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Carrot Cake

12tomatoes.com · Serves 6-8

Against 260 carrot cake recipes

More salt than 91% of recipes and more leavening 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.

  • More salt than 91% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.6%, about 4 times as much.
  • More leavening than 85% of recipes: 7.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.8%.
  • More sugar than 75% of recipes: 146% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 107%.
  • Carrot in the middle half of recipes: 132% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 107%.
Carrot: 132%, 75th percentileSugar: 146%, 76th percentileFat: 87%, 64th percentileEgg: 80%, 76th percentileSpice: 2.6%, 73rd percentileLeavening: 7.3%, 86th percentileSalt: 2.4%, 94th percentileCarrotSugarFatEggSpiceLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (16)

  • 3 cups carrots, finely shredded≈ 330 g
  • 8 ounces crushed pineapple, drained227 g
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour≈ 250 g
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans≈ 120 g
  • 1 cup vegetable oil≈ 218 g
  • 1 cup granulated sugar≈ 200 g
  • 3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed≈ 165 g
  • 4 large eggs≈ 200 g
  • 1 tablespoon orange zest≈ 6 g
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 9 g
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda≈ 9 g
  • 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon≈ 5 g
  • 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice≈ 0.7 g
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg≈ 0.7 g

flour 250 gbatter 1751 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
  • Sugar146% · 76th percentile
  • Fat87% · 64th percentile
  • Egg80% · 76th percentile
  • Spice2.6% · 73rd percentile
  • Leavening7.3% · 86th percentile
  • Salt2.4% · 94th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
35 minutes
median 40 minutes

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