A traditional pound cake recipe calls for 1 pound of sugar, 1 pound of butter, 1 pound of eggs, and 1 pound of flour. What percent of a pound cake is flour? Responses 33% 33 percent - no response given 1% 1 percent - no response given It depends how big of a pound cake you make. It depends how big of a pound cake you make. - no response given 25% 25 percent - no response given

Answer 1

In a traditional pound cake recipe, the total weight of the ingredients is made up of:

• 1 pound of sugar
• 1 pound of butter
• 1 pound of eggs
• 1 pound of flour

This totals to \(1 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 4\) pounds.

To find the percentage of the cake that is flour, we calculate:

\[ \text{Percentage of flour} = \left( \frac{\text{Weight of flour}}{\text{Total weight}} \right) \times 100 \]

Substituting the values:

\[ \text{Percentage of flour} = \left( \frac{1 \text{ pound}}{4 \text{ pounds}} \right) \times 100 = 25% \]

Therefore, the percent of a pound cake that is flour is 25%.