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Ultimate Moist & Delicious Carrot Cake

Alexandra Stafford · alexandracooks.com · 2009 · 1 cake

Against 260 carrot cake recipes

More carrot than 89% of recipes and more salt than 91%.

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How it compares

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

  • More carrot than 89% of recipes: 154% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 107%.
  • More salt than 91% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.6%, about 4 times as much.
  • Sugar in the middle half of recipes: 141% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 107%.
Carrot: 154%, 89th percentileSugar: 141%, 73rd percentileFat: 90%, 71st percentileEgg: 68%, 50th percentileSpice: 0.9%, 29th percentileLeavening: 4.1%, 32nd percentileSalt: 2.4%, 94th percentileCarrotSugarFatEggSpiceLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (14)

  • 1 lb. carrots454 g
  • 2 1/4 cups (295 g) all-purpose flour295 g
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda≈ 12 g
  • 1 teaspoon (7 g) salt7 g
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon≈ 2.6 g
  • 1 1/2 cups (315 g) granulated sugar315 g
  • 1/2 cup (100 g) packed brown sugar100 g
  • 4 large eggs, at room temperature, beaten≈ 200 g
  • 1 1/4 cups (264 g) vegetable or grapeseed oil264 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 8 oz (226 g) cream cheese, cold226 g
  • 1/2 cup (100 g) sugar100 g
  • 2/3 cup (140 g) heavy cream140 g
  • pinch sea salt≈ 0.4 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla≈ 4.2 g

flour 295 gbatter 1649 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.

  • Carrot154% · 89th percentile
  • Sugar141% · 73rd percentile
  • Fat90% · 71st percentile
  • Egg68% · 50th percentile
  • Spice0.9% · 29th percentile
  • Leavening4.1% · 32nd percentile
  • Salt2.4% · 94th percentile

Oven

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

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