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Carrot Cake Recipe

baking-sense.com · 2017 · 16 servings

Against 260 carrot cake recipes

More carrot than 90% of recipes and more spice 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 90% of recipes: 160% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 107%.
  • More spice than 91% of recipes: 4.1% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 1.9%, about twice as much.
  • More sugar than 81% of recipes: 160% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 107%.
Carrot: 160%, 91st percentileSugar: 160%, 86th percentileFat: 90%, 71st percentileEgg: 71%, 53rd percentileSpice: 4.1%, 92nd percentileLeavening: 5.4%, 65th percentileSalt: 1.1%, 62nd percentileCarrotSugarFatEggSpiceLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (18)

  • 5 oz currants (1 cup)142 g
  • 1 pound carrots454 g
  • 4 oz walnuts (1 cup)113 g
  • 10 oz all purpose flour (2 cups, see note)284 g
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 9 g
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda≈ 6 g
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon≈ 5 g
  • 2 teaspoons ginger≈ 5 g
  • ½ teaspoon nutmeg≈ 1.3 g
  • ½ teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
  • 9 oz vegetable oil (1 ¼ cups)255 g
  • 8 oz granulated sugar (1 cup)227 g
  • 8 oz brown sugar (1 cup)227 g
  • 4 large eggs≈ 200 g
  • 1 tablespoon vanilla extract≈ 13 g
  • 1 teaspoon lemon extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 4 oz ground walnuts for decorating (optional)113 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 1 recipe Cream Cheese Frostingn/a

flour 284 gbatter 2061 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.

  • Carrot160% · 91st percentile
  • Sugar160% · 86th percentile
  • Fat90% · 71st percentile
  • Egg71% · 53rd percentile
  • Spice4.1% · 92nd percentile
  • Leavening5.4% · 65th percentile
  • Salt1.1% · 62nd percentile

Oven

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

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