchen.com · 2020 · 14 slices of cake
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.
- Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 96% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 108%.
- Egg in the middle half of recipes: 64% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 56%.
Ingredients (9)
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 313 g
- 1 Tbsp baking powder≈ 14 g
- 1/2 tsp fine salt≈ 3 g
- 1 cup unsalted butter (softened)≈ 227 g
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar≈ 300 g
- 4 large eggs (room temperature)≈ 200 g
- 4 tsp pure vanilla extract≈ 17 g
- 1 cup buttermilk (or plain kefir, room temperature)≈ 244 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 Buttercream Frosting Recipen/a
flour 313 gbatter 1317 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.
- Sugar96% · 29th percentile · median 108%
- Fat73% · 70th percentile · median 66%
- Egg64% · 72nd percentile · median 56%
- Liquid78% · 43rd percentile · median 82%
- Leavening4.4% · 71st percentile · median 3.9%
- Salt1% · 48th percentile · median 1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 28 to 30 minutes
- median 28 minutes
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