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Vanilla Cake Recipe | Basic Vanilla Cake Recipe (Soft & Spongy)

Aarthi · yummytummyaarthi.com · 2022 · 8 servings

Against 126 vanilla cake recipes

More sugar than 99% of recipes and less liquid than 99%.

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How it compares

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

  • More sugar than 99% of recipes: 167% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 108%.
  • Less liquid than 99% of recipes: 34% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 82%, about half as much.
  • Less leavening than 88% of recipes: 2.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 3.9%.
  • More egg than 83% of recipes: 69% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 56%.
Sugar: 167%, 100th percentileFat: 61%, 38th percentileEgg: 69%, 84th percentileLiquid: 34%, 0th percentileLeavening: 2.6%, 10th percentileSalt: 0.8%, 28th percentileSugarFatEggLiquidLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (9)

  • 3 cups All Purpose Flour ((360 grams))360 g
  • 3 cups Sugar (600 grams (Powdered))600 g
  • 5 Eggs≈ 250 g
  • 1 cup Oil ((240 ml))≈ 218 g
  • ½ cup Milk ((120 ml))≈ 122 g
  • ½ cup Curd ((120 ml))≈ 119 g
  • 1 tbsp Vanilla Essence≈ 13 g
  • 2 tsp Baking Powder≈ 9 g
  • ½ tsp Salt≈ 3 g

flour 360 gbatter 1693 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.

  • Sugar167% · 100th percentile
  • Fat61% · 38th percentile
  • Egg69% · 84th percentile
  • Liquid34% · 0th percentile
  • Leavening2.6% · 10th percentile
  • Salt0.8% · 28th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
25 to 30 minutes
median 28 minutes

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