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This Carrot Cake Comes Out Perfectly Every Time! All Your Friends Will Want It.

12tomatoes.com · 2014

Against 260 carrot cake recipes

Less carrot than 88% of recipes and more fat than 85%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less carrot than 88% of recipes: 70% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 107%.
  • More fat than 85% of recipes: 105% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 78%.
  • More salt than 83% of recipes: 1.9% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.6%, about 3 times as much.
  • More spice than 79% of recipes: 3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.9%.
Carrot: 70%, 11th percentileSugar: 131%, 66th percentileFat: 105%, 86th percentileEgg: 64%, 39th percentileSpice: 3%, 80th percentileLeavening: 3.8%, 26th percentileSalt: 1.9%, 85th percentileCarrotSugarFatEggSpiceLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (21)

  • 2 1/2 cups unbleached flour≈ 313 g
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar≈ 300 g
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar≈ 110 g
  • 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
  • 1 1/4 teaspoons baking powder≈ 6 g
  • 1 tablespoon cinnamon≈ 8 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg≈ 1.3 g
  • 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves≈ 0.3 g
  • 1 1/2 cups olive oil≈ 327 g
  • 4 large eggs, lightly beaten≈ 200 g
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract≈ 13 g
  • 1 1/2 cups shelled walnuts, chopped≈ 180 g
  • 1 1/2 cups sweetened, shredded coconut≈ 128 g
  • 2 cups finely grated carrots≈ 220 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 8oz cream cheese at room temperature227 g
  • 5 tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature≈ 71 g
  • 1 tablespoon sour cream≈ 14 g
  • 2 1/2 cups confectioners’ sugar≈ 300 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice≈ 30 g

flour 313 gbatter 1817 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.

  • Carrot70% · 11th percentile
  • Sugar131% · 66th percentile
  • Fat105% · 86th percentile
  • Egg64% · 39th percentile
  • Spice3% · 80th percentile
  • Leavening3.8% · 26th percentile
  • Salt1.9% · 85th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
45 to 50 minutes
median 40 minutes

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