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Garden carrot cake

Helena Busiakiewicz · bbcgoodfood.com · 2023 · 12

Against 260 carrot cake recipes

More fat than 98% of recipes and more leavening than 94%.

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How it compares

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

  • More fat than 98% of recipes: 132% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 78%.
  • More leavening than 94% of recipes: 8.3% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.8%.
  • Less carrot than 78% of recipes: 83% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 107%.
  • Less egg than 80% of recipes: 56% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 68%.
Carrot: 83%, 21st percentileSugar: 83%, 26th percentileFat: 132%, 98th percentileEgg: 56%, 19th percentileSpice: 2.2%, 64th percentileLeavening: 8.3%, 95th percentileSalt: 0%, 15th percentileCarrotSugarFatEggSpiceLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (17)

  • 150ml vegetable oil plus extra for the tin≈ 138 g
  • 180g self-raising flour180 g
  • 1 tsp ground cinnamon≈ 2.6 g
  • ½ tsp mixed spice≈ 1.3 g
  • grating of nutmegn/a
  • 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda≈ 6 g
  • 2 eggs≈ 100 g
  • 1 orange zestedn/a
  • 150g light brown soft sugar150 g
  • 100g pecans roughly chopped100 g
  • 150g carrots coarsely grated150 g
  • 1 tbsp milk (optional)≈ 15 g
  • 100g unsalted butter softened100 g
  • 150g soft cheese150 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 175g icing sugar sifted175 g
  • green food colouring geln/a
  • edible carrot and flower decorationsn/a

flour 180 gbatter 1093 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. Leavening includes the baking powder in the self-rising flour, counted as 5% of its weight.

  • Carrot83% · 21st percentile
  • Sugar83% · 26th percentile
  • Fat132% · 98th percentile
  • Egg56% · 19th percentile
  • Spice2.2% · 64th percentile
  • Leavening8.3% · 95th percentile
  • Salt0% · 15th percentile

Oven

Temperature
350°F / 175°C
median 350°F
Time
50 to 55 minutes
median 40 minutes

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