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Klassischer Carrot Cake

Original in German

Bake to the roots · baketotheroots.de · 2020 · 1

Against 260 carrot cake recipes

More carrot than 82% of recipes and more spice than 88%.

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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 82% of recipes: 139% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 107%.
  • More spice than 88% of recipes: 3.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.9%.
  • Less fat than 80% of recipes: 51% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 78%.
  • More salt than 80% of recipes: 1.8% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.6%, about 3 times as much.
Carrot: 139%, 83rd percentileSugar: 92%, 36th percentileFat: 51%, 19th percentileEgg: 62%, 33rd percentileSpice: 3.6%, 89th percentileLeavening: 4.2%, 34th percentileSalt: 1.8%, 82nd percentileCarrotSugarFatEggSpiceLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (21)

  • 100g Walnüsse, gehackt100 g
  • 450g Karotten, geraspelt450 g
  • 240ml Buttermilch≈ 248 g
  • 4 Eier (L)≈ 200 g
  • 200g Zucker (fein)*200 g
  • 100g brauner Zucker*100 g
  • 2 TL Vanille Extrakt*≈ 8 g
  • 180ml Pflanzenöl≈ 166 g
  • 325g Mehl (Type 550)*325 g
  • 2 TL Backpulver≈ 9 g
  • 3/4 TL Natron≈ 4.5 g
  • 2 TL Zimt*, gemahlen≈ 5 g
  • 2 TL Ingwer*, gemahlen≈ 5 g
  • 1/2 TL Muskatnuss*≈ 1.3 g
  • 1 TL Salz≈ 6 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 340g Frischkäse, Zimmertemperatur340 g
  • 170g Butter, Zimmertemperatur170 g
  • 2 TL Vanille Extrakt*≈ 8 g
  • 1 Prise Salz≈ 0.4 g
  • 260g Puderzucker260 g
  • 100g Walnüsse, gehackt100 g

flour 325 gbatter 1828 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.

  • Carrot139% · 83rd percentile
  • Sugar92% · 36th percentile
  • Fat51% · 19th percentile
  • Egg62% · 33rd percentile
  • Spice3.6% · 89th percentile
  • Leavening4.2% · 34th percentile
  • Salt1.8% · 82nd percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
8 to 10 minutes
median 40 minutes

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