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Carrot Cake Pie

12tomatoes.com · Serves 6 to 8

Against 260 carrot cake recipes

More sugar than 96% of recipes and more spice than 98%.

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How it compares

Against the typical cake: the median of 260 carrot cake recipes, per 100 g of flour.

  • More sugar than 96% of recipes: 176% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 107%.
  • More spice than 98% of recipes: 6.2% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.9%, about 3.5 times as much.
  • Less egg than 95% of recipes: 40% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 68%.
  • Less fat than 88% of recipes: 44% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 78%.
Carrot: 132%, 75th percentileSugar: 176%, 97th percentileFat: 44%, 11th percentileEgg: 40%, 4th percentileSpice: 6.2%, 99th percentileLeavening: 4.2%, 34th percentileSalt: 1.2%, 68th percentileCarrotSugarFatEggSpiceLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (19)

  • 1 store-bought pie crust, defrostedn/a
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour≈ 125 g
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons ground cinnamon≈ 3.9 g
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger≈ 2.6 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg≈ 1.3 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder≈ 2.3 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda≈ 3 g
  • 1/4 teaspoon fine salt≈ 1.5 g
  • 1/4 cup vegetable oil≈ 55 g
  • 1 cup packed light brown sugar≈ 220 g
  • 1 large egg, room temperature≈ 50 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 1 1/2 cups shredded carrots, about 2 to 3 medium-sized carrots≈ 165 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 6 ounces cream cheese, room temperature170 g
  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter, room temperature≈ 57 g
  • 1 cup powdered sugar≈ 120 g
  • 1/8 teaspoon fine salt≈ 0.8 g
  • 1 to 2 tablespoons milk or heavy cream, room temperature≈ 22 g
  • Orange and green food geln/a

flour 125 gbatter 633 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 260 recipes. Shaded: the middle half. Tick: the median.

  • Carrot132% · 75th percentile
  • Sugar176% · 97th percentile
  • Fat44% · 11th percentile
  • Egg40% · 4th percentile
  • Spice6.2% · 99th percentile
  • Leavening4.2% · 34th percentile
  • Salt1.2% · 68th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
25 to 30 minutes
median 40 minutes

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