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Irresistibly Moist Homemade Carrot Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Amour de cuisine · amourdecuisine.fr · 2025 · 12 portions

Against 260 carrot cake recipes

Less egg than 85% of recipes and no salt, unlike 70%.

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How it compares

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

  • Less egg than 85% of recipes: 50% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 68%.
  • No salt at all, where 70% of recipes use some (most of those 0.3 to 1.8% of the flour weight).
  • Less leavening than 79% of recipes: 3.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.8%.
  • More fat than 75% of recipes: 92% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 78%.
Carrot: 100%, 40th percentileSugar: 100%, 43rd percentileFat: 92%, 76th percentileEgg: 50%, 11th percentileSpice: 0.7%, 26th percentileLeavening: 3.5%, 19th percentileSalt: 0%, 15th percentileCarrotSugarFatEggSpiceLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (14)

  • 4 Large Eggs≈ 200 g
  • 400 g Granulated Sugar about 2 cups400 g
  • 400 ml Vegetable Oil 1⅔ cups≈ 369 g
  • 3 teaspoons Baking Powder≈ 14 g
  • 400 g Freshly Grated Carrots about 4 cups packed400 g
  • 400 g All-Purpose Flour about 3¼ cups400 g
  • 100 g Raisins optional, about ⅔ cup100 g
  • 100 g Chopped Walnuts optional, about 1 cup100 g
  • ½ teaspoon Ground Cinnamon≈ 1.3 g
  • ½ teaspoon Gingerbread or Mixed Spice≈ 1.3 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 570 g Icing Sugar about 4½ cups, sifted570 g
  • 450 g Philadelphia Cream Cheese 1 lb450 g
  • 120 g Unsalted Butter ½ cup, room temperature120 g
  • 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract≈ 4.2 g

flour 400 gbatter 1985 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.

  • Carrot100% · 40th percentile
  • Sugar100% · 43rd percentile
  • Fat92% · 76th percentile
  • Egg50% · 11th percentile
  • Spice0.7% · 26th percentile
  • Leavening3.5% · 19th percentile
  • Salt0% · 15th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
70 to 80 minutes
median 40 minutes

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