Yellow Cake Recipe

sugarspunrun.com · 2022 · 12 servings

Against 126 vanilla cake recipes

Less egg than 96% of recipes and more sugar than 92%.

How it compares

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

Less egg than 96% of recipes: 29% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 56%, about half as much.
More sugar than 92% of recipes: 132% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 108%.
More fat than 83% of recipes: 82% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 66%.
Less leavening than 82% of recipes: 2.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.9%.

Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

3 cups cake flour≈ 342 g
2 ¼ cups granulated sugar≈ 450 g
1 ½ teaspoon baking powder≈ 7 g
½ teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
¾ tsp table salt≈ 4.5 g
12 Tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and cooled until no longer warm to the touch (see note )≈ 170 g
½ cup vegetable oil≈ 109 g
1 cup sour cream≈ 230 g
2 large eggs + 2 large egg yolks≈ 100 g
2 teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 8 g
½ cup whole milk≈ 122 g

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

flour 342 gbatter 1546 g

≈ marks grams converted from cups and spoons with standard densities; the rest are weights the source printed.

Grams per 100 g of flour, and where that falls among all 126 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

Nearest by baker's percentages: sugar, fat, egg, liquid, leavening, salt.