Orange-Vanilla Sheet Cake
Ree Drummond · thepioneerwoman.com · 2025 · 12 - 16 serving(s)
Against 126 vanilla cake recipes
More sugar than 88% of recipes and no salt, unlike 94%.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 126 vanilla cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- More sugar than 88% of recipes: 128% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 108%.
- No salt at all, where 94% of recipes use some (most of those 0.8 to 1.4% of the flour weight).
- Less leavening than 82% of recipes: 2.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.9%.
Ingredients (12)
- 2 1/2 c. all-purpose flour≈ 313 g
- 2 tsp. baking powder≈ 9 g
- 2 c. sugar≈ 400 g
- 1 tbsp. grated orange zest≈ 6 g
- 2 sticks (1 cup) salted butter, at room temperature≈ 226 g
- 3 large eggs, at room temperature≈ 150 g
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract≈ 8 g
- 3/4 c. orange soda, at room temperature≈ 178 g
- 24 oz. white chocolate, chopped (about 4 cups)680 g
- 1 c. heavy cream≈ 238 g
- 3 drops red food coloring≈ 1.2 g
- 3 drops yellow food coloring≈ 1.2 g
flour 313 gbatter 2211 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.
- Sugar128% · 90th percentile · median 108%
- Fat72% · 67th percentile · median 66%
- Egg48% · 27th percentile · median 56%
- Liquid76% · 37th percentile · median 82%
- Leavening2.9% · 16th percentile · median 3.9%
- Salt0% · 3rd percentile · median 1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 16 to 18 minutes
- median 28 minutes
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