The Most Amazing White Cake
thestayathomechef.com · 2021 · 12 Servings or 1 3 layer (9-inch) layers
Against 126 vanilla cake recipes
Less sugar than 95% of recipes and more leavening than 77%.
How it compares
Against the typical cake: the median of 126 vanilla cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less sugar than 95% of recipes: 75% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 108%.
- More leavening than 77% of recipes: 4.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.9%.
- Fat below the middle half: 57% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 66%, less than 74% of recipes use.
Ingredients (12)
- 1 cup salted butter (, softened)≈ 227 g
- 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar≈ 300 g
- 2 teaspoons almond extract≈ 8 g
- 1/2 cup sour cream (, room temperature)≈ 115 g
- 6 egg whites (, room temperature)≈ 198 g
- 1 cup milk or buttermilk (, room temperature)≈ 244 g
- 3 1/2 cups cake flour≈ 399 g
- 4 teaspoons baking powder≈ 18 g
- 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 1 1/2 cups salted butter (, softened)≈ 341 g
- 4 cups powdered sugar≈ 480 g
- 1 tablespoon milk≈ 15 g
flour 399 gbatter 1513 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.
- Sugar75% · 4th percentile · median 108%
- Fat57% · 25th percentile · median 66%
- Egg50% · 29th percentile · median 56%
- Liquid90% · 63rd percentile · median 82%
- Leavening4.6% · 80th percentile · median 3.9%
- Salt0.8% · 28th percentile · median 1%
Oven
- Temperature
- 350°F / 175°C
- median 350°F
- Time
- 25 to 30 minutes
- median 28 minutes
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