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The Best Carrot Cake Recipe

Sarah Fennel & Katharine Canfield · bromabakery.com · 2020 · 16 servings

Against 260 carrot cake recipes

More salt than 91% of recipes and more leavening 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 salt than 91% of recipes: 2.4% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 0.6%, about 4 times as much.
  • More leavening than 88% of recipes: 7.6% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 4.8%.
  • Carrot in the middle half of recipes: 88% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 107%.
  • Egg in the middle half of recipes: 80% of the flour weight against the typical recipe's 68%.
Carrot: 88%, 27th percentileSugar: 120%, 58th percentileFat: 87%, 64th percentileEgg: 80%, 76th percentileSpice: 2.1%, 58th percentileLeavening: 7.6%, 89th percentileSalt: 2.4%, 94th percentileCarrotSugarFatEggSpiceLeaveningSalt
Percentile on each ingredient. Shaded ring: the middle half of recipes.

Ingredients (18)

  • 2 cups shredded carrots≈ 220 g
  • 8 oz crushed pineapple, drained227 g
  • 3/4 cup sweetened, shredded coconut≈ 64 g
  • 1/2 cup raisins≈ 75 g
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar≈ 300 g
  • 1 cup vegetable oil≈ 218 g
  • 4 large eggs, room temperature≈ 200 g
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract≈ 8 g
  • 2 cups all purpose flour≈ 250 g
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder≈ 7 g
  • 2 teaspoons baking soda≈ 12 g
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon≈ 5 g
  • 1 teaspoon salt≈ 6 g

Toppings and extras

Listed, but not counted in the percentages below.

  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature≈ 114 g
  • 5 oz cream cheese, softened142 g
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract≈ 4.2 g
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt≈ 3 g
  • 3 cups powdered sugar≈ 360 g

flour 250 gbatter 1592 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.

  • Carrot88% · 27th percentile
  • Sugar120% · 58th percentile
  • Fat87% · 64th percentile
  • Egg80% · 76th percentile
  • Spice2.1% · 58th percentile
  • Leavening7.6% · 89th percentile
  • Salt2.4% · 94th percentile

Oven

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

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