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Carrot Cake vs. Spice Cake (Are They One and the Same?)

bakingkneads.com · 2023

Against 260 carrot cake recipes

More leavening than 95% of recipes and more fat than 87%.

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How it compares

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

  • More leavening than 95% of recipes: 8.5% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.8%.
  • More fat than 87% of recipes: 109% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 78%.
  • More sugar than 81% of recipes: 160% 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: 160%, 86th percentileFat: 109%, 88th percentileEgg: 80%, 76th percentileSpice: 1%, 31st percentileLeavening: 8.5%, 97th percentileSalt: 0.2%, 41st percentileCarrotSugarFatEggSpiceLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (10)

  • 3 cups of grated carrots≈ 330 g
  • 2 cups of flour≈ 250 g
  • 1 ¼ cups of vegetable oil≈ 273 g
  • 2 cups of granulated sugar≈ 400 g
  • 2 teaspoons of baking powder≈ 9 g
  • 2 teaspoons of baking soda≈ 12 g
  • 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract≈ 8 g
  • 1 teaspoon of cinnamon≈ 2.6 g
  • 4 eggs≈ 200 g
  • Pinch of salt≈ 0.4 g

flour 250 gbatter 1485 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
  • Sugar160% · 86th percentile
  • Fat109% · 88th percentile
  • Egg80% · 76th percentile
  • Spice1% · 31st percentile
  • Leavening8.5% · 97th percentile
  • Salt0.2% · 41st percentile

Oven

Temperature
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median 350°F
Time
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median 40 minutes

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