Grammy's Kitchen · Pound Cake · Chocolate Pound Cake
One of 63 pound cake recipes we measured
from www.jocooks.com
It ranks #1 of 63 for rise among the pound cake recipes we compared. 9 cooks on www.jocooks.com rate it 4.5★.
Every ingredient resolved to grams, expressed against the recipe's own base — next to the median of all 63.
| this recipe | typical | |
|---|---|---|
| fat | 189% | 94% |
| total sugar | 167% | 167% |
| egg | 208% | 83% |
| leavener | 0% | 1% |
| salt | 2% | 1% |
| liquid | 0% | 34% |
| dairy | 0% | 57% |
| chocolate | 18% | 0% |
| flour strength | 1.0 | 1.0 |
Adapts cleanly: dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free (documented swaps, applied on the dish page)
Weights computed by us.
| 120 g | 1 cup all-purpose flour |
| 21 g | 1/4 cup cocoa powder |
| 3 g | 1/2 teaspoon salt |
| 250 g | 5 large eggs (separated, at room temperature) |
| 227 g | 1 cup butter (unsalted, at room temperature) |
| 200 g | 1 cup sugar (granulated) |
| 4 g | 1 teaspoon vanilla extract |
Method: 8 steps, published by www.jocooks.com — open the original ↗ or use bake mode for a follow-along with a screen that stays on.
“It's funny that you mentioned the crack, because to me if a loaf cake doesn't have a good crack, I feel I've done something wrong! The crack is a good thing.” — a cook, 5.0★