Sourdough Red Velvet Waffles
littlespoonfarm.com · 2026 · 4 large waffles
Against 455 waffle recipes
Less liquid than 82% of recipes and more salt than 89%.
How it compares
Against the typical batch: the median of 455 waffle recipes, per 100 g of flour.
- Less liquid than 82% of recipes: 98% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 150%.
- More salt than 89% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.7%, about 3.5 times as much.
- Fat in the middle half of recipes: 23% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 31%.
Ingredients (16)
- 2/3 cup sourdough discard≈ 160 g
- 1 cup buttermilk (sub whole milk or plant-based milk)≈ 244 g
- 3 tablespoons white sugar≈ 38 g
- 2 large eggs≈ 100 g
- 4 tablespoons butter (melted)≈ 57 g
- 2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 250 g
- 3 tablespoons cocoa powder≈ 16 g
- 2 tablespoons red food coloring≈ 30 g
- 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
- 1 teaspoon baking powder≈ 4.6 g
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt≈ 6 g
Toppings and extras
Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.
- 3 oz cream cheese (softened)85 g
- 3 tablespoons butter (melted)≈ 43 g
- 1 ½ cup powdered sugar≈ 180 g
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
- 1/2 cup whole milk≈ 122 g
flour 250 gbatter 911 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 455 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.
- Liquid98% · 16th percentile · median 150%
- Egg40% · 39th percentile · median 40%
- Fat23% · 25th percentile · median 31%
- Sugar15% · 50th percentile · median 15%
- Leavening4.2% · 51st percentile · median 4.1%
- Salt2.4% · 92nd percentile · median 0.7%
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