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Southern Carrot Cake

12tomatoes.com · Serves 10-12

Against 260 carrot cake recipes

More fat than 85% of recipes and more salt than 83%.

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How it compares

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

  • 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.
Carrot: 106%, 48th percentileSugar: 99%, 38th percentileFat: 105%, 86th percentileEgg: 64%, 39th percentileSpice: 2.5%, 70th percentileLeavening: 3.8%, 26th percentileSalt: 1.9%, 85th percentileCarrotSugarFatEggSpiceLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (20)

  • 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 313 g
  • 1 cup sugar≈ 200 g
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar≈ 110 g
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon≈ 5 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger≈ 1.3 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg≈ 1.3 g
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda≈ 12 g
  • 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
  • 4 large eggs≈ 200 g
  • 1 1/2 cups canola or vegetable oil≈ 327 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 3 cups carrots, peeled and grated≈ 330 g
  • 3/4 cup raisins, optional≈ 113 g
  • walnuts, chopped, optionaln/a

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter, room temperature≈ 227 g
  • 2 (8 oz.) packages cream cheese, room temperature454 g
  • 2 tablespoons sour cream, optional≈ 29 g
  • 3-4 cups powdered sugar, until desired consistency is reached≈ 420 g
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 8 g
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt≈ 1.5 g

flour 313 gbatter 1622 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.

  • Carrot106% · 48th percentile
  • Sugar99% · 38th percentile
  • Fat105% · 86th percentile
  • Egg64% · 39th percentile
  • Spice2.5% · 70th percentile
  • Leavening3.8% · 26th percentile
  • Salt1.9% · 85th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
22 to 27 minutes
median 40 minutes

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