9x13 White Sheet Cake
thefirstyearblog.com · 2026 · 20
Against 126 vanilla cake recipes
More salt than 94% of recipes and more liquid than 83%.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 126 vanilla cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More salt than 94% of recipes: 2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1%, about twice as much.
- More liquid than 83% of recipes: 113% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 82%.
- Fat in the middle half of recipes: 73% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 66%.
Ingredients (16)
- 2 ½ cups (300g) all-purpose flour300 g
- 2 tsp baking powder≈ 9 g
- ½ tsp baking soda≈ 3 g
- 1 tsp salt≈ 6 g
- ¾ cup (170g) unsalted butter (room temperature)170 g
- 1 ¾ cups (346g) granulated sugar346 g
- ¼ cup (50g) vegetable oil50 g
- 5 large egg whites (room temperature)≈ 165 g
- 1 cup (227g) sour cream227 g
- ½ cup (113g) milk (I used whole milk)113 g
- 1 Tbsp clear vanilla extract≈ 13 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 ½ cups (339g) unsalted butter (room temperature)339 g
- 1 Tbsp vanilla extract≈ 13 g
- ⅛ tsp salt≈ 0.8 g
- 4-6 cups (454–681g) powdered sugar681 g
- ¼ cup heavy cream (more as needed, can substitute milk)≈ 60 g
flour 300 gbatter 1402 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.
- Sugar115% · 63rd percentile · median 108%
- Fat73% · 73rd percentile · median 66%
- Egg55% · 46th percentile · median 56%
- Liquid113% · 84th percentile · median 82%
- Leavening4.1% · 60th percentile · median 3.9%
- Salt2% · 96th percentile · median 1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 32 to 39 minutes
- median 28 minutes
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